Augusto Cantón

{{short description|Argentine swimmer}}

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| name = Augusto Cantón

| image = Augusto Cantón. - El Gráfico 1515.jpg

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| nicknames = Babu

| nationality = {{ARG}}

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|27|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|2|3|1928|11|27|df=yes}}

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Augusto Luis Cantón Portugal (27 November 1928 – 3 February 1991) was an Argentine swimmer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 100 m freestyle and Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay, reaching the final in the latter and coming 6th .{{Olympedia|44951}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/augusto-canton-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114534/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/augusto-canton-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Augusto Cantón Bio, Stats, and Results |publisher=Sports-reference.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-23}}