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Argentina at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox country at games

| NOC = ARG

| NOCname = Argentine Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1968

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.coarg.org.ar}} {{in lang|es}}

| location = Mexico City

| competitors = 89 (84 men and 5 women)

| sports = 12

| flagbearer = Carlos Moratorio

| rank = 41

| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 2

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1900

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

Argentina competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 89 competitors, 84 men and 5 women, took part in 61 events in 12 sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1968/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ARG/summer/1968/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Argentina at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games |access-date=14 September 2014 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medalists

{{main|1968 Summer Olympics medal table}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Mario|Guilloti}}BoxingMen's welterweight24 October
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Alberto|Demiddi}}RowingMen's single sculls19 October

Athletics

{{further|Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Events

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Andrés Calonge

|align=left|100 m

|10.44

|2 Q

|10.39

|5

|align=center colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|20.81

|2 Q

|21.03

|6

|align=center colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Juan Carlos Dyrzka

|align=left|400 m

|47.02

|4 Q

|46.85

|7

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|400 m hurdles

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|49.8

|1 Q

|48.8

|5

|colspan=2|did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Guillermo Cuello

|align=left|800 m

|colspan=2| did not finish

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|1500 m

|colspan=2| did not start

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Domingo Amaizón

|align=left|3000 m steeplechase

|9:43.06

|12

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Enrico Barney

|align=left|Pole vault

|4.80

|17

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|did not advance

;Women

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Events

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Alicia Kaufmanas

|align=left|100 m

|11.8

|6

|align=center colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m

|24.4

|5

|align=center colspan=6|did not advance

Boxing

{{further|Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!Rank

align="center"

|align=left|Roberto Urretavizcaya

|align=left|Light flyweight

|{{n/a}}

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Espinal|DOM|1968 Summer}}
W w/o

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Donovan|AUS|1968 Summer}}
L 0 – 5

|colspan="4"|did not advance

align="center"

|align=left|Tito Pereyra

|align=left|Flyweight

|{{n/a}}

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Carney|AUS|1968 Summer}}
W 4 – 1

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Nakamura|JPN|1968 Summer}}
L 0 – 5

|colspan="4"|did not advance

align="center"

|align=left|Domingo Casco

|align=left|Bantamweight

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Ladjili|TUN|1968 Summer}}
W 3 – 2

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Cervantes|MEX|1968 Summer}}
L DSQ

|colspan="6"|did not advance

align="center"

|align=left|Miguel García

|align=left|Featherweight

| {{n/a}}

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Oduardo|CUB|1968 Summer}}
W 3 – 2

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Simion|ROU|1968 Summer}}
W 5 – 0

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Waruinge|KEN|1968 Summer}}
L 1 – 4

|colspan="4"|did not advance

align="center"

|align=left|Pedro Agüero

|align=left|Lightweight

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Arpon|PHI|1968 Summer}}
W 3 – 2

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Gadir|SUD|1968 Summer}}
W 5 – 0

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Petriglia|ITA|1968 Summer}}
L 2 – 3

|colspan="4"|did not advance

align="center"

|align=left|Mario Guilloti

|align=left|Welterweight

|align="center"|Bye

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Kajjo|UGA|1968 Summer}}
W 4 – 1

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Paduano|CAN|1968 Summer}}
W 5 – 0

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Muñíz|USA|1968 Summer}}
W 4 – 1

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Bessala|CMR|1968 Summer}}
L 0 – 5

|{{bronze3}}

align="center"

|align=left|Víctor Galíndez

|align=left|Light middleweight

| {{n/a}}

|align="center"|{{flagIOCathlete|Bentini|ITA|1968 Summer}}
L 0 – 5

|colspan="4"|did not advance

Cycling

{{further|Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

Nine cyclists represented Argentina in 1968.

;Road race, time trial

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

Juan Alves

|rowspan=4|Individual road race

|align=center colspan=2|did not finish

Roberto Breppe

|4:48:07

|40

Héctor Cassina

|align=center colspan=2|did not finish

Gerardo Cavallieri

|align=center colspan=2|did not finish

José Pittaro

|Individual time trial

|1:05.57

|9

Carlos Álvarez
Roberto Breppe
Ernesto Contreras
Juan Alberto Merlos

|Team time trial

|2:15:34.24

|7

;Sprint

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Round 1
Repechage

!colspan=2|Round 2
Repechage

!colspan=2|1/8 Finals
Repechage

!colspan=2|Quarterfinals

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|José Pittaro

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's sprint

|
11.41

|2
1 Q

|

|2
3

|colspan=8|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Roqueiro

|
11.15

|2
1 Q

|

|3
2

|colspan=8|did not advance

;Pursuit

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Quarterfinals

!colspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Juan Alberto Merlos

|align=left|Individual pursuit

|4:47.81

|12

|colspan=6|did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Álvarez
Roberto Breppe
Ernesto Contreras
Juan Alberto Merlos

