Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 178 competitors, 131 men and 47 women, took part in 101 events in 20 sports.

Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	179 (132 men and 47 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Carolina Mariani
Medals Ranked 54th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Argentina national 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	Football	Men's tournament	August 3
Silver	Carlos Espínola	Sailing	Men's Mistral	July 29
Bronze	Pablo Chacón	Boxing	Men's featherweight	August 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Basketball	12	0	12
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	4	0	4
Cycling	9	1	10
Equestrian	5	0	5
Fencing	1	3	4
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	18	0	18
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	7	1	8
Rowing	17	5	22
Sailing	6	4	10
Shooting	3	3	6
Swimming	2	5	7
Tennis	4	4	8
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	3	–	3
Wrestling	1	–	1
Total	132	47	179

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrés Charadia	Hammer	65.26	17	N/A				did not advance
Carlos Gats	100 m	10.57	3	did not advance
	200 m	20.82	4 Q	20.84	7	did not advance
Marcelo Pugliese	Discus	56.72	29	N/A				did not advance
Antonio Silio	Marathon	N/A						did not finish

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrea Ávila	Long jump	6.00	31	N/A				did not advance
Griselda González	Marathon	N/A						2:35:12	19
Liliana Martinelli	Discus	55.68	35	N/A				did not advance
Marta Orellana	800 m	2:04.99	–	N/A				did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Squad

Argentina Men's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 4 Marcelo Nicola 25 – (1971-05-12)May 12, 1971 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Tau Cerámica PG 5 Daniel Farabello 22 – (1973-10-18)October 18, 1973 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Andino PF 6 Luis Villar 29 – (1967-03-15)March 15, 1967 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Boca Juniors SF 7 Esteban de la Fuente 27 – (1968-11-18)November 18, 1968 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Quilmes (MdP) SF 8 Ernesto Michel 25 – (1970-10-12)October 12, 1970 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Gimnasia (CR) PG 9 Marcelo Milanesio 31 – (1965-02-11)February 11, 1965 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Atenas SG 10 Juan Espil 28 – (1968-01-05)January 5, 1968 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Atenas PF 11 Diego Osella 26 – (1969-09-14)September 14, 1969 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Atenas C 12 Fabricio Oberto 21 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Atenas SF 13 Jorge Racca 24 – (1971-09-04)September 4, 1971 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Olimpia (VT) SF 14 Esteban Pérez 27 – (1969-03-26)March 26, 1969 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Peñarol (MdP) C 15 Rubén Wolkowyski 22 – (1973-09-30)September 30, 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Quilmes (MdP)	Head coach Guillermo Vecchio Assistant coaches Rubén Magnano Fernando Duró

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H)	5	5	0	522	345	+177	10	Quarterfinals
2	Lithuania	5	3	2	427	354	+73	8
3	Croatia	5	3	2	422	386	+36	8
4	China	5	2	3	360	502	−142	7
5	Argentina	5	2	3	351	396	−45	7	9th place playoff
6	Angola	5	0	5	280	379	−99	5	11th place playoff

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.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)

Report

United States	96–68	Argentina
Scoring by half: 46–44, 50–24
Pts: Robinson 18 Rebs: Robinson 7 Asts: Hill, Hardaway 5		Pts: Espil 27 Rebs: Nicola 4 Asts: Milanesio 7

Atlanta Referees: Gennaro Colucci (ITA), Stylianos Koukoulekidis (GRE)

22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)

Report

Argentina	65–61	Lithuania
Scoring by half: 31–25, 34–36
Pts: Espil 25 Rebs: Espil 6 Asts: Milanesio 6		Pts: Sabonis 30 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Marčiulionis 8

Atlanta Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), Juan Figueroa (PUR)

24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)

Report

China	87–77	Argentina
Scoring by half: 51–38, 36–39
Pts: Zheng, Hu 22 Rebs: Zheng 9 Asts: Li 5		Pts: Espil 25 Rebs: Pérez 7 Asts: Milanesio 8

Atlanta Referees: Robert Barnett (AUS), Roman Ryzhyk (UKR)

26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)

