From basketball to judo: one by one, all the Argentines who won gold medals at the Olympic Games

Taking as a beginning the first games played in 1896, in Athens, Argentina has 21 gold, 25 silver and 28 bronze medals, giving a total of 74 distinctions, both in individual and group sports.

Argentine gold medals

With a notable advantage, the boxing It is the sport that more gold medals contributed to the country with 7. The first to achieve it were Victor Avendaño Y Arturo Rodriguez Jury at the 1928 Amsterdam games.

The list of award-winning boxers is completed Carmelo Robledo Y Alberto Lovell in Los Angeles 1932, Oscar Casanovas in Berlin 1936, and Rafael Iglesias placeholder image Y Pascual Pérez in London 1948.

In Athens 2004, both the basketball and soccer teams won the gold medal

Continuing with the order, there are three disciplines that obtained more than one gold medal. As for team sports, the men’s soccer team obtained the medal in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Another of those who won two gold medals was the selected polo at the Games in Paris 1924 and Berlin 1936, while in Athletics, Juan Carlos Zabala placeholder image achieved glory at the 1932 Los Angeles games and Delfo Cabrera in London 1948.

Juan Curuchet and Walker Pérez (cycling): gold medal in Beijing 2008

The rest of the list is completed with the disciplines that won the gold medal on one occasion. On the one hand, the team of cycling earned its first golden recognition when Juan Curuchet Y Walker Pérez they were victorious in Beijing 2008.

Collectively, the selected from men’s basketball achieved the gold medal at the 2004 Athens games, while the men’s hockey team he did it in those of Rio 2016.

Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza, golden medal in sailing – Rio de Janeiro 2016

The swimmer Alberto Zorrilla was consecrated in Amsterdam 1928 in 400 freestyle, Sebastian Crismanich on taekwondo at the London 2012 Games and the duo of remo made by Quiet Capozzo Y Eduardo Guerrero They did it at the 1952 Helsinki Games.