Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Argentina at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Argentina at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Beijing
Competitors	137 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Manu Ginóbili (opening); Juan Curuchet (closing)
Medals; Ranked 35th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.^[1] Manu Ginóbili, basketball player and gold medalist at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Walter Pérez Juan Curuchet	Cycling	Men's madison	August 19
Gold	Argentina national football team 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	August 23
Bronze	Paula Pareto	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 9
Bronze	Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Sailing	Men's Tornado	August 21
Bronze	Argentina women's hockey team 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	August 22
Bronze	Argentina national basketball team 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	August 24

Athletics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Juan Manuel Cano	20 km walk	—				1:27:17	40
Javier Carriqueo	1500 m	3:39.36	7	Did not advance
Leonardo Price	800 m	1:49.39	6	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jorge Balliengo	Discus throw	58.82	30	Did not advance
Germán Chiaraviglio	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Juan Ignacio Cerra	Hammer throw	70.16	30	Did not advance
Germán Lauro	Shot put	19.07	32	Did not advance
Pablo Pietrobelli	Javelin throw	69.09	34	Did not advance

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Rocío Comba	Discus throw	51.36	36	Did not advance
Alejandra García	Pole vault	4.15	31	Did not advance
Jennifer Dahlgren	Hammer throw	66.35	29	Did not advance

Basketball

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

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Argentina men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F/C	4	Luis Scola (C)	28 – (1980-04-30)April 30, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Houston Rockets
SG	5	Manu Ginóbili	31 – (1977-07-28)July 28, 1977	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	San Antonio Spurs
C	6	Román González	30 – (1978-01-28)January 28, 1978	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Peñarol
C	7	Fabricio Oberto	33 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	San Antonio Spurs
PG	8	Pablo Prigioni	31 – (1977-05-17)May 17, 1977	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	TAU Cerámica
PG	9	Antonio Porta	24 – (1983-10-28)October 28, 1983	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Spartak Saint Petersburg
SG	10	Carlos Delfino	25 – (1982-08-29)August 29, 1982	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Khimki
PG	11	Paolo Quinteros	29 – (1979-01-15)January 15, 1979	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Basket Zaragoza
PF	12	Leonardo Gutiérrez	30 – (1978-05-16)May 16, 1978	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Atenas
SF	13	Andrés Nocioni	28 – (1979-11-30)November 30, 1979	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Chicago Bulls
C	14	Juan Pedro Gutiérrez	24 – (1983-10-10)October 10, 1983	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Granada
SF	15	Federico Kammerichs	28 – (1980-06-21)June 21, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Regatas

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9^[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8^[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8^[b]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008
16:45

Report

Lithuania	79–75	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 17–15, 28–30
Pts: Kleiza 13 Rebs: K. Lavrinovič 7 Asts: Jasikevičius 8		Pts: Ginobili 19 Rebs: Oberto 11 Asts: Oberto, Prigioni 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

12 August 2008
22:15

Report

Argentina	85–68	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 16–18, 24–17, 22–22
Pts: Ginobili 21 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 7		Pts: Mills 22 Rebs: Andersen 6 Asts: Bogut, Bruton 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

14 August 2008
22:15

Report

Argentina	77–53	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 19–9, 19–16, 18–15
Pts: Nocioni 18 Rebs: Nocioni 8 Asts: Ginobili 8		Pts: Tomas, Banić 9 Rebs: Banić 6 Asts: Ukić 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Juan Carlos Arteaga (ESP)

16 August 2008
16:45

Report

Iran	82–97	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Kamrani 4		Pts: Ginobili 32 Rebs: Scola 7 Asts: Prigioni 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

18 August 2008
22:15

Report

Argentina	91–79	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 18–23, 27–25, 19–15
Pts: Scola 37 Rebs: Nocioni 9 Asts: Prigioni 10		Pts: Kirilenko 23 Rebs: Kirilenko 9 Asts: Holden 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

Quarterfinals

20 August 2008
22:15

Report

Argentina	80–78	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 17–17, 17–15, 24–23
Scoring by half: 39–40, 41–38
Pts: Ginobili 24 Rebs: Scola 8 Asts: Prigioni 3		Pts: Fotsis 17 Rebs: Fotsis 10 Asts: Papaloukas 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