Report

Argentina	75–90	Croatia
Scoring by half: 29–43, 46–47
Pts: Espil 17 Rebs: Osella 6 Asts: Milanesio 5		Pts: Komazec 28 Rebs: Kukoč 8 Asts: Komazec, Mulaomerović 3

Atlanta Referees: Jose Piovesan Neto (BRA), Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA)

28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)

Report

Argentina	66–62	Angola
Scoring by half: 27–32, 39–30
Pts: Espil 21 Rebs: Villar 6 Asts: Osella 5		Pts: Dias 17 Rebs: Moreira Dias 7 Asts: Avô 4

Atlanta Referees: Wieslaw Zych (POL), Chong Kyoung (KOR)

9th to 12th place classification

30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 15:00

Report

Argentina	97–79	South Korea
Scoring by half: 44–41, 53–38
Pts: Espil 26 Rebs: Pérez 9 Asts: Espil 8		Pts: J. K. Jung 17 Rebs: H. C. Chun 8 Asts: D. H. Kang 8

Atlanta Referees: Joseph Derosa (USA), Zhu Jiazhong (CHN)

9th place classification

2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 12:00

Report

Argentina	87–77	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–38, 44–39
Pts: Espil, Osella 17 Rebs: Milanesio, Oberto 7 Asts: Milanesio, Espil 7		Pts: Ortiz 21 Rebs: Ortiz 11 Asts: Travieso 5

Atlanta Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Omar Andrés Narváez	Flyweight	Guzmán (DOM) W	Assous (ALG) L	did not advance
Pablo Chacón	Featherweight	Gray (JAM) W	Lebon (MRI) W	Nagy (HUN) W	Kamsing (THA) L	did not advance	Bronze
Fabrizio Nieva	Lightweight	Agentho (UGA) W	Shin (KOR) L	did not advance
Guillermo Saputo	Welterweight	Bae (KOR) L	did not advance
Oscar Gómez	Light Middleweight	Tulaganov (UKR) L (RSC)	did not advance

Key:

• RSC – Referee stopped contest

Canoeing

Further information: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Javier Correa	Men's K-1 500 m	1:42.691	4	1:44.076	3 Q	1:42.071	7	did not advance
Abelardo Sztrum	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:50.547	3 Q	Bye		3:44.587	6	did not advance
Diego Cánepa, Sergio Mangín	Men's K-2 500 m	1:38.594	6	1:39.535	4 Q	1:37.177	9	did not advance
Javier Correa, Abelardo Sztrum	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:49.864	5	3:34.244	1 Q	3:28.128	9	did not advance

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lautaro Chávez	Men's cross-country	DNF
Sandra Ambrosio	Women's cross-country	DNF

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gustavo Artacho	Men's road race	DNF
Rubén Pegorín	Men's road race	DNF

Track

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ángel Colla	Men's 1000 m time trial	N/A						1:06.619	17
Walter Pérez	Men's individual pursuit	4:30.715	7	4:22.826	8	did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet, Gonzalo García, Walter Pérez, Edgardo Simón	Men's team pursuit	4:20.840	14	did not advance

Points races

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	0	23

Key

• DNF – Did not finish
• OVT – Overtaken

Equestrian

Further information: Equestrian at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifying		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Julio Albarracín	Dinastía Pampero	Show jumping	12.00	=59	did not advance
Federico Castaing	Landlord	Show jumping	28.00	79	did not advance
Oscar Fuentes	Henry J. Speed	Show jumping	12.75	=67	did not advance
Ricardo Kierkegaard	Renomme	Show jumping	4.50	35	did not advance

Fencing

Further information: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Leandro Marchetti	Men's individual foil	Falchetto (AUT) W 15–13	Wienand (GER) L 1–15	did not advance
Alejandra Carbone	Women's individual foil	Wang (CHN) L 4–15	did not advance
Yanina Iannuzzi	Women's individual foil	Parisky (ISR) L 7–15	did not advance
Dolores Pampin	Women's individual foil	Szewczyk (POL) L 8–15	did not advance
Alejandra Carbone, Yanina Iannuzzi, Dolores Pampin	Women's team foil	N/A		Russia L 20–45	did not advance

Field hockey

Further information: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Main article: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Miguel MacCormick

