Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 118 competitors, 93 men and 25 women, took part in 53 events in 18 sports.[1] The country claimed Olympic medals for the first time since 1972.

Argentina at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARG
NOCArgentine Olympic Committee
Websitewww.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors118 (93 men and 25 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer Gabriela Sabatini
Medals
Ranked 35th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 SilverGabriela SabatiniTennisWomen's singles1 October
 BronzeArgentina men's national volleyball team
VolleyballMen's competition2 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 202
Athletics 202
Boxing 44
Canoeing 527
Cycling 707
Diving 011
Fencing 202
Field hockey 161632
Football 1616
Judo 33
Rowing 606
Sailing 11011
Shooting 303
Swimming 022
Table tennis 011
Tennis 235
Volleyball 12012
Wrestling 22
Total9325118


Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 24 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank
Angel Bello Men's individual 1017 81 did not advance 81
Claudio Pafundi Men's individual 1126 75 did not advance 75

Athletics

Athlete Events Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Fernando Pastoriza Men's high jump 2.10 26 did not advance
Andrés Charadia Men's hammer 68.26 25 did not advance

Boxing

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carlos Eluaiza Light flyweight Bye  Makhmutov (URS)
L 0–5
did not advance
Domingo Damigella Featherweight  Anderson (GBR)
L 1–4
did not advance
Jorge López Light middleweight N/A Bye  Heydeck (GDR)
L 0–5
did not advance

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Atilio Vásquez Men's K-1 1000 m 4:01.35 6 3:58.03 4 Q 3:58.03 4 did not advance
Gustavo Cirillo
José Luis Marello
K-2 500 m 1:52.42 7 1:46.98 6 did not advance
Gustavo Cirillo
José Luis Marello
Fernando Chaparro
Norberto Méndez
K-4 1000 m 3:23.33 5 3:24.16 4 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
María Miliauro K-1 500 m 2:12.32 6 N/A 2:11.07 4 did not advance
Corina Martín
Verónica Arbo
K-2 500 m 1:59.38 8 2:04.72 5 did not advance

Cycling

Track

Sprints
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/16 finals
(repechage)
1/8 finals
(repechage)
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Time Rank Time
Speed (km/h)
Time
Speed (km/h)
Time
Speed (km/h)
Time
Speed (km/h)
Rank
Gustavo Faris Men's sprint 11.187 15 Q 3
2
did not advance
Marcelo Alexandre Men's time trial N/A 1:06.925
53.791
13
Pursuits
Athlete Event Qualifying 1st round Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Opposition
time
Rank Opposition
time
Rank Opposition
time
Rank
Gabriel Curuchet Men's individual pursuit 4:47.18 12  Dawidowicz (POL)
4:50.75
13 Did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet
Jorge Gaday
Sergio Llamazares
Rubén Priede
Men's team pursuit 4:29.90 17 Did not advance
Points races
Athlete Event Qualifying Finals
Points Rank Points Rank
Juan Curuchet Men's points race 11 (same lap) 5 Q 18 (–1 lap) 5

Diving

Athlete Events Preliminary Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Verónica Ribot Women's platform 377.70 8 Q 297.18 12
Women's springboard 405.87 14 did not advance

Fencing

Athlete Event Preliminary round 1 Preliminary round 2 Preliminary round 3 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
W–L
record
Group
rank
W–L
record
Overall
rank
W–L
record
Overall
rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Sergio Turiace Men's foil 1–3 4 Q 2–3 24 Q 0–4 39 did not advance
Men's individual épée 2–2 3 Q 0–4 57 did not advance
Rafael di Tella Men's individual épée 3–1 3 Q 1–4 43 Q 1–5 41 did not advance

Field hockey

Men

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Luis Ciancia

No.PlayerGPGSFGPCPSGreen cardYellow cardRed card
1Otto Schmitt (GK)40
2Alejandro Siri70
3Miguel Altube70
4Marcelo Mascheroni733
5Marcelo Garraffo611
6Edgardo Pailos711
7Alejandro Doherty60
8Aldo Ayala70
9Carlos Geneyro7431
10Gabriel Minadeo711
11Alejandro Verga722
12Fernando Ferrara7321
13Emanuel Roggero50
14Franco Nicola50
15Martín Sordelli60
16Mariano Silva10
Team totals71570681112

Legend: GP – Games played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field Goals; PC – Penalty Corners; PS – Penalty Strokes; Green card Green Cards; Yellow card Yellow Cards; Red card Red Cards