Semifinals

22 August 2008
22:00

Report

Argentina	81–101	United States
Scoring by quarter: 11–30, 29–19, 24–29, 17–23
Scoring by half: 40–49, 41–52
Pts: Scola 28 Rebs: Scola 11 Asts: Prigioni 3		Pts: Anthony 21 Rebs: Bosh 10 Asts: Kidd 7

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA)

Bronze medal game

24 August 2008
12:00

Report

Lithuania	75–87	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–22, 15–22, 26–19
Scoring by half: 34–46, 41–41
Pts: Šiškauskas 15 Rebs: Šiškauskas, K. Lavrinovič 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 3		Pts: Delfino 20 Rebs: Delfino 10 Asts: Prigioni 7

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Boxing

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.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ezequiel Maderna	Middleweight	Estrada (USA) L 2–10	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miguel Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:39.781	5 QS	1:46.422	7	Did not advance
Miguel Correa	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:45.695	6 QS	3:51.715	9	Did not advance
Estefania Fontanini	Women's K-1 500 m	2:00.291	8	Did not advance

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

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alejandro Borrajo	Men's road race	Did not finish
Juan José Haedo	Men's road race	Did not finish
Matías Médici	Men's road race	Did not finish
Matías Médici	Men's time trial	1:07:53	30

Track

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	1	0	18
Juan Curuchet Walter Pérez	Men's madison	8	0

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Darío Gasco	Men's cross-country	2:07:04	27

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Cristian Becerine	Men's BMX	37.253	27	11	2 Q	15	5	Did not advance
Ramiro Marino	Men's BMX	36.768	21	20	8	Did not advance
Gabriela Díaz	Women's BMX	37.590	5	—		13	3 Q	39.747	5
María Belén Dutto	Women's BMX	40.193	14	—		20	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
José Larocca	Royal Power	Individual	14	66	16	30	59	Did not advance								30	59

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alberto González Viaggio	Individual foil	Zhu J (CHN) L 2–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

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

Roster

The following is the Argentine roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head Coach: Gabriel Minadeo

Reserve:

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Germany	5	4	0	1	12	8	+4	12	Advanced to semifinals
Argentina	5	3	2	0	13	7	+6	11	Advanced to semifinals
Great Britain	5	2	2	1	7	9	−2	8
United States	5	1	3	1	9	8	+1	6
Japan	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
New Zealand	5	0	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008
18:30

Argentina	2–2	United States
Rebecchi 5', 11'	Report	Smith 18' Loy 64'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Carol Metchette (IRL)

12 August 2008
08:30

Argentina	2–2	Great Britain
García 10' Gulla 27'	Report	Thomas 49' Clewlow 51'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Stella Bartlema (NED)

14 August 2008
18:30

Japan	1–2	Argentina
Miura 64'	Report	Gulla 38' Burkart 51'

Umpires:
Miao Lin (CHN)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

16 August 2008
18:00

Germany	0–4	Argentina
	Report	Burkart 38' Gulla 49', 66' Aymar 68'

Umpires:
Lisa Roach (AUS)
Chieko Soma (JPN)

18 August 2008
20:30

Argentina	3–2	New Zealand
Rebecchi 15' García 43' Hernández 46'	Report	Roberts 33' Igasan 61'

Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Semifinal

20 August 2008
20:30

Netherlands	5–2	Argentina
Paumen 9', 25', 47' Agliotti 31' Hoog 68'	Report	Russo 59' Gulla 69'

Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Sarah Garnett (NZL)

Bronze medal match

22 August 2008
18:00

Germany	1–3	Argentina
Kühn 45'	Report	Luchetti 11' Rebecchi 22' Barrionuevo 63'

Umpires:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)

Football

Men's tournament

Roster

Sergio Batista, head coach of the men's football team, announced his final squad for the Olympics on 3 July.^[5] Pareja takes the place of Burdisso, whose club did not grant permission. The following is the Argentina squad in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Head coach: Sergio Batista