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	Pablo Moreira (GK)	7	0	0
2	Jorge Querejeta	5	0	0
3	Edgardo Pailos	7	0	0
4	Diego Chiodo	5	0	0	1
5	Alejandro Doherty	7	0	1
6	Fernando Moresi	7	0	1
7	Rodolfo Pérez	6	1	2	1
8	Carlos Retegui	7	1	7	1
9	Jorge Lombi	7	5	12	3	2	1
10	Gabriel Minadeo	6	0	1
11	Fernando Ferrara	7	4	13	3	1
12	Leandro Baccaro	6	0	1
13	Rodolfo Schmitt	1	0	0
14	Santiago Capurro	5	2	5	2
15	Maximiliano Caldas	7	0	0
16	Pablo Lombi	7	1	2	1
Team totals		7	16	45	12	3	1

Legend: GP – Games Played; G – Goals; S – Shots; FG – Field Goals; PC – Penalty Corners; PS – Penalty Strokes; Green Cards; Yellow Cards; Red Cards

Preliminary Round (Pool A)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Spain	5	4	0	1	14	5	8
Germany	5	3	1	1	10	3	7
India	5	2	2	1	8	3	5
Pakistan	5	2	1	2	11	8	5
Argentina	5	2	0	3	9	13	4
United States	5	0	0	5	3	23	0

  Qualified for semifinals

July 20 20:00 India 0 – 1 Argentina P. Lombi  65' Umpires: Amin Ayman (EGY) Peter von Reth (NED)

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July 22 20:00 United States 2 – 5 Argentina Mellor  39' Jennings  47' P. Lombi  4',  11' Ferrara , Capurro  31' Umpires: Yuri Platonov (RUS) Don Prior (AUS)

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July 24 17:30 Spain 2 – 1 Argentina Escarré  61' Arnau  65' P. Lombi  20' Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Peter von Reth (NED)

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July 26 9:00 Germany 3 – 0 Argentina Saliger  16' Becker  19' Bellenbaum  64' Umpires: Floris Idenburg (NED) Don Prior (AUS)

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July 28 9:00 Pakistan 6 – 2 Argentina Ahmed  32',  45',  65' Sarwar  51',  58' Zaman  53' Pérez  65' J. Lombi  68' Umpires: Amin Ayman (EGY) Craig Madden (GBR)

9th to 12th place classification

July 31 8:30 Argentina 4 – 4 (AET) 3 – 0 (PSO) Malaysia Retegui  14',  55' Ferrara  57' J. Lombi  69' Singh  26' Siva  38' Nawawi  39' Shanmuganathan  59' Umpires: Kiyoshi Sana (JPN) Patrick van Beneden (BEL)

9th place match

August 1 8:30 Argentina 3 – 2 South Africa Ferrara  30' Capurro  36' J. Lombi  45' Nicol  22' Hallowes  38' Umpires: Guillaume Langle (FRA) Craig Madden (GBR)

Women

Further information: Field hockey at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Rodolfo Mendoza

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	Mariana Arnal (GK)	4	0	0
2	Sofía MacKenzie	7	2	0		2
3	Magdalena Aicega	7	0	1
4	Silvia Corvalán	7	0	0
5	Anabel Gambero	7	0	1
6	Julieta Castellán	7	0	0
7	Gabriela Pando	7	0	0
8	Gabriela Sánchez	7	0	2
9	Vanina Oneto	6	0	7
10	Jorgelina Rimoldi	7	2	7	2
11	Karina Masotta (C)	7	2	4		1	1
12	María Castelli	7	1	4		1
13	Verónica Artica	3	0	0
14	Cecilia Rognoni	5	0	1
15	Ayelén Stepnik	2	0	1
16	Mariana González Oliva	6	0	0
Team totals		7	7	28	2	3	1

Preliminary Round

	Competed for the gold medal
	Competed for the bronze medal

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Australia	7	6	1	0	24	4	13
South Korea	7	4	2	1	18	9	10
Great Britain	7	3	2	2	12	11	8
Netherlands	7	3	2	2	15	15	8
United States	7	2	2	3	8	11	6
Germany	7	2	1	4	10	11	5
Argentina	7	2	1	4	7	21	5
Spain	7	0	1	6	5	17	1

