Argentina at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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| NOCname = Argentine Olympic Committee
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1900
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| location = Paris, France
| date = May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900
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| sports = 1
| events = 1
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| silver = 0
| bronze = 0
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| app_begin_year = 1900
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Argentina competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the nation's debut appearance out of two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina did not participate in the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics. Francisco Camet has the distinction of being Argentina's debut Olympian in the nation's debut Olympic sporting event, men's épée, placing fifth overall.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
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Fencing
{{main article|Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics}}
Francisco Camet was a single Argentine fencer in the men's épée who advanced three rounds to the final pool, where he placed 5th.
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!rowspan=2|Event !colspan=3|Round 1 !colspan=3|Quarterfinals !colspan=3|Semifinals !colspan=3|Final |
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|align=left|Francisco Camet |align=left|Men's épée | | |2Q | | |2Q | | |3Q |2 |3 |5 |
References
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "1900 Olympians from Argentina". Accessed 11 March 2006. Available electronically at [http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/carg1900.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311052009/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/carg1900.html |date=2007-03-11 }}.
- {{cite book | author = Mallon, Bill | year = 1998 | title = The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers | location = Jefferson, North Carolina | isbn = 0-7864-0378-0 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/1900olympicgames00mall }}
{{Nations at the 1900 Summer Olympics}}
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