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Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = ARG

| NOCname = Argentine Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2008

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

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

| location = Beijing

| competitors = 137

| sports = 19

| flagbearer = Manu Ginóbili (opening)
Juan Curuchet (closing)

| rank = 35

| gold = 2

| silver = 0

| bronze = 4

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1900

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

Argentina competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China, from 8 to 24 August 2008. 137 athletes qualified for the Olympic Games in 19 sports.[http://www.coarg.org.ar/nota_act_0081.html COA Notas de Actualidad] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723100508/http://www.coarg.org.ar/nota_act_0081.html |date=July 23, 2008 }}

Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

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

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Walter|Pérez|dab=cyclist}}
{{sortname|Juan|Curuchet}}		CyclingMen's madison{{dts|August 19}}
{{gold medal}}Argentina national football team
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|Lautaro Acosta|Sergio Agüero|Éver Banega|Diego Buonanotte|Ángel Di María|Federico Fazio|Fernando Gago|Ezequiel Garay|Ezequiel Lavezzi|Javier Mascherano|Lionel Messi|Luciano Fabián Monzón|Nicolás Pareja|Juan Román Riquelme|Sergio Romero|José Ernesto Sosa|Óscar Ustari|Pablo Zabaleta}}}}

| Football

Men's tournament{{dts|August 23}}
{{bronze medal}}Paula ParetoJudoWomen's 48 kg{{dts|August 9}}
{{bronze medal}}Carlos Espínola
Santiago Lange		SailingMen's Tornado{{dts|August 21}}
{{bronze medal}}Argentina women's hockey team
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|Magdalena Aicega|Luciana Aymar|Noel Barrionuevo|Claudia Burkart|Soledad García|Mariana González Oliva|Alejandra Gulla|María de la Paz Hernández|Giselle Kañevsky|Rosario Luchetti|Mercedes Margalot|Carla Rebecchi|Mariana Rossi|Mariné Russo|Belén Succi|Paola Vukojicic}}}}

| Field hockey

Women's tournament{{dts|August 22}}
{{bronze medal}}Argentina national basketball team
{{columns-list|colwidth=10em|small=yes|style=width:22em|{{ubl|Carlos Delfino|Manu Ginóbili|Román González|Juan Pedro Gutiérrez|Leonardo Gutiérrez|Federico Kammerichs|Andrés Nocioni|Fabricio Oberto|Antonio Porta|Pablo Prigioni|Paolo Quinteros|Luis Scola}}}}

| Basketball

Men's tournament{{dts|August 24}}

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

{{smalldiv|1=

;Key

  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round}}

;Men

;Track & road events

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Juan Manuel Cano

|align=left|20 km walk

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:27:17

|40

align=center

|align=left|Javier Carriqueo

|align=left|1500 m

|3:39.36

|7

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Leonardo Price

|align=left|800 m

|1:49.39

|6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Field events

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Jorge Balliengo

|align=left|Discus throw

|58.82

|30

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Germán Chiaraviglio

|align=left|Pole vault

|{{abbr|NM|No mark}}

|—

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Juan Ignacio Cerra

|align=left|Hammer throw

|70.16

|30

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Germán Lauro

|align=left|Shot put

|19.07

|32

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Pablo Pietrobelli

|align=left|Javelin throw

|69.09

|34

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

;Field events

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Rocío Comba

|align=left|Discus throw

|51.36

|36

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Alejandra García

|align=left|Pole vault

|4.15

|31

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Jennifer Dahlgren

|align=left|Hammer throw

|66.35

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Basketball

{{main|Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

=Men's tournament=

Argentina's men's basketball team, the defending Olympic champions, qualified for the Olympics by placing second at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007, and marked its fifth Olympic appearance.

The women's team finished fourth at the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

;Roster

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|ARG}}

;Group play

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A2}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A6}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A9}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A12}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A15}}

;Quarterfinals

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C4}}

;Semifinals

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|D2}}

;Bronze medal game

{{#section:Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|E1}}

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

Argentina had one boxer qualify for the Olympics. Ezequiel Maderna earned a spot in the middleweight competition after coming in second at the 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1305 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914041516/http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1305 |date=2008-09-14 }}

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Ezequiel Maderna

|align=left|Middleweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Estrada|USA|2008 Summer}}
L 2–10