|align=left|Team pursuit

|4:26.22

|9

|colspan=6|did not advance

Equestrian

{{main|Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

=Eventing=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Dressage

!colspan="2"|Cross-country

!colspan="2"|Show jumping

!colspan="2"|Total

Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|José Eugenio Acosta

|align=left|Oligarca

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

| -110.01

| 41

| -155.20

| 34

| -12.75

| =18

| -277.96

| 29

align=center

|align=left|Jorge Bedoya

|align=left|Naranjo

| -91.50

| 26

|colspan=2| {{tooltip|DSQ|Disqualified}}

|colspan=4| did not finish

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Moratorio

|align=left|Hijo Manso

| -68.01

| =6

| -294.00

| 39

| -1.25

| 6

| -363.26

| 34

align=center

|align=left|Roberto Pistarini

|align=left|Warti

| -90.00

| 25

| -150.00

| 33

|colspan=2| {{tooltip|DSQ|Disqualified}}

|colspan=2| did not finish

align=center

|align=left|José Eugenio Acosta
Jorge Bedoya
Carlos Moratorio
Roberto Pistarini

|align=left|Oligarca
Naranjo
Hijo Manso
Warti

|align=left rowspan=4|Team

| -249.51

| 8

| -599.20

| 11

|colspan=4| did not finish

=Show jumping=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="2"|Round 2

!colspan="2"|Total

Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Jorge Amaya

|align=left|Gemelo

|align=left rowspan=3|Individual

|colspan=2|{{tooltip|DSQ|Disqualified}}

|colspan=4|did not finish

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Delía

|align=left|Scandale

| 8.00

| =9

| 12.00

| =11

| 20.00

| =13

align=center

|align=left|Argentino Molinuevo Jr.

|align=left|Don Gustavo

| 8.00

| =9

| 8.00

| =4

| 16.00

| =7

align=center

|align=left|Jorge Amaya
Argentino Molinuevo Jr.
Roberto Tagle

|align=left|Gemelo
Don Gustavo
Ojo Chico

|align=left|Team

|113.50

|10

|161.50

|14

|275.00

|13

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

Ten fencers, nine men and one woman, represented Argentina in 1968.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%"
rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|First round

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Second round

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!rowspan=2|Final

!colspan=5|Repechage

!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Final round

Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Record

!Rank

!Record

!Rank

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!style="line-height:1em"|Opposition
Result

!Record

!Rank

Alberto Balestrini

|rowspan=3|Men's épée

|align=center|1W – 4L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=7|did not advance

Guillermo Obeid

|align=center|1W – 4L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=7|did not advance

Omar Vergara

|align=center|3W – 2L

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|1W – 4L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=3|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=7|did not advance

Alberto Balestrini
Guillermo Obeid
Guillermo Saucedo
Omar Vergara

|Men's team épée

|align=center|0W – 2L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=4|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=2 {{n/a}}

Orlando Nannini

|rowspan=3|Men's foil

|align=center|1W – 4L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=7|did not advance

Evaristo Prendes

|align=center|0W – 4L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=7|did not advance

Guillermo Saucedo

|align=center|3W – 1L

|align=center|1 Q

|align=center|4W – 1L

|align=center|2 Q

|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|La Ragione|ITA|1968 Summer}}
L

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center|{{flagIOCathlete|Szabó|HUN|1968 Summer}}
L

|align=center colspan=6|did not advance

Orlando Nannini
Evaristo Prendes
Guillermo Saucedo
Omar Vergara

|Men's team foil

|align=center|0W – 2L

|align=center|3

|align=center colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=4|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=2 {{n/a}}

Juan Carlos Frecia

|rowspan=3|Men's sabre

|align=center|0W – 6L

|align=center|7

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

Alberto Lanteri

|align=center|2W – 4L

|align=center|6

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

Román Quinos

|align=center|2W – 4L

|align=center|5

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

Juan Carlos Frecia
Alberto Lanteri
Guillermo Saucedo
Román Quinos

|Men's team sabre

|align=center|0W – 2L

|align=center|3

|align=center colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=4|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=2 {{n/a}}

Sylvia Iannuzzi-San Martín

|Women's foil

|align=center|1W – 5L

|align=center|7

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=2|did not advance

|align=center colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|align=center colspan=5|did not advance

Field hockey

{{main|Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

{{Empty section|date=July 2019}}

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

{{Empty section|date=July 2019}}

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Open

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="14"|Race

!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan="2"|1

!colspan="2"|2

!colspan="2"|3

!colspan="2"|4

!colspan="2"|5

!colspan="2"|6

!colspan="2"|7

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Alberto Obarrio

|align=left|Finn

|DNF

|42

|16

|22

|13

|19

|18

|24

|13

|19

|8

|14

|21

|27

|125

|17

align=center

|align=left|Roberto Sieburger
Jorge Vago

|align=left|Star

|15

|21

|14

|20

|19

|25

|18

|24

|14

|20

|19

|25

|DNF

|42

|135

|20

align=center

|align=left|Héctor Schenone
Boris Belada
Pedro Sisti

|align=left|Dragon

|15

|21

|9

|15

|7

|13

|5

|10

|17

|23

|10

|16

|11

|17

|92

|9

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

Four shooters, all men, represented Argentina in 1968.

;25 m pistol

;Trap

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

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Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

{{Empty section|date=July 2019}}

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

{{Empty section|date=July 2019}}

References

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