Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	ARG
Nocname:	Argentine Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2012
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	137
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Luciana Aymar (opening) Sebastián Crismanich (closing)
Rank:	42
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900

Argentina competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twenty-third appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, having missed only three editions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support for the United States-led boycott.

Comité Olímpico Argentino sent a total of 137 athletes to the Games, 96 men and 41 women, to compete in 22 sports. Archery, badminton, diving, football, modern pentathlon, water polo, weightlifting, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline were the only sports in which Argentina had no representation in these Olympic Games. Among the sports, Argentina made its Olympic debut in synchronized swimming and men's handball. Luciana Aymar, captain of Argentina women's national field hockey team, who competed at her fourth Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Argentina left London with a total of four medals (gold, silver, and two bronze). Sebastián Crismanich set a historic Olympic record, as he won its first ever gold medal in men's taekwondo, and the first by an individual athlete since 1948. Other notable accomplishments were the silver medal in field hockey for the women's team, and bronze medals in sailing and in men's tennis, the latter won by Juan Martín del Potro.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg
		Field hockey	Women's tournament
		Tennis	Men's singles
		Sailing	Men's 470

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentine athletes achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[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
NM = No mark

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left	Miguel Bárzola	align=left	Marathon	2:17:54	35
align=left	Juan Manuel Cano	align=left	20 km walk	1:22:10	22
align=left	Javier Carriqueo	align=left	5000 m	13:57.07	19	did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left	Juan Ignacio Cerra	align=left	Hammer throw	68.20	36	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Germán Lauro	align=left	Shot put	20.75	5 Q	20.84	6
align=left	Discus throw	57.54	37	did not advance
align=left	Braian Toledo	align=left	Javelin throw	76.87	30	did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
align=left	Rocío Comba	align=left	Discus throw	58.98	26	did not advance
align=left	Jennifer Dahlgren	align=left	Hammer throw		—	did not advance

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified for the men's event.

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group stage----------------

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified two boxers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
align=left	Alberto Melián	align=left	Bantamweight	L 5–12	did not advance
align=left	Yamil Peralta	align=left	Heavyweight		W 13–5	L 10–13	did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Slalom

Argentina qualified boats for the following events

Sprint

Argentina qualified boats for the following events.

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Track

Omnium

BMX

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified two riders

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
align=left	José Maria Larocca	align=left	Royal Power	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	4	=42 Q	4	8	=31 Q	12	20	=38 R	20	38	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	20	38
align=left	Alejandro Madorno	align=left	Milano de Flore	9	64	align=center colspan=11	Did not advance	9	64

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified 1 fencer.

Women

Field hockey

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified for the men's and women's event

Men's team event – 1 team of 16 players
Women's team event – 1 team of 16 players

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play----------------

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Field hockey at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Group play----------------

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus	Total	Rank
								Total	Rank		Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Federico Molinari	align=left	Floor	13.433	13.433	62	did not advance
align=left	Rings	15.333	15.333	7 Q	14.733	14.733	8

Women

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified for the men's event

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Group play----------------

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
align=left	Emmanuel Lucenti	align=left	Men's −81 kg		W 0100–0001	W 0100–0000	L 0003–0010	Did not advance	L 0001–0101	Did not advance	7
align=left	Héctor Campos	align=left	Men's −90 kg		L 0000–1000	did not advance
align=left	Cristian Schmidt	align=left	Men's −100 kg		L 0000–1001	did not advance
align=left	Paula Pareto	align=left	Women's −48 kg			W 0001–0000	L 0001–0002	Did not advance	W 0011–0002	L 0002–0011	5

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified the following boats.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left	Santiago Fernández	align=left	Single sculls	6:46.03	2 QF	7:01.57	2 SA/B	7:29.68	4 FB	7:20.40	10
align=left	Cristian Rosso Ariel Suárez	align=left	Double sculls	6:13.68	3 SA/B	6:19.40	1 FA	6:36.36	4
align=left	Mario Cejas Miguel Mayol	align=left	Lightweight double sculls	7:01.76	5 R	6:48.21	5 SC/D	7:06.24	2 FC	6:53.71	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left	Lucía Palermo	align=left	Single sculls	8:07.89	5 R	7:52.49	2 QF	8:06.47	5 SC/D	8:09.85	4 FD	8:40.38	21
align=left	María Laura Abalo María Gabriela Best	align=left	Pair	7:12.17	5 R	7:20.94	6 FB	8:03.53	9
align=left	Milka Kraljev Clara Rohner	align=left	Lightweight double sculls	7:33.37	5 R	7:40.72	5 FC	7:44.62	15