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

=Sprint=

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Miguel Correa

|align=left|Men's K-1 500 m

|1:39.781

|5 QS

|1:46.422

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Men's K-1 1000 m

|3:45.695

|6 QS

|3:51.715

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Estefania Fontanini

|align=left|Women's K-1 500 m

|2:00.291

|8

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

=Road=

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

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Alejandro Borrajo

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's road race

|colspan=2|Did not finish

align=center

|align=left|Juan José Haedo

|colspan=2|Did not finish

align=center

|align=left rowspan="2"|Matías Médici

|align=left|Men's road race

|colspan=2|Did not finish

align=center

|align=left|Men's time trial

|1:07:53

|30

=Track=

;Omnium

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

!Event

!Points

!Laps

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Juan Curuchet

|align=left|Men's points race

|1

|0

|18

align=center

|align=left|Juan Curuchet
Walter Pérez

|align=left|Men's madison

|8

|0

|{{gold01}}

=Mountain biking=

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

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Darío Gasco

|align=left|Men's cross-country

|2:07:04

|27

=BMX =

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Seeding

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Cristian Becerine

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

|37.253

|27

|11

|2 Q

|15

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ramiro Marino

|36.768

|21

|20

|8

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Gabriela Díaz

|align=left rowspan=2|Women's BMX

|37.590

|5

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|13

|3 Q

|39.747

|5

align=center

|align=left|María Belén Dutto

|40.193

|14

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|20

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Equestrian

{{main|Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

=Show jumping=

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

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="8"|Qualification

!colspan="5"|Final

!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="3"|Round 2

!colspan="3"|Round 3

!colspan="2"|Round A

!colspan="3"|Round B

style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|José Larocca

|align=left|Royal Power

|align=left|Individual

|14

|66

|16

|30

|59

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|30

|59

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Alberto González Viaggio

|align=left|Individual foil

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhu J|CHN|2008 Summer}}
L 2–15

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Field hockey

{{main|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

Argentina qualified a team to the women's field hockey tournament. In the group play, they won three matches and drew two, finishing second in the group. This qualified them for the semifinal, which they lost to the Netherlands. In the bronze medal match however, they defeated Germany, winning the bronze medal and finishing third in the tournament.

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

;Roster

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|ARG}}

;Group play

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B2}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B4}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B8}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B11}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B15}}

;Semifinal

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|D2}}

;Bronze medal match

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|E1}}

Football

{{main|Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

;Roster

Sergio Batista, head coach of the men's football team, announced his final squad for the Olympics on 3 July.[http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/389603-101098-0-Batista-confirm%C3%B3-el-seleccionado-argentino-Beijing Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811005854/http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/389603-101098-0-Batista-confirm%C3%B3-el-seleccionado-argentino-Beijing |date=2008-08-11 }} {{in lang|es}} Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission.

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|ARG}}

;Group play

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A2}}

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A6}}

;Quarterfinals

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|E3}}

;Semifinals

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|F2}}

;Gold medal game

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|G2}}

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

;Roster

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|ARG}}

;Group play

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|E}}

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A1}}

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A3}}

{{#section:Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A5}}

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Preliminary

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Miguel Albarracín

|align=left|−60 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Choi M-H|KOR|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–1000

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Akhondzadeh|IRI|2008 Summer}}
L 0002–0020

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Mariano Bertolotti

|align=left|−73 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Guilheiro|BRA|2008 Summer}}
L 0010–0100

|colspan=8|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Emmanuel Lucenti

|align=left|−81 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Burton|GBR|2008 Summer}}
L 0010–0010

|colspan=8|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Diego Rosati

|align=left|−90 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Olson|USA|2008 Summer}}
W 0001–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pershin|RUS|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–1000

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Trezise|RSA|2008 Summer}}
W 1000–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kazusionak|BLR|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–1000

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Eduardo Costa

|align=left|−100 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Palkovacs|SVK|2008 Summer}}
W 0110–0100

|{{flagIOCathlete|Matyjaszek|POL|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–1001

|colspan=7|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Sandro López

|align=left|+100 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zegarra|PER|2008 Summer}}
L 0001–1001

|colspan=8|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!Repechage 3

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Paula Pareto

|align=left|−48 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Day|AUS|2008 Summer}}
W 1000–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tani|JPN|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–0001

|Did not advance

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wu Sg|CHN|2008 Summer}}
W 0100–0001

|{{flagIOCathlete|Csernoviczki|HUN|2008 Summer}}
W 0110–0001

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pak O-S|PRK|2008 Summer}}
W 0100–0001

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Daniela Krukower

|align=left|−63 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Arlove|AUS|2008 Summer}}
W 1000–0000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Won O-I|PRK|2008 Summer}}
L 0010–0020

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Willeboordse|NED|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–0230

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Lorena Briceño

|align=left|−78 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Possamaï|FRA|2008 Summer}}
L 0000–0001

|colspan=7|Did not advance

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Santiago Fernández

|align=left|Single sculls

|7:38.87

|4 QF

|7:27.60

|6 SC/D

|colspan=4|Withdrew

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|María Gabriela Best

|align=left|Single sculls

|7:58.60

|4 QF

|7:46.45

|5 SC/D

|8:09.61

|3 FC

|7:45.21

|16

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!M*

align=center

|align=left|Mariano Reutemann

|align=left|RS:X

|25

|18

|19

|23

|25

|15

|16

|16

|16

|20

|EL

|168

|21

align=center

|align=left|Julio Alsogaray

|align=left|Laser

|1

|12

|10

|28

|14

|1

|2

|32

|16

|CAN

|8

|92

|7

align=center

|align=left|Javier Conte
Juan de la Fuente

|align=left|470

|14

|14

|4

|11

|19

|9

|7

|30

|5

|9

|18

|110

|10

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!M*

align=center

|align=left|Florencia Gutiérrez

|align=left|RS:X

|27

|19

|27

|20

|23

|26

|23

|DNF

|24

|27

|EL

|216

|25

align=center

|align=left|Cecilia Carranza

|align=left|Laser Radial

|15

|8

|9

|20

|8

|15

|6

|DNF

|23

|CAN

|EL

|104

|12t

align=center

|align=left|Consuelo Monsegur
Maria Fernanda Sesto

|align=left|470

|16

|18

|17

|12

|10

|16

|14

|4

|10

|14

|EL

|113

|16

;Open

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=11|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!M*

