Argentina at the 1924 Summer Olympics

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Argentina at the 1924 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Paris
Competitors	77 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Enrique Thompson
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France was the nation's fourth appearance out of seven editions of the Summer Olympic Games. Argentina sent to the 1924 Summer Olympics its first national team, under the auspices of the Argentine Olympic Committee (Comité Olímpico Argentino), 77 athletes (all males) that competed in 39 events in 11 sports. They brought home Argentina's inaugural batch of Olympic medals, one gold in a team sport, three silver and two bronze; the latter five medals for individual achievement.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Argentina national polo team Arturo Kenny Juan Miles Guillermo Naylor Juan Nelson Enrique Padilla	Polo		July 12
Silver	Luis Brunetto	Athletics	Men's triple jump	July 12
Silver	Alfredo Copello	Boxing	Men's lightweight	July 20
Silver	Héctor Méndez	Boxing	Men's welterweight	July 20
Bronze	Pedro Quartucci	Boxing	Men's featherweight	July 20
Bronze	Alfredo Porzio	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	July 20

Ranks given are within the heat.

Ten athletes represented Argentina in 1924. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Brunetto took a silver medal in the triple jump, and briefly held the Olympic record in the event.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Federico Brewster	400 m	51.8	2 Q	Unknown	6	did not advance
Luis Brunetto	Triple jump	N/A				15.425 OR	1 Q	15.425
Emilio Casanovas	400 m	Unknown	4	did not advance
Francisco Dova	400 m	51.0	3	did not advance
Miguel Enrico	100 m	Unknown	6	did not advance
Félix Escobar	100 m	Unknown	5	did not advance
	200 m	23.0	2 Q	Unknown	6	did not advance
	400 m	51.4	3	did not advance
Camilo Rivas	100 m	Unknown	3	did not advance
Enrique Thompson	400 m hurdles	N/A		57.0	3	did not advance
	Decathlon	N/A						6310.525	13
Otto Diesch Félix Escobar Guillermo Newberry Camilo Rivas	4 × 100 m relay	N/A		44.0	3	did not advance

Ten boxers represented Argentina at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's second appearance in boxing. Argentina won its first medals in the sport, taking four medals total but no championships.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vicente Catada	Flyweight	Bye	Fee (USA) L	did not advance			9
Alfredo Copello	Lightweight	White (GBR) W	Marfut (ITA) W	Rothwell (USA) W	Tholey (FRA) W	Nielsen (DEN) L
Manuel Gallardo	Middleweight	Bye	Brousse (FRA) L	did not advance			9
Héctor Méndez	Welterweight	Palm (EST) W	Petersen (DEN) W	Mello (USA) W	Dwyer (IRL) W	Delarge (BEL) L
Benjamín Pertuzzo	Bantamweight	Ricciardi (ITA) W	Hilliard (IRL) W	Tripoli (USA) L	did not advance		5
Alfredo Porzio	Heavyweight	N/A	Peguilhan (FRA) W	Greathouse (USA) W	von Porat (NOR) L	de Best (NED) W
Pedro Quartucci	Featherweight	Stuckemann (FRA) W	Beavis (GBR) W	Depont (FRA) W	Fields (USA) L	Devergnies (BEL) W
Mario Reilly	Lightweight	Valdero (ESP) L	did not advance				17
Arturo Rodríguez	Light heavyweight	Petersen (DEN) L	did not advance				17
Alfredo Santoro	Welterweight	Bye	Stauffer (SUI) L	did not advance			9

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 1 1 .500  Denmark 1 2 .333  Estonia 1 0 1.000  France 4 1 .800  Great Britain 2 0 1.000  Italy 2 0 1.000  Ireland 2 0 1.000  Netherlands 1 0 1.000  Norway 0 1 .000  Spain 0 1 .000  Switzerland 0 1 .000  United States 3 3 .500 Total 17 10 .630

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 4 2 .667 Round of 16 5 3 .625 Quarterfinals 4 1 .800 Semifinals 2 2 .500 Final 0 2 .000 Bronze match 2 0 1.000 Total 17 10 .630

Five cyclists represented Argentina in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Thirteen fencers, all men, represented Argentina in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, and first since 1900. Larraz matched the country's best individual fencing result to date, set in 1900, at fifth place.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Argentina sent a polo team to the Olympics for the first time in 1924. In the round-robin tournament, defeated Spain handily in its first game. The second game for Argentina was against the United States, who had already won their other three games and could clinch the gold by beating Argentina. The South Americans were able to come from behind late in the match, however, and defeat the United States. They then beat Great Britain and France to secure the championship.

Ranks given are within the pool.

Players	Event	Round robin
		Wins	Losses	Points for	Points against	Rank
Arturo Kenny Juan Miles Guillermo Naylor Juan Nelson Enrique Padilla	Men's polo	4	0	46	14

Nine rowers represented Argentina in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Five sailors represented Argentina in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Eight sport shooters represented Argentina in 1924. It was the nation's debut in the sport.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Héctor Cattaruzza	Singles	Papadopoulos (GRE) W 7–5, 7–5, 6–1	van Lennep (NED) L 3–6, 1–6, 1–6	did not advance
Carlos Dumas	Singles	Bye	Aeschlimann (SUI) L 5–7, 4–6, 0–6	did not advance
Arturo Hortal	Singles	Castro (POR) W 6–1, 6–4, 6–2	Hunter (USA) L 3–6, 3–6, 1–6	did not advance
Guillermo Robson	Singles	Bye	Bye	Alonso (ESP) L 9–7, 4–6, 0–6, 4–6	did not advance
Héctor Cattaruzza Jorge Williams	Doubles	—	Bye	Wennergren / Müller (SWE) L 2–6, 0–6, 3–6	did not advance
Carlos Dumas Guillermo Robson	Doubles	—	Bye	Grahn / Schybergson (FIN) W 6–1, 6–3, 6–0	Lacoste / Borotra (FRA) L 4–6, 1–6, 3–6	did not advance

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• "Argentina Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 April 2009.