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Argentina at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Medals

Gold

Delfo Cabrera — Athletics, Men's Marathon

Pascual Perez — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

Rafael Iglesias — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

Silver

Noemi Simonetto de Portela — Athletics, Women's Long Jump

Carlos Diaz Saenz — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol

Enrique Sieburger, Julio Sieburger, Emilio Homps, Rodolfo Rivademar, and Rufino Rodriguez de la Torre — Sailing, Men's 6 Meter Class Team Competition

Bronze

Gualberto Cia — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

Results by event

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group C)

* Defeated Egypt (57-38)

* Defeated Switzerland (49-23)

* Lost to United States (57-59)

* Defeated Peru (42-34)

* Lost to Czechoslovakia (41-45)

Classification Matches

* 9th/16th place: Lost to Philippines (43-45)

* 13th/16th place: Lost to Cuba (34-35)

* 15th/16th place: Defeated Hungary (walk-over) Fifteenth place

Team Roster

*Raul Calvo

*Leopoldo Contarbio

*Oscar Furlong

*Ricardo Gonzalez

*Manuel Guerrero

*Raul Lledo

*Leon Martinetti

*Rubern Menini

*Jorge Nure

*Oscar Perez Cattaneo

*Arturo Ruffa

*Juan Carlos Uder

*Tomas Vio

*Bruno Varani

*Fabian Crespo

Hockey

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

*Roberto Anderson

*Oscar Arata

*Luis Bianchi

*Juan Brigo

*Guillermo Dolan

*Carlos Mercali

*Roberto Marquez

*Tomas Quinn

*Valerio Sanchez

*Luis Scally

*Tomas Scally

*Oscar Vinnue

*Tomas Wade

*Jorge Wilson

*Antonio Zucchi

*Victor Aubert

Water Polo

Men's Team Competition

Team Roster

*Osvaldo Codaro

*Luis Diez

*Ladislao Fijaldauskas

*Anival Filiberti

*Ruben Maidana

*Hugo Prono

*Mario Sebastian

*Ladislao Szabo

*Francisco Trimboli

*Carlos Visentin

*Marcelo Visentin

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