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Óscar Ustari	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 22)	1	0	Getafe
2	2DF	Ezequiel Garay	(1986-10-10)10 October 1986 (aged 21)	1	0	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Fabián Monzón	(1987-04-13)13 April 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Boca Juniors
4	2DF	Pablo Zabaleta	(1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 23)	5	0	Espanyol
5	3MF	Fernando Gago	(1986-04-10)10 April 1986 (aged 22)	9	0	Real Madrid
6	2DF	Federico Fazio	(1987-03-17)17 March 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	Sevilla
7	3MF	José Sosa	(1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 23)	2	0	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Éver Banega	(1988-06-29)29 June 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Valencia
9	4FW	Ezequiel Lavezzi	(1985-05-03)3 May 1985 (aged 23)	2	0	Napoli
10	3MF	Juan Román Riquelme* (c)	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 30)	42	18	Boca Juniors
11	3MF	Ángel Di María	(1988-02-14)14 February 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Benfica
12	2DF	Nicolás Pareja*	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 24)	0	0	Anderlecht
13	4FW	Lautaro Acosta	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	Sevilla
14	3MF	Javier Mascherano*	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 24)	37	2	Liverpool
15	4FW	Lionel Messi	(1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 21)	26	8	Barcelona
16	4FW	Sergio Agüero	(1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 20)	7	2	Atlético Madrid
17	4FW	Diego Buonanotte	(1988-04-19)19 April 1988 (aged 20)	0	0	River Plate
18	1GK	Sergio Romero	(1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 21)	0	0	AZ
22	1GK	Nicolás Navarro^{[n 1]}	(1985-03-25)25 March 1985 (aged 23)	0	0	Napoli

* Over-aged player.

Notes

^ Replaces Óscar Ustari who was injured during the competition

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Argentina	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Ivory Coast	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
3	Australia	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Serbia	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Source: ^[7]

7 August 2008

19:45

Ivory Coast	1–2	Argentina
Cissé 53'	Report	Messi 43' Acosta 86'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 43,266

Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Germany)

10 August 2008

17:00

Argentina	1–0	Australia
Lavezzi 76'	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 38,182

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

13 August 2008

19:45

Argentina	2–0	Serbia
Lavezzi 13' (pen.) Buonanotte 84'	Report

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 53,668

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Quarterfinals

16 August 2008

21:00

Argentina	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Messi 14' Di María 105'	Report	Bakkal 36'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 51,366

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Semifinals

19 August 2008

21:00

Argentina	3–0	Brazil
Agüero 52', 58' Riquelme 76' (pen.)	Report

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 52,968

Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay)

Gold medal game

23 August 2008

12:00

Nigeria	0–1	Argentina
	Report	Di María 58'

Beijing National Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 89,102

Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)

Source for cards:^[8]

Team details

Nigeria


GK	1	Ambruse Vanzekin
DF	5	Dele Adeleye
DF	4	Onyekachi Apam 68'
DF	2	Chibuzor Okonkwo
DF	13	Olubayo Adefemi
MF	8	Sani Kaita
MF	12	Ajilore Oluwafemi
MF	11	Solomon Okoronkwo	64'
FW	9	Victor Obinna 51'
FW	14	Peter Odemwingie
FW	10	Isaac Promise (c)	70'
Substitutes:
FW	16	Victor Anichebe	64'
MF	17	Emmanuel Ekpo	70'
Manager:
Samson Siasia

Argentina


GK	18	Sergio Romero
DF	4	Pablo Zabaleta
DF	2	Ezequiel Garay
DF	12	Nicolás Pareja
DF	3	Luciano Monzón 81'
MF	11	Ángel Di María	88'
MF	14	Javier Mascherano
MF	5	Fernando Gago
MF	10	Juan Román Riquelme (c) 82'
FW	15	Lionel Messi	90'
FW	16	Sergio Agüero	79'
Substitutes:
MF	7	José Sosa	79'
MF	8	Ever Banega	88'
FW	9	Ezequiel Lavezzi	90'
Manager:
Sergio Batista

Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Carlos Borrello

Argentina named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[9]^[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Guadalupe Calello	(1990-04-13)13 April 1990 (aged 18)	River Plate
2	2DF	Eva González	(1987-09-02)2 September 1987 (aged 20)	Boca Juniors
3	2DF	Yesica Arrien	(1980-07-01)1 July 1980 (aged 28)	Estudiantes de La Plata
4	3MF	Florencia Mandrile	(1988-02-10)10 February 1988 (aged 20)	San Lorenzo de Almagro
5	2DF	Marisa Gerez (captain)	(1976-11-03)3 November 1976 (aged 31)	Boca Juniors
6	2DF	Gabriela Chávez	(1989-04-09)9 April 1989 (aged 19)	Independiente
7	4FW	Ludmila Manicler	(1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 21)	Independiente
8	4FW	Emilia Mendieta	(1988-02-04)4 February 1988 (aged 20)	River Plate
9	4FW	Belén Potassa	(1988-12-12)12 December 1988 (aged 19)	San Lorenzo de Almagro
10	3MF	Mariela Coronel	(1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 27)	Prainsa Zaragoza
11	3MF	Fabiana Vallejos	(1985-07-30)30 July 1985 (aged 23)	Boca Juniors
12	2DF	Daiana Cardone	(1989-01-01)1 January 1989 (aged 19)	Independiente
13	3MF	Florencia Quiñones	(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 21)	San Lorenzo de Almagro
14	4FW	Andrea Ojeda	(1985-01-17)17 January 1985 (aged 23)	Boca Juniors
15	4FW	Mercedes Pereyra	(1987-05-07)7 May 1987 (aged 21)	River Plate
16	3MF	Gimena Blanco	(1987-12-05)5 December 1987 (aged 20)	River Plate
17	4FW	Analía Almeida	(1985-08-19)19 August 1985 (aged 22)	San Lorenzo de Almagro
18	1GK	Vanina Correa	(1983-08-14)14 August 1983 (aged 24)	Boca Juniors

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^[11]

6 August 2008

17:00

Argentina	1–2	Canada
Manicler 85'	Report	Chapman 27' Lang 72'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 23,201

Referee: Christine Beck (Germany)

9 August 2008

17:00

Sweden	1–0	Argentina
Fischer 57'	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 38,293

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

12 August 2008

19:45

China	2–0	Argentina
Quiñones 52' (o.g.) Gu Yasha 90'	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 31,492

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Albarracín	−60 kg	Bye	Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Akhondzadeh (IRI) L 0002–0020	Did not advance
Mariano Bertolotti	−73 kg	—	Guilheiro (BRA) L 0010–0100	Did not advance
Emmanuel Lucenti	−81 kg	Bye	Burton (GBR) L 0010–0010	Did not advance
Diego Rosati	−90 kg	—	Olson (USA) W 0001–0000	Pershin (RUS) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Trezise (RSA) W 1000–0000	Kazusionak (BLR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance
Eduardo Costa	−100 kg	—	Palkovacs (SVK) W 0110–0100	Matyjaszek (POL) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Sandro López	+100 kg	Bye	Zegarra (PER) L 0001–1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Paula Pareto	−48 kg	Bye	Day (AUS) W 1000–0000	Tani (JPN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance	Bye	Wu Sg (CHN) W 0100–0001	Csernoviczki (HUN) W 0110–0001	Pak O-S (PRK) W 0100–0001
Daniela Krukower	−63 kg	Arlove (AUS) W 1000–0000	Won O-I (PRK) L 0010–0020	Did not advance		Bye	Willeboordse (NED) L 0000–0230	Did not advance
Lorena Briceño	−78 kg	Bye	Possamaï (FRA) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Santiago Fernández	Single sculls	7:38.87	4 QF	7:27.60	6 SC/D	Withdrew

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
María Gabriela Best	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

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
Mariano Reutemann	RS:X	25	18	19	23	25	15	16	16	16	20	EL	168	21
Julio Alsogaray	Laser	1	12	10	28	14	1	2	32	16	CAN	8	92	7
Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente	470	14	14	4	11	19	9	7	30	5	9	18	110	10

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
Florencia Gutiérrez	RS:X	27	19	27	20	23	26	23	~~DNF~~	24	27	EL	216	25
Cecilia Carranza	Laser Radial	15	8	9	20	8	15	6	~~DNF~~	23	CAN	EL	104	12t
Consuelo Monsegur Maria Fernanda Sesto	470	16	18	17	12	10	16	14	4	10	14	EL	113	16

Open

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	Tornado	13	1	1	12	4	6	9	1	9	1	6	56