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Espínola
Santiago Lange

|align=left|Tornado

|13

|1

|1

|12

|4

|6

|9

|1

|9

|1

|6

|56

|{{bronze03}}

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Juan Carlos Dasque

|align=left|Trap

|115

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Swimming

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;Men

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Damián Blaum

|align=left|10 km open water

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:55:48.6

|24

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Sergio Ferreyra

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:03.65

|52

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:20.10

|52

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Andrés José González

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|2:00.36

|33

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|José Meolans

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|22.58

|35

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|49.50

|35

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Eduardo Germán Otero

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|56.74

|40

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Juan Martín Pereyra

|align=left|400 m freestyle

|3:59.35

|35

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|1500 m freestyle

|15:49.57

|34

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Georgina Bardach

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|colspan=2|{{abbr|DNS|Did not start}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:25.74

|37

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|5:00.87

|36

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Cecilia Biagioli

|align=left|400 m freestyle

|4:19.85

|34

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|800 m freestyle

|8:50.18

|31

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Antonella Bogarín

|align=left|10 km open water

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:11:35.9

|24

align=center

|align=left|Agustina de Giovanni

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:34.94

|37

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Liliana Guiscardo

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:11.43

|37

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Table tennis

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Preliminary round

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Liu Song

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

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jang S-M|PRK|2008 Summer}}
L 2–4

|colspan=7|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Pablo Tabachnik

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lashin|EGY|2008 Summer}}
L 2–4

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Taekwondo

{{main|Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

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

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!Bronze Medal

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Vanina Sánchez

|align=left|Women's −67 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Guler|TUR|2008 Summer}}
W 4–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sergerie|CAN|2008 Summer}}
L 0–3

|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Morgan|AUS|2008 Summer}}
L 2–9

|colspan=3|Did not advance

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

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 / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Agustín Calleri

|align=left rowspan=4|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mullings|BAH|2008 Summer}}
W 6–1, 6–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lu Y-h|TPE|2008 Summer}}
L 4–6, 4–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Guillermo Cañas

|{{flagIOCathlete|Niemeyer|CAN|2008 Summer}}
W 3–6, 4–2r

|{{flagIOCathlete|Simon|FRA|2008 Summer}}
L 5–7, 1–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Juan Mónaco

|{{flagIOCathlete|Čilić|CRO|2008 Summer}}
L 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|David Nalbandian

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zeng Sx|CHN|2008 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Massú|CHI|2008 Summer}}
W 7–6(7–0), 6–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Monfils|FRA|2008 Summer}}
L 4–6, 4–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Agustín Calleri
Juan Mónaco

|align=left rowspan=2|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Guccione /
Hewitt|AUS|2008 Summer}}
L 4–6, 6–7(4–7), 6–8

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Guillermo Cañas
David Nalbandian

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Darcis /
Rochus|BEL|2008 Summer}}
L 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 3–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

;Women

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 / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gisela Dulko

|align=left|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dellacqua|AUS|2008 Summer}}
L 3–6, 4–6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Gisela Dulko
Betina Jozami

|align=left|Doubles

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Obziler /
Pe'er|ISR|2008 Summer}}
W 6–3, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Vesnina /
Zvonareva|RUS|2008 Summer}}
L 2–6, 3–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Volleyball

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=Beach=

The men's beach volleyball team Conde-Baracetti (Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti) qualified to represent Argentina.Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification [http://www.fivb.org/EN/BeachVolleyball/Rankings/2008/rank_OGmen.asp?sm=7 Men], access date: 8 July 2008.

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Preliminary round

!rowspan="2"|Standing

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mariano Baracetti
Martín Conde

|align=left|Men's

|align=left|Pool B
{{flagIOCathlete|Heuscher – Heyer|SUI|2008 Summer}}
L 0 – 2 (13–21, 17–21)
{{flagIOCathlete|Pļaviņš – Samoilovs|LAT|2008 Summer}}
W 2 – 0 (23–21, 21–19)
{{flagIOCathlete|Dalhausser – Rogers|USA|2008 Summer}}
L 0 – 2 (12–21, 13–21)

|4

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Weightlifting

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

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Espeleta

|align=left|Men's −77 kg

|140

|=21

|170

|=18

|310

|19

align=center

|align=left|Nora Koppel

|align=left|Women's −75 kg

|colspan=6|Did not compete

See also

References

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2008

Olympics