Argentina at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Argentina at the Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
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Medals Ranked 45th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 22 27 31 80
Summer appearances
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1928 1932–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

Argentina first joined the Olympic Games way back in 1900. Since then, they've been part of almost every Summer Olympics. The only times they missed out were in 1904, 1912, and in 1980. In 1980, they chose not to go to the Moscow Olympics to support the United States. Argentina also started competing in the Winter Olympics in 1928, and has been there regularly since 1960.

Did you know Argentina was one of the 12 countries that helped start the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894? This is a big deal, as they were the only country from Latin America to be a founding member! Argentina's own Olympic Committee was officially recognized in 1923.

Argentina had a really strong period in the Olympics from 1924 to 1952. During these years, they won at least one gold medal in every single Olympic event. That's pretty impressive!

After 1952, Argentina's medal count started to slow down. In the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics, they didn't win any medals at all. But things turned around at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. For the first time in 52 years, Argentina won gold medals again! However, in 2004, their neighbor Brazil took over as the South American country with the most gold and total medals.

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil saw Argentina send its biggest team ever, with 213 athletes. They won three gold medals, which was their best result since 1948. One of these gold medals was also the first ever won by an Argentine woman!

Overall, Argentine athletes have won 80 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. A large number of these, 24 medals, have come from boxing. This makes boxing their most successful sport. Argentina has not yet won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

In 2018, the city of Buenos Aires hosted the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Argentina's Olympic Medals

The numbers in bold show Argentina's best results ever!

Summer Games Medals Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 1 0 0 0 0 – 1904 St. Louis did not participate 1908 London 1 0 0 0 0 – 1912 Stockholm did not participate 1920 Antwerp 1 0 0 0 0 – 1924 Paris 77 1 3 2 6 16 1928 Amsterdam 81 3 3 1 7 12 1932 Los Angeles 32 3 1 0 4 11 1936 Berlin 51 2 2 3 7 13 1948 London 199 3 3 1 7 13 1952 Helsinki 123 1 2 2 5 19 1956 Melbourne 28 0 1 1 2 29 1960 Rome 91 0 1 1 2 30 1964 Tokyo 102 0 1 0 1 30 1968 Mexico City 89 0 0 2 2 41 1972 Munich 92 0 1 0 1 33 1976 Montreal 69 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Moscow boycotted 1984 Los Angeles 82 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Seoul 118 0 1 1 2 35 1992 Barcelona 84 0 0 1 1 54 1996 Atlanta 178 0 2 1 3 54 2000 Sydney 143 0 2 2 4 57 2004 Athens 152 2 0 4 6 38 2008 Beijing 137 2 0 4 6 35 2012 London 142 1 1 2 4 42 2016 Rio de Janeiro 213 3 1 0 4 27 2020 Tokyo 189 0 1 2 3 72 2024 Paris 136 1 1 1 3 52 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 22 27 31 80 43

Winter Games Medals Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix did not participate 1928 St. Moritz 10 0 0 0 0 – 1932 Lake Placid did not participate 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1948 St. Moritz 9 0 0 0 0 – 1952 Oslo 12 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo did not participate 1960 Squaw Valley 6 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Innsbruck 12 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Grenoble 5 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Sapporo 2 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Innsbruck 8 0 0 0 0 – 1980 Lake Placid 13 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Sarajevo 18 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 15 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 20 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 10 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 2 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 11 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 9 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 7 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 7 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang 7 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing 6 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milan/Cortina future event Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by Summer Sport Sports 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank Boxing 7 7 10 24 9 Athletics 2 3 0 5 49 Football 2 2 0 4 5 Polo 2 0 0 2 2 Cycling 2 0 0 2 22 Sailing 1 5 5 11 23 Field hockey 1 3 3 7 7 Rowing 1 1 2 4 28 Swimming 1 1 1 3 37 Basketball 1 0 1 2 4 Judo 1 0 1 2 30 Taekwondo 1 0 0 1 21 Tennis 0 2 3 5 23 Weightlifting 0 1 1 2 53 Equestrian 0 1 0 1 26 Shooting 0 1 0 1 60 Volleyball 0 0 2 2 20 Fencing 0 0 1 1 36 Rugby sevens 0 0 1 1 6 Total 22 27 31 80 42 Medals by Gender Gender 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Men 20 20 24 64 Women 1 6 7 14 Mixed 1 1 0 2 Total 22 27 31 80