July 20 17:30 Argentina 0 – 2 Germany van Kooperen  17' Lätzsch  39' Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Janice McDonald (GBR)

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July 22 09:00 Australia 7 – 1 Argentina Farrell  9' Powell  25' Annan  34',  49',  50' Roche  61' Powell  63' Rimoldi  43' Umpires: Carola Heinrichs (GER) Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP)

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July 23 11:00 Spain 0 – 1 Argentina Rimoldi  44' Umpires: Miriam van Gemert (NED) Janice McDonald (GBR)

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July 25 20:00 United States 1 – 2 Argentina Marois  26' Masotta  6' MacKenzie  60' Umpires: Perl Buckley (AUS) Carola Heinrichs (GER)

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July 27 20:00 Netherlands 4 – 1 Argentina Donners  5' de Ruiter  14',  45',  48' Masotta  39' Umpires: Angela Lario Ruiz (ESP) Gina Spitareli (ITA)

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July 28 20:00 Argentina 2 – 2 South Korea MacKenzie  10' Castelli  16' Eung Jung-Cho  33' Eung Jung-Chang  46' Umpires: Renee Chatas (USA) Margaret Lanning (CAN)

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July 30 9:00 Argentina 0 – 5 Great Britain Nicholson  8',  69' Sixsmith  13',  61',  68' Umpires: Perl Buckley (AUS) Renee Chatas (USA)

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Squad

Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).

Matches played in parentheses denotes player came from the bench.

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Carlos Bossio	Estudiantes de La Plata	(1973-12-01)December 1, 1973 (aged 22)	1	0	1	0	0
12	Pablo Cavallero	Vélez Sársfield	(1974-04-13)April 13, 1974 (aged 22)	5	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Roberto Ayala	Valencia	(1973-04-14)April 14, 1973 (aged 23)	6	0	0	0	0
3	José Chamot*	Lazio	(1969-05-17)May 17, 1969 (aged 27)	5	0	2	0	0
4	Javier Zanetti	Internazionale	(1973-08-10)August 10, 1973 (aged 22)	6	0	0	0	0
6	Roberto Sensini*	Parma	(1966-10-12)October 12, 1966 (aged 29)	5	0	1	0	0
Midfielders
5	Matías Almeyda	River Plate	(1973-12-21)December 21, 1973 (aged 22)	6	0	1	0	0
8	Diego Simeone*	Atlético Madrid	(1970-04-28)April 28, 1970 (aged 26)	3 (3)	1	1	0	0
11	Hugo Morales	Lanús	(1974-07-30)July 30, 1974 (aged 21)	4	0	1	0	0
13	Mauricio Pineda	Boca Juniors	(1975-07-13)July 13, 1975 (aged 21)	1	0	0	0	0
14	Pablo Paz	Banfield	(1973-01-27)January 27, 1973 (aged 23)	1 (1)	0	1	0	0
15	Christian Bassedas	Vélez Sársfield	(1973-02-16)February 16, 1973 (aged 23)	3 (1)	0	1	0	0
15	Marcelo Gallardo	River Plate	(1976-01-18)January 18, 1976 (aged 20)	(4)	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7	Claudio López	Valencia	(1974-07-17)July 17, 1974 (aged 22)	5 (1)	2	0	0	0
9	Hernán Crespo	Parma	(1975-07-05)July 5, 1975 (aged 21)	6	6	1	0	0
10	Ariel Ortega	Valencia	(1974-03-04)March 4, 1974 (aged 22)	6	2	1	0	0
16	Gustavo López	Real Zaragoza	(1973-04-13)April 13, 1973 (aged 23)	2 (3)	1	0	0	0
17	Marcelo Delgado	Racing Club	(1973-03-24)March 24, 1973 (aged 23)	1 (1)	0	1	0	0
Coach
	Daniel Passarella		(1953-05-25)May 25, 1953 (aged 43)

Results

Preliminaries

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament § Group A

July 20, 1996

15:00

Argentina	3–1	United States
G. López 26' Crespo 55' Simeone 90'	(Report)	Reyna 1'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 83,183