Preliminary Round (Pool A)
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Australia 550019310
 Netherlands 53111267
 Pakistan 53021586
 Argentina 52038124
 Spain 51136103
 Kenya 50055260
  Qualified for semifinals
September 18
Netherlands  5 – 1  Argentina

September 20
Australia  4 – 0  Argentina

September 22
Pakistan  2 – 1  Argentina

September 24
Argentina  1 – 0  Spain

September 26
Argentina  5 – 1  Kenya
5th to 8th place classification
September 28
India  6 – 6 (AET)
4 – 3 (PSO)
 Argentina
7th place match
September 30
Soviet Union  4 – 1  Argentina

Women

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Miguel MacCormick

No.PlayerGPGSFGPCPSGreen cardYellow cardRed card
1Laura Mulhall (GK)50
2María Colombo511
3Marisa López50
4María Alejandra Tucat50
5Victoria Carbó511
6Marcela Richezza50
7Gabriela Liz50
8Gabriela Sánchez50
9Moira Brinnand511
10Marcela Hussey511
11Alejandra Palma5211
12Laura Ormaechea00
13María Bengochea40
14Alina Vergara10
15María Gabriela Pazos30
16Andrea Fioroni10
Team totals66383213

Legend: GP – Games played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field goals; PC – Penalty corners; PS – Penalty strokes; Green card Green cards; Yellow card Yellow cards; Red card Red cards

Preliminary round (Pool A)
Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
 Netherlands 3300926
 Great Britain 3111473
 Argentina 3102232
 United States 3012471
  Qualified for semifinals
September 21
Argentina  0 – 1  Great Britain

September 23
Argentina  2 – 1  United States

September 25
Netherlands  1 – 0  Argentina
5th to 8th place classification
September 27
Argentina  1 – 3  Canada
7th place match
September 29
United States  1 – 3 (AET)  Argentina

Football

Squad
Matches played in parentheses denotes player came from the bench
# Name Club Date of Birth Pld Goals Y
Yellow card
Y/R
Yellow card Yellow-red card
R
Red card
Goalkeepers
1Luis IslasArgentina Independiente (1965-12-22)December 22, 1965 (aged 22)40000
12Fabián CancelarichArgentina Ferro Carril Oeste (1965-12-30)December 30, 1965 (aged 22)00000
Defenders
2Rubén AgüeroArgentina Estudiantes de La Plata (1960-02-20)February 20, 1960 (aged 28)20000
5Alberto BoggioArgentina Rosario Central (1969-08-14)August 14, 1969 (aged 19)00000
8Hernán DíazArgentina Rosario Central (1965-02-26)February 26, 1965 (aged 23)40000
9Néstor FabbriArgentina Racing Club (1968-04-29)April 29, 1968 (aged 20)41000
11Néstor LorenzoArgentina Argentinos Juniors (1966-02-28)February 28, 1966 (aged 22)40000
13Mario LuccaArgentina Vélez Sársfield (1961-08-06)August 6, 1961 (aged 27)3(1)0100
14Carlos MayorArgentina Vélez Sársfield (1965-05-10)May 10, 1965 (aged 23)1(1)0100
14Pedro MonzónArgentina Independiente (1962-02-23)February 23, 1962 (aged 26)2(1)0000
Midfielders
6Claudio CabreraArgentina Vélez Sársfield (1963-11-20)November 20, 1963 (aged 24)1(1)0000
10Daniel HernándezArgentina Independiente (1970-02-05)February 5, 1970 (aged 18)00000
16Hugo PérezArgentina Racing Club (1968-10-06)October 6, 1968 (aged 19)40100
17Alejandro RuidiazArgentina Independiente (1981-04-15)April 15, 1981 (aged 7)10000
Forwards
3Mauro AirezArgentina Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata) (1968-10-26)October 26, 1968 (aged 19)2(1)0000
4Carlos Alfaro MorenoArgentina Platense (1964-10-18)October 18, 1964 (aged 23)43000
7Jorge ComasArgentina Boca Juniors (1960-06-09)June 9, 1960 (aged 28)40000
18Alejandro RussoArgentina Estudiantes de La Plata (1968-02-13)February 13, 1968 (aged 20)(2)0000
19Darío SiviskiArgentina San Lorenzo (1962-12-20)December 20, 1962 (aged 25)40000
Coach
Argentina Carlos Pachamé (1944-02-25)February 25, 1944 (aged 44)
Results