List of Medal Winners

Medal	Name(s)	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Polo team Arturo Kenny Juan Miles Guillermo Naylor Juan Nelson Enrique Padilla	1924 Paris	Polo	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Brunetto, LuisLuis Brunetto	1924 Paris	Athletics	Men's triple jump
2 Silver	Copello, AlfredoAlfredo Copello	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's lightweight
2 Silver	Méndez, HéctorHéctor Méndez	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's welterweight
3 Bronze	Quartucci, PedroPedro Quartucci	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's featherweight
3 Bronze	Porzio, AlfredoAlfredo Porzio	1924 Paris	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
1 Gold	Zorrilla, AlbertoAlberto Zorrilla	1928 Amsterdam	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle
1 Gold	Avendaño, VíctorVíctor Avendaño	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
1 Gold	Rodríguez, ArturoArturo Rodríguez	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Peralta, VíctorVíctor Peralta	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's featherweight
2 Silver	Landini, RaúlRaúl Landini	1928 Amsterdam	Boxing	Men's welterweight
2 Silver	Men's football team Ludovico Bidoglio Ángel Bossio Saúl Calandra Alfredo Carricaberry Roberto Cherro Octavio Díaz Juan Evaristo Manuel Ferreira Enrique Gainzarain Alfredo Helman Segundo Luna Ángel Medici Luis Monti Pedro Ochoa Rodolfo Orlandini Raimundo Orsi Fernando Paternoster Feliciano Perducca Natalio Perinetti Domingo Tarasconi Luis Weihmuller Adolfo Zumelzú	1928 Amsterdam	Football	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Raúl Anganuzzi Carmelo Camet Roberto Larraz Héctor Lucchetti Luis Lucchetti	1928 Amsterdam	Fencing	Men's team foil
1 Gold	Zabala, Juan CarlosJuan Carlos Zabala	1932 Los Angeles	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Robledo, CarmeloCarmelo Robledo	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's featherweight
1 Gold	Lovell, SantiagoSantiago Lovell	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Azar, AmadoAmado Azar	1932 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight
1 Gold	Casanovas, OscarOscar Casanovas	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's featherweight
1 Gold	Polo team Andrés Gazzotti Manuel Andrada Roberto Cavanagh Luis Duggan	1936 Berlin	Polo	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Lovell, GuillermoGuillermo Lovell	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Campbell, JeannetteJeannette Campbell	1936 Berlin	Swimming	Women's 100m Freestyle
3 Bronze	Villarreal, RaúlRaúl Villarreal	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Risiglione, FranciscoFrancisco Risiglione	1936 Berlin	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
3 Bronze	Curatella, JulioJulio Curatella Podestá, HoracioHoracio Podestá	1936 Berlin	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
1 Gold	Cabrera, DelfoDelfo Cabrera	1948 London	Athletics	Men's marathon
1 Gold	Pérez, PascualPascual Pérez	1948 London	Boxing	Men's flyweight
1 Gold	Iglesias, RafaelRafael Iglesias	1948 London	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Noemí Simonetto	1948 London	Athletics	Women's long jump
2 Silver	Carlos Enrique Díaz Sáenz Valiente	1948 London	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
2 Silver	Sieburger, Enrique ConradoEnrique Conrado Sieburger Enrique Adolfo Sieburger Homps, EmilioEmilio Homps Rivademar, RodolfoRodolfo Rivademar Rodríguez de la Torre, RufinoRufino Rodríguez de la Torre Sieburger, JulioJulio Sieburger	1948 London	Sailing	Men's 6 m class
3 Bronze	Cia, MauroMauro Cia	1948 London	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
1 Gold	Cappozzo, TranquiloTranquilo Cappozzo Eduardo Guerrero	1952 Helsinki	Rowing	Men's double sculls