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)

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July 22, 1996

19:30

Argentina	1–1	Portugal
Ortega 41'	(Report)	Gomes 70'

RFK Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 25,811

Referee: Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)

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July 24, 1996

19:30

Argentina	1–1	Tunisia
Ortega 6'	(Report)	Mkacher 75'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 16,826

Referee: Pirom Un-Prasert (Thailand)

1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 20 – August 3
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runners-up	Argentina
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	90 (2.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Bebeto Hernán Crespo (6 goals each)

The 1996 Men's Olympic Football Tournament, played as part of the 1996 Summer Olympics, was hosted in Birmingham, Alabama, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Florida, Miami, Florida and Athens, Georgia. From 1992 onwards, male competitors should be under 23 years old and starting from this tournament, a maximum of three over-23 players are allowed per squad. The tournament featured 16 national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Sanford Stadium on August 3, 1996.

Competition schedule

The match schedule of the tournament.

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

20 Sat	21 Sun	22 Mon	23 Tue	24 Wed	25 Thu	26 Fri	27 Sat	28 Sun	29 Lun	30 Tue	31 Wed	1 Thu	2 Fri	3 Sat
G	G	G	G	G	G		¼	¼		½	½		B	F

Venues

Orlando		Birmingham		Miami
Citrus Bowl		Legion Field		Orange Bowl
Capacity: 65,000		Capacity: 81,700		Capacity: 74,476
Athens			Washington, D.C.
Sanford Stadium			Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Capacity: 86,100			Capacity: 56,500
Citrus Bowl Legion Field Orange Bowl Robert F. Kennedy Stadium Sanford Stadium

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualification	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	1	United States
1996 CONCACAF Preliminary Competition	1	Mexico (winner)
1996 AFC Preliminary Competition	3	South Korea (winner) Japan (runner-up) Saudi Arabia (third-place)
1996 CAF Preliminary Competition	3	Ghana Tunisia Nigeria
1996 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament	2	Brazil (winner) Argentina (runner-up)
CONCACAF–OFC play-off	1	Australia
1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship	5	Italy (winner) Spain (runner-up) France (third-place) Hungary (5th) Portugal (6th)
Total	16

Match officials

Referees

Confederation	Referee
Male officials
AFC	Omer Al Mehannah (Saudi Arabia)
	Pirom Un-prasert (Thailand)
CAF	Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)
	Lucien Bouchardeau (Niger)
CONCACAF	Benito Archundia (Mexico)
	Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)
CONMEBOL	Antônio Pereira (Brazil)
	Roberto Ruscio (Argentina)
OFC	Eddie Lennie (Australia)
UEFA	Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
	Hugh Dallas (Great Britain)
	José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Fourth officials

Confederation	Referee
Female officials
UEFA	Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Assistant referees

Confederation	Assistant referee
Male officials
AFC	Jeon Young-hyun (South Korea)
	Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman)
CAF	Dramane Dante (Mali)
	Amir Osman Mohamed Hamid (Sudan)
CONCACAF	Peter Kelly (Trinidad and Tobago)
	Luis Fernando Torres Zúñiga (Costa Rica)
CONMEBOL	Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
	Carlos Velázquez (Uruguay)
OFC	Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
UEFA	Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
	Heiner Neuenstein (Germany)
	Akif Uğurdur (Turkey)
Female officials
CONCACAF	María del Socorro Rodríguez (Mexico)
UEFA	Gitte Holm (Denmark)
	Nelly Viennot (France)

Seeding

The draw for the tournament took place on 5 May 1996. The United States, Spain, Ghana and Brazil were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams, excluding those from Europe, were drawn away from teams of the same region.

Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Africa, Europe and South America	Pot 2: Asia, Non-top seeded team from South America	Pot 3: Non-top seeded teams from Europe	Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Africa and North America, Inter-continental playoff winner
United States (assigned to A1) Spain (assigned to B1) Ghana (assigned to C1) Brazil (assigned to D1)	Argentina Japan South Korea Saudi Arabia	France Hungary Italy Portugal	Nigeria Tunisia Mexico1 Australia2

¹ 1996 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament Champions, team not determined at time of draw.