Preliminaries

United States 1–1 Argentina
Windischmann 78' (Report) Alfaro Moreno 83' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,500

Soviet Union 2–1 Argentina
Dobrovolski 7'
Mikhailichenko 22'
(Report) Alfaro Moreno 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 25,000

South Korea 1–2 Argentina
Noh 14' (Report) Alfaro Moreno 3'
Nestor Fabbri 73'
Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5 Qualified for quarterfinals
2  Argentina 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3  South Korea 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2
4  United States 3 0 2 1 3 5 2 2
Source: FIFA
Quarterfinals
Brazil 1–0 Argentina
Silva 76' (Report)

Judo

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Bronze
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Claudio Yafuso Men's -65 kg  Anderson (GUM)
W 1000–0000
 Yolci (TUR)
W 0001–0000
 Lee (KOR)
L 0000–0210
did not advance  Bečanović (YUG)
W 0100–0021
 Carabetta (FRA)
L 0000–1000
did not advance
Dario García Men's -78 kg  Attyé (SEN)
W 1000–0000
 Legień (POL)
L 0000–1000
did not advance  Hussein (EGY)
W 0200–0000
 Doherty (CAN)
L (Chui)
did not advance
Sandro López Men's -86 kg Bye  White (GBR)
L 0001–0010
did not advance
Key
  • Chui – Penalty that equals the loss of five points

Rowing

Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Claudio Águila,
Daniel Scuri
Men's coxless pair 6:59.05 5 7:06.57 4 did not advance
Rubén D'Andrilli,
Marcelo Fernández,
Sergio Fernández González,
Claudio Guindón
Men's quadruple sculls 6:04.77 4 5:58.27 3 Q 5:57.56 5 did not advance

Sailing

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Gonzalo Campero Finn 26.0 29.0 13.0 (40.0)
RET
19.0 14.0 22.0 123.0 17
Jorge García Velazco Division II 11.7 17.0 5.7 (18.0) 11.7 8.0 16.0 70.1 7
Fernando García Guevara,
Diego Minguens
Tornado 30.0
RET
27.0 22.0 30.0
RET
30.0
DNC
30.0
DNC
30.0
DNC
169.0 23
Carlos Irigoyen,
Guillermo Parada
Men's 470 23.0 27.0 (29.0) 28.0 22.0 21.0 19.0 140.0 19
Julio Labandeira,
Alberto Zanetti
Star 21.0 (22.0) 21.0 16.0 21.0 19.0 21.0 119.0 16
Pedro Ferrero,
Raúl Lena,
Santiago Lange
Soling (21.0) 19.0 0.0 14.0 14.0 17.0 18.0 82.0 9
Key
  • RET – Retired
  • DNC – Did not compete

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final Rank
Score Rank Score Rank Score Total
Julio César Iemma Men's 50 m rifle prone 590 41 N/A did not advance 41
Firmo Roberti Skeet 147 9 Q 49 8 did not advance 8
Lisandro Sugezky Men's 10 m air pistol 572 31 N/A did not advance 31
Men's 50 m pistol 539 40 N/A did not advance 40

Swimming

Athlete Events Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Valentina Aracil Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:19.60 37 did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke DSQ did not advance
Women's 200 m medley 2:31.53 30 did not advance
Women's 400 m medley 5:19.17 28 did not advance
Alicia Boscatto Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:15.67 33 did not advance
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:45.80 39 did not advance
Key
  • DSQ – Disqualified

Table tennis

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Hae-Ja Kim Women's singles  Vriesekoop (NED)
L 0–3
 Guergueltcheva (BUL)
L 0–3
 Safarova (TCH)
L 0–3
 Perkučin (YUG)
L 0–3
 Meshref (EGY)
W 3–1
did not advance