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

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified 1 boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
align=left	Mariano Reutemann	align=left	RS:X	16	15	15	13	12	19	5	20	14	7	EL	116	11
align=left	Julio Alsogaray	align=left	Laser	20	7	5	11	12	23	1	50	26	7	EL	112	11
align=left	Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente	align=left	470	5	24	3	9	17	8	2	2	5	6	3	63

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
align=left	Jazmín López Becker	align=left	RS:X	20	19	20	24	21	19	25	17	25	25	EL	190	23
align=left	Cecilia Carranza Saroli	align=left	Laser Radial	9	28	13	28	10	30	12	35	20	35	EL	185	21
align=left	Consuelo Monsegur María Fernanda Sesto	align=left	470	16	19	19	3	5	12	14	12	15	3	EL	98	13

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Two athletes qualified for shooting for the Argentine team.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left	Juan Angeloni	align=left rowspan=2	50 m rifle prone	580	50	did not advance
align=left	Alex Suligoy	593	20	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentine swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Federico Grabich	align=left	50 m freestyle	23.30	35	did not advance
align=left	100 m backstroke	56.56	41	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Juan Martín Pereyra	align=left	400 m freestyle	3:56.76	23	did not advance
align=left	1500 m freestyle	15:36.72	29	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left	Georgina Bardach	align=left	400 m individual medley	4:57.31	34	did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Cecilia Biagioli	align=left	800 m freestyle	8:33.97 NR	16	did not advance
align=left	10 km open water	2:01:02.2	17

Synchronized swimming

See main article: article and Synchronized swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified 1 duet in synchronized swimming.

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified one table tennis player.

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified one man and one woman.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
align=left	Sebastián Crismanich	align=left	Men's −80 kg	W 9–5	W 9–1	W 2–1	W 1–0	align=center
align=left	Carola López	align=left	Women's −49 kg	W 1–0	L 4–13	did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified seven players.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left	Carlos Berlocq	align=left rowspan=4	Singles	L 5–7, 6–7^(5–7)	did not advance
align=left	Juan Martín del Potro	W 6–4, 6–1	W 6–3, 7–6^(7–2)	W 6–1, 4–6, 6–3	W 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)	L 6–4, 6–7^(5–7), 17–19	W 7–5, 6–4
align=left	Juan Mónaco	W 6–4, 6–1	L 6–4, 6–4	did not advance
align=left	David Nalbandian	L 3–6, 4–6	did not advance
align=left	David Nalbandian Eduardo Schwank	align=left	Doubles		L 3–6, 5–7	did not advance

Women

Mixed

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

Beach

See main article: article and Beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Indoor

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified a team to the men's indoor tournament^[4] and a team to the women's beach tournament.

Men's indoor event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's indoor tournament

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament.

Team roster

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Argentina qualified in the following events.Key:

- Victory by Fall.
- Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
- Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Women's freestyle

External links

Web site: "Argentina – Athletes" at the London 2012 Olympics . 2016-03-18 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20120826091316/http://www.london2012.com/country/argentina/athletes/index.html . 2012-08-26 .

Notes and References

Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists . IAAF . 4 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604220856/http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html . 4 June 2011 . live.
Web site: Quota places by nation and name. . 20 April 2011 . . 5 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140405211236/http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx . dead .
Web site: Swimming World Rankings . FINA . 8 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 . 6 January 2011 .
Web site: Argentina's men make it to Olympics . 14 May 2012 . International Volleyball Federation.

Argentina at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Track

BMX

Equestrian

Jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Synchronized swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Volleyball

Beach

Indoor

Men's indoor tournament

Wrestling

See also

External links

Notes and References