² CONCACAF–OFC play-off winner, team not determined at time of draw.

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Group stage

Group A

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Argentina	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
Portugal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
United States	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Tunisia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: FIFA

20 July 1996
15:00

Portugal	2–0	Tunisia
Martins 13', 68'	Report

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 34,796

Referee: Pereira (BRA)

20 July 1996
19:30

United States	1–3	Argentina
Reyna 1'	Report	G. López 26' Crespo 55' Simeone 90'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 83,183

Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)

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22 July 1996
19:30

Argentina	1–1	Portugal
Ortega 45'	Report	Nuno Gomes 70'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 25,811

Referee: Al Mehannah (KSA)

22 July 1996
19:30

United States	2–0	Tunisia
Kirovski 38' Maisonneuve 90'	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 45,687

Referee: Dallas (GBR)

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24 July 1996
19:30

Argentina	1–1	Tunisia
Ortega 5'	Report	Mkacher 74'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 16,826

Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)

24 July 1996
19:30

United States	1–1	Portugal
Maisonneuve 75'	Report	Paulo Alves 33'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 58,012

Referee: Lennie (AUS)

Group B

20 July 1996
18:30

Spain	1–0	Saudi Arabia
Óscar 80'	Report

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 28,774

Referee: Collina (ITA)

20 July 1996
18:30

France	2–0	Australia
Pires 11' Maurice 74'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 14,322

Referee: Ruscio (ARG)

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22 July 1996
19:00

France	1–1	Spain
Legwinski 38'	Report	Óscar 85'

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 16,773

Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)

22 July 1996
19:00

Australia	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Tsekenis 11' Viduka 63'	Report	Al-Khilaiwi 37'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 5,997

Referee: Baharmast (USA)

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24 July 1996
19:00

Spain	3–2	Australia
Raúl 40', 90' Santi 86'	Report	Vidmar 3', 12'

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 12,050

Referee: Dallas (GBR)

24 July 1996
19:00

France	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Maurice 20' (pen.) Sibierski 49'	Report	Anwar 26'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 4,615

Referee: Archundia (MEX)

Group C

21 July 1996
12:00

South Korea	1–0	Ghana
Yoon Jong-hwan 41' (pen.)	Report

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 45,946

Referee: Lennie (AUS)

21 July 1996
17:00

Mexico	1–0	Italy
Palencia 83'	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 44,211

Referee: Dallas (GBR)

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23 July 1996
20:00

Mexico	0–0	South Korea
	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 26,111

Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)

23 July 1996
21:00

Ghana	3–2	Italy
Saba 15', 74' Ahinful 63' (pen.)	Report	Branca 8', 44' (pen.)

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 27,849

Referee: Garcia Aranda (ESP)

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25 July 1996
21:00

Mexico	1–1	Ghana
Abundis 65'	Report	Ebenzer 44'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 30,237

Referee: Pereira (BRA)

25 July 1996
21:00

Italy	2–1	South Korea
Branca 24', 82'	Report	Lee Ki-hyung 62'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 28,319

Referee: Ruscio (ARG)

Group D

21 July 1996
18:30

Japan	1–0	Brazil
Ito 72'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 46,713

Referee: Archundia (MEX)

21 July 1996
18:30

Nigeria	1–0	Hungary
Kanu 77'	Report

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 25,303

Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)

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23 July 1996
20:30

Brazil	3–1	Hungary
Ronaldo 35' Juninho 61' Bebeto 84'	Report	Madar 58'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 34,871

Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)

23 July 1996
20:30

Nigeria	2–0	Japan
Akiba 83' (o.g.) Okocha 90' (pen.)	Report

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 22,734

Referee: Collina (ITA)

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25 July 1996
21:00

Brazil	1–0	Nigeria
Ronaldo 30'	Report

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 55,650

Referee: Baharmast (USA)

25 July 1996
21:00

Japan	3–2	Hungary
Maezono 39' (pen.), 90+1' Uemura 90'	Report	Sandor 2' Madar 48'

Citrus Bowl, Orlando

Attendance: 20,834

Referee: Bouchardeau (NIG)