Tennis

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Javier Frana Men's singles  Perkiss (ISR)
W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
 Jaite (ARG)
L 2–6, 4–6, 2–6
did not advance =17
Martín Jaite Singles  Pridham (CAN)
W 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
 Frana (ARG)
W 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
 Kim (KOR)
W 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
 Gilbert (USA)
L 7–5, 1–6, 6–7(1–7), 3–6
did not advance =5
Javier Frana,
Martín Jaite
Men's doubles N/A  Derlin (AUS)
 Evernden (AUS)
L 4–6, 1–4 (retired)
did not advance =17
Bettina Fulco Women's singles  Paulus (AUT)
L 6–7(5–7), 4–6
did not advance =33
Mercedes Paz Women's singles  Tsarbopoulou (GRE)
W 7–6(9–7), 6–3
 Maleeva (BUL)
L 1–6, 2–6
did not advance =17
Gabriela Sabatini Women's singles Bye  Goleš (YUG)
W 6–1, 6–0
 Hanika (FRG)
W 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
 Zvereva (URS)
W 6–4, 6–3
 Maleeva (BUL)
W 6–1, 6–2
 Graf (FRG)
L 3–6, 3–6
 Silver
Mercedes Paz,
Gabriela Sabatini
Women's doubles N/A  Bassett-Seguso (CAN)
 Hetherington (CAN)
L 6–7(8–10), 7–5, (18–20)
did not advance =9

Volleyball

Roster

Coach: Luis Muchaga

No. Name Date of birth Height Weight
1Claudio Zulianello29 May 19651.98 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)
2Daniel Castellani21 March 19611.95 m (6 ft 5 in)83 kg (183 lb)
3Esteban Martínez25 September 19611.91 m (6 ft 3 in)87 kg (192 lb)
4Alejandro Diz26 March 19651.96 m (6 ft 5 in)90 kg (200 lb)
5Daniel Colla23 February 19641.95 m (6 ft 5 in)80 kg (180 lb)
6Javier Weber6 January 19661.80 m (5 ft 11 in)77 kg (170 lb)
7Hugo Conte14 April 19631.97 m (6 ft 6 in)90 kg (200 lb)
8Waldo Kantor11 January 19601.78 m (5 ft 10 in)74 kg (163 lb)
9Raúl Quiroga26 January 19621.97 m (6 ft 6 in)93 kg (205 lb)
10Jon Uriarte15 October 19611.99 m (6 ft 6 in)91 kg (201 lb)
11Esteban de Palma18 January 19671.96 m (6 ft 5 in)90 kg (200 lb)
12Juan Cuminetti27 May 19671.99 m (6 ft 6 in)86 kg (190 lb)
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  United States 5 5 0 10 15 3 5.000 263 155 1.697 Semifinals
2  Argentina 5 3 2 8 11 7 1.571 219 211 1.038
3  France 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 222 190 1.168 5th–8th semifinals
4  Netherlands 5 3 2 8 10 7 1.429 202 183 1.104
5  Japan 5 1 4 6 5 12 0.417 182 225 0.809 9th–12th semifinals
6  Tunisia 5 0 5 5 0 15 0.000 101 225 0.449
Source:
September 18, 1988
14:00
Tunisia  0–3  Argentina Referees:
Cho Young-Ho (South Korea),
Surev Stepanian (Soviet Union)
(5–15, 11–15, 6–15)
 
September 19, 1988 Japan  1–3  Argentina Referees:
Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria),
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
(11–15, 12–15, 15–11, 11–15)
 
September 22, 1988 United States  3–2  Argentina Referees:
Ramis Samedov (Soviet Union),
Sigmund Dawiskibas (Sweden)
(11–15, 11–15, 15–4, 17–15, 15–7)
 
September 24, 1988 Argentina  3–0  Netherlands Referees:
Kim Young-Dae (South Korea),
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
(15–11, 15–7, 15–8)
 
September 26, 1988 France  3–0  Argentina Referees:
Cho Young-Ho (South Korea),
Abdelmajid Djeran (Tunisia)
(15–7, 15–5, 15–5)
 
Semifinal
September 30, 1988 Soviet Union  3–0  Argentina Referees:
Cho Young-Ho (South Korea),
Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
(15–11, 17–15, 15–8)
 
Bronze medal match
September 30, 1988 Argentina  3–2  Brazil Referees:
Vladimir Kovalik (Czechoslovakia),
Torres Genard Arredondo (Mexico)
(15–10, 15–17, 15–8, 12–15, 15–9)
 
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Won Bronze Medal

Wrestling

Athlete Event Preliminary round Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Daniel Iglesias Men's freestyle 82 kg  Jarju (RSA)
L
 Hussein (EGY)
W
 Lohyňa (TCH)
L
Did not advance
Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg  Kim (KOR)
L
 Mukai (JPN)
L
Did not advance
Daniel Navarrete Men's freestyle 68 kg  Brown (AUS)
L
 Al-Masri (JOR)
W
 Park (KOR)
L
Did not advance
Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg  Barcia (ESP)
L
 Hidalgo (PAN)
L
Did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Argentina at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
  2. Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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