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

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan Carlos Dasque	Trap	115	19	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Damián Blaum	10 km open water	—				1:55:48.6	24
Sergio Ferreyra	100 m breaststroke	1:03.65	52	Did not advance
Sergio Ferreyra	200 m breaststroke	2:20.10	52	Did not advance
Andrés José González	200 m butterfly	2:00.36	33	Did not advance
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	22.58	35	Did not advance
José Meolans	100 m freestyle	49.50	35	Did not advance
Eduardo Germán Otero	100 m backstroke	56.74	40	Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra	400 m freestyle	3:59.35	35	—		Did not advance
Juan Martín Pereyra	1500 m freestyle	15:49.57	34	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Georgina Bardach	200 m butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:25.74	37	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:00.87	36	—		Did not advance
Cecilia Biagioli	400 m freestyle	4:19.85	34	—		Did not advance
Cecilia Biagioli	800 m freestyle	8:50.18	31	—		Did not advance
Antonella Bogarín	10 km open water	—				2:11:35.9	24
Agustina de Giovanni	200 m breaststroke	2:34.94	37	Did not advance
Liliana Guiscardo	100 m breaststroke	1:11.43	37	Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Liu Song	Men's singles	Bye	Jang S-M (PRK) L 2–4	Did not advance
Pablo Tabachnik	Men's singles	Lashin (EGY) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

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
Vanina Sánchez	Women's −67 kg	Guler (TUR) W 4–0	Sergerie (CAN) L 0–3	Did not advance	Morgan (AUS) L 2–9	Did not advance

Tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Agustín Calleri	Singles	Mullings (BAH) W 6–1, 6–1	Lu Y-h (TPE) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas		Niemeyer (CAN) W 3–6, 4–2^r	Simon (FRA) L 5–7, 1–6	Did not advance
Juan Mónaco		Čilić (CRO) L 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 3–6	Did not advance
David Nalbandian		Zeng Sx (CHN) W 6–2, 6–1	Massú (CHI) W 7–6^(7–0), 6–1	Monfils (FRA) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Agustín Calleri Juan Mónaco	Doubles	—	Guccione / Hewitt (AUS) L 4–6, 6–7^(4–7), 6–8	Did not advance
Guillermo Cañas David Nalbandian	Doubles	—	Darcis / Rochus (BEL) L 7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(5–7), 3–6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gisela Dulko	Singles	Dellacqua (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Gisela Dulko Betina Jozami	Doubles	—	Obziler / Pe'er (ISR) W 6–3, 6–2	Vesnina / Zvonareva (RUS) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

The men's beach volleyball team Conde-Baracetti (Martín Conde and Mariano Baracetti) qualified to represent Argentina.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mariano Baracetti Martín Conde	Men's	Pool B Heuscher – Heyer (SUI) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 17–21) Pļaviņš – Samoilovs (LAT) W 2 – 0 (23–21, 21–19) Dalhausser – Rogers (USA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Carlos Espeleta	Men's −77 kg	140	=21	170	=18	310	19
Nora Koppel	Women's −75 kg	Did not compete

References

^ COA Notas de Actualidad Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^ "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Argentina roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.
^ Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Argentina Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
^ "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ "Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol • 23 Aug 2008 • 01:00 • National Stadium (Bird's Nest)". FIFA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
^ "Argentina – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
^ "Team profile – Football Women: Argentina". BOCOG. 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
^ Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, access date: 8 July 2008.

[table_hth_A0.88399959163927-3] Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina

[table_hth_C0.88399959163927-4] Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

[9] Replaces Óscar Ustari who was injured during the competition

[1] COA Notas de Actualidad Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

[2] "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Argentina roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

[BoxingQual-5] 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine

[la84book2-6] 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

[7] Batista confirmó el seleccionado argentino para Beijing Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[8] "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Argentina Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[10] "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[11] "Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol • 23 Aug 2008 • 01:00 • National Stadium (Bird's Nest)". FIFA (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

[12] "Argentina – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[13] "Team profile – Football Women: Argentina". BOCOG. 2008. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[14] "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[15] Current Standing Olympic Beach Volleyball Qualification Men, access date: 8 July 2008.

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
America	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China East Timor Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain biking

BMX

Equestrian

Show jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Women's tournament

Football

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Volleyball

Beach

Weightlifting

See also

References