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Gold medal match
	July 27 – Miami
	Portugal (asdet)	2
					July 30 – Athens
	France	1
					Portugal	0
	July 27 – Birmingham
					Argentina	2
	Argentina	4
									August 3 – Athens
	Spain	0
									Argentina	2
	July 28 – Birmingham
									Nigeria	3
	Mexico	0
					July 31 – Athens
	Nigeria	2
					Nigeria (asdet)	4
	July 28 – Miami
					Brazil	3			Bronze medal match
	Brazil	4
									August 2 – Athens
	Ghana	2
									Portugal	0
									Brazil	5

Quarter-finals

27 July 1996
18:00

Portugal	2–1 (asdet)	France
Capucho 7' Calado  105'  (pen.)	Report	Maurice 49' (pen.)

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 22,339

Referee: Collina (ITA)

27 July 1996
19:30

Argentina	4–0	Spain
Crespo 47', 88' (pen.) Aranzábal 52' (o.g.) C. López 66'	Report

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 43,507

Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)

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28 July 1996
16:00

Mexico	0–2	Nigeria
	Report	Okocha 20' C. Babayaro 84'

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 44,788

Referee: Al Mehannah (KSA)

28 July 1996
18:00

Brazil	4–2	Ghana
Dodoo 18' (o.g.) Ronaldo 56', 62' Bebeto 72'	Report	Akonnor 23' Aboagye 53'

Orange Bowl, Miami

Attendance: 45,257

Referee: Un-Prasert (THA)

Semi-finals

30 July 1996
18:00

Portugal	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Crespo 55', 61'

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 78,212

Referee: Baharmast (USA)

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31 July 1996
18:00

Nigeria	4–3 (asdet)	Brazil
Roberto Carlos 20' (o.g.) Ikpeba 78' Kanu 90',  94'	Report	Flávio 1', 38' Bebeto 28'

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 78,587

Referee: Garcia Aranda (ESP)

Bronze medal match

August 2, 1996
18:00

Brazil	5–0	Portugal
Ronaldo 5' Flávio 11' Bebeto 47', 54', 75'	Report

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 68,173

Referee: Al-Ghandour (EGY)

Gold medal match

August 3, 1996

15:45

Nigeria	3–2	Argentina
Babayaro 28' Amokachi 74' Amunike 90'	Report	C. López 3' Crespo 50' (pen.)

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 86,117

Referee: Collina (ITA)

Team details

Nigeria

Argentina

GK	18	Joseph Dosu	90'
RB	17	Mobi Oparaku		61'
CB	5	Uche Okechukwu
CB	3	Taribo West
LB	2	Celestine Babayaro
DM	15	Sunday Oliseh	22'
RM	7	Tijani Babangida
LM	11	Victor Ikpeba		74'
AM	10	Jay-Jay Okocha		59'
CF	14	Daniel Amokachi
CF	4	Nwankwo Kanu (c)
Substitutes:
MF	13	Garba Lawal		59'
MF	8	Wilson Oruma	70'	61'
MF	6	Emmanuel Amunike		74'
Manager:
Jo Bonfrère

GK	12	Pablo Cavallero
RB	4	Javier Zanetti
CB	2	Roberto Ayala
CB	6	Roberto Sensini	12'
LB	3	José Chamot
DM	5	Matías Almeyda
RM	15	Christian Bassedas (c)
CM	10	Ariel Ortega
LM	11	Hugo Morales		58'
CF	7	Claudio López
CF	9	Hernán Crespo
Substitutes:
MF	8	Diego Simeone		58'
Manager:
Daniel Passarella

Final ranking

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Nigeria (NGR)	6	5	0	1	12	6	+6	15
2	Argentina (ARG)	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11
3	Brazil (BRA)	6	4	0	2	16	8	+8	12
4	Portugal (POR)	6	2	2	2	6	10	−4	8
5	France (FRA)	4	2	1	1	6	4	+2	7
6	Spain (ESP)	4	2	1	1	5	7	−2	7
7	Mexico (MEX)	4	1	2	1	2	3	−1	5
8	Ghana (GHA)	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
9	Japan (JPN)	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
10	United States (USA)	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
11	South Korea (KOR)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
12	Italy (ITA)	