2 Silver	Gorno, ReinaldoReinaldo Gorno	1952 Helsinki	Athletics	Men's marathon
2 Silver	Pacenza, AntonioAntonio Pacenza	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
3 Bronze	Eladio Herrera	1952 Helsinki	Boxing	Men's light middleweight
3 Bronze	Selvetti, HumbertoHumberto Selvetti	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
2 Silver	Selvetti, HumbertoHumberto Selvetti	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Zalazar, VíctorVíctor Zalazar	1956 Melbourne	Boxing	Men's middleweight
2 Silver	Calegaris, HéctorHéctor Calegaris Jorge del Río Salas Jorge Salas Chávez	1960 Rome	Sailing	Men's Dragon
3 Bronze	Laudonio, AbelAbel Laudonio	1960 Rome	Boxing	Men's lightweight
2 Silver	Moratorio, CarlosCarlos Moratorio	1964 Tokyo	Equestrian	Individual eventing
3 Bronze	Demiddi, AlbertoAlberto Demiddi	1968 Mexico City	Rowing	Men's single sculls
3 Bronze	Guilloti, MarioMario Guilloti	1968 Mexico City	Boxing	Men's welterweight
2 Silver	Demiddi, AlbertoAlberto Demiddi	1972 Munich	Rowing	Men's single sculls
2 Silver	Sabatini, GabrielaGabriela Sabatini	1988 Seoul	Tennis	Women's singles
3 Bronze	Men's national volleyball team Daniel Castellani Daniel Colla Hugo Conte Juan Cuminetti Esteban de Palma Alejandro Diz Waldo Kantor Esteban Martínez Raúl Quiroga Jon Uriarte Javier Weber Claudio Zulianello	1988 Seoul	Volleyball	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Frana, JavierJavier Frana Christian Miniussi	1992 Barcelona	Tennis	Men's Doubles
2 Silver	Men's under-23 football team Matías Almeyda Roberto Ayala Christian Bassedas Carlos Bossio Pablo Cavallero José Chamot Hernán Crespo Marcelo Delgado Marcelo Gallardo Claudio López Gustavo López Hugo Morales Ariel Ortega Pablo Paz Mauricio Pineda Roberto Sensini Diego Simeone Javier Zanetti	1996 Atlanta	Football	Men's tournament
2 Silver	Espínola, CarlosCarlos Espínola	1996 Atlanta	Sailing	Men's Mistral
3 Bronze	Chacón, PabloPablo Chacón	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's featherweight
2 Silver	Women's national field hockey team Magdalena Aicega Mariela Antoniska Inés Arrondo Luciana Aymar María Paz Ferrari Anabel Gambero Soledad García María de la Paz Hernández Laura Maiztegui Mercedes Margalot Karina Masotta Vanina Oneto Jorgelina Rimoldi Cecilia Rognoni Ayelén Stepnik Paola Vukojicic	2000 Sydney	Field hockey	Women's tournament
2 Silver	Espínola, CarlosCarlos Espínola	2000 Sydney	Sailing	Men's Mistral
3 Bronze	Amato, SerenaSerena Amato	2000 Sydney	Sailing	Women's Europe
3 Bronze	Conte, JavierJavier Conte de la Fuente, JuanJuan de la Fuente	2000 Sydney	Sailing	Men's 470
1 Gold	Men's national basketball team Carlos Delfino Gabriel Fernández Emanuel Ginóbili Leonardo Gutiérrez Walter Herrmann Alejandro Montecchia Andrés Nocioni Fabricio Oberto Juan Ignacio Sánchez Luis Scola Hugo Sconochini Rubén Wolkowyski	2004 Athens	Basketball	Men's tournament
1 Gold	Men's under-23 football team Roberto Ayala Nicolás Burdisso Wilfredo Caballero Fabricio Coloccini César Delgado Andrés D'Alessandro Leandro Fernández Luciano Figueroa Cristian González Luis González Mariano González Gabriel Heinze Germán Lux Javier Mascherano Nicolás Medina Clemente Rodríguez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Carlos Tevez	2004 Athens	Football	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Bardach, GeorginaGeorgina Bardach	2004 Athens	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley
3 Bronze	Suárez, PaolaPaola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	2004 Athens	Tennis	Women's doubles
3 Bronze	Women's national field hockey team Magdalena Aicega Mariela Antoniska Inés Arrondo Luciana Aymar Claudia Burkart Marina di Giacomo Soledad García Mariana González Oliva Alejandra Gulla María de la Paz Hernández Mercedes Margalot Vanina Oneto Cecilia Rognoni Mariné Russo Ayelén Stepnik Paola Vukojicic	2004 Athens	Field hockey	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	Espínola, CarlosCarlos Espínola Santiago Lange	2004 Athens	Sailing	Men's Tornado
1 Gold	Pérez, WalterWalter Pérez Curuchet, JuanJuan Curuchet	2008 Beijing	Cycling	Men's madison
1 Gold	Men's under-23 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	2008 Beijing	Football	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Paula Pareto	2008 Beijing	Judo	Women's 48 kg
3 Bronze	Carlos Espínola Santiago Lange	2008 Beijing	Sailing	Men's Tornado
3 Bronze	Women's national field 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	2008 Beijing	Field hockey	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	Men's 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	2008 Beijing	Basketball	Men's tournament
1 Gold	Crismanich, SebastiánSebastián Crismanich	2012 London	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg
2 Silver	Women's national field hockey team Luciana Aymar Noel Barrionuevo Martina Cavallero Laura del Colle Silvina D'Elía Florencia Habif Rosario Luchetti Sofía Maccari Delfina Merino Florencia Mutio Carla Rebecchi Macarena Rodríguez Rocío Sánchez Moccia Mariela Scarone Daniela Sruoga Josefina Sruoga	2012 London	Field hockey	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	del Potro, Juan MartínJuan Martín del Potro	2012 London	Tennis	Men's singles
3 Bronze	Calabrese, LucasLucas Calabrese de la Fuente, JuanJuan de la Fuente	2012 London	Sailing	Men's 470
1 Gold	Pareto, PaulaPaula Pareto	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Judo	Women's 48 kg
1 Gold	Lange, SantiagoSantiago Lange Carranza Saroli, CeciliaCecilia Carranza Saroli	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Sailing	Nacra 17
1 Gold	Men's national field hockey team Juan Manuel Vivaldi Gonzalo Peillat Juan Ignacio Gilardi Facundo Callioni Lucas Rey Matías Paredes Joaquín Menini Lucas Vila Luca Masso Ignacio Ortiz Juan Martín Lopez Juan Manuel Saladino Matías Rey Manuel Brunet Agustín Mazzilli Lucas Rossi Pedro Ibarra Isidoro Ibarra	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Field hockey	Men's tournament
2 Silver	del Potro, Juan MartínJuan Martín del Potro	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Tennis	Men's singles
2 Silver	Women's national field hockey team Sofía Toccalino Agustina Gorzelany Valentina Raposo Agostina Alonso Agustina Albertario María José Granatto Delfina Merino Rocío Sánchez Moccia Victoria Sauze Victoria Granatto Eugenia Trinchinetti Micaela Retegui Noel Barrionuevo Julieta Jankunas Valentina Costa Biondi	2020 Tokyo	Field hockey	Women's tournament
3 Bronze	Rugby sevens team Rodrigo Isgro Lucio Cinti Germán Schulz Ignacio Mendy Rodrigo Etchart Santiago Álvarez Lautaro Bazán Gastón Revol Matías Osadczuk Luciano González Santiago Mare Marcos Moneta Felipe del Mestre	2020 Tokyo	Rugby sevens	Men's tournament
3 Bronze	Men's national volleyball team Matías Sánchez Federico Pereyra Cristian Poglajen Facundo Conte Agustín Loser Santiago Danani Sebastián Solé Bruno Lima Ezequiel Palacios Luciano De Cecco Nicolás Méndez Martín Ramos	2020 Tokyo	Volleyball	Men's tournament
1 Gold	José Torres	2024 Paris	Cycling	Men's BMX freestyle
2 Silver	Majdalani, MateoMateo Majdalani Bosco, EugeniaEugenia Bosco	2024 Paris	Sailing	Mixed Nacra 17
3 Bronze	Women's national field hockey team Sofía Toccalino Agustina Gorzelany Valentina Raposo Agostina Alonso Agustina Albertario María José Granatto Cristina Cosentino Rocío Sánchez Moccia Victoria Sauze Sofía Cairó Eugenia Trinchinetti Lara Casas Juana Castellaro Pilar Campoy Julieta Jankunas Zoe Díaz	2024 Paris	Field hockey	Women's tournament

See Also

In Spanish: Argentina en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Argentina at the Olympics
• Argentina at the Paralympics
• List of Olympic medalists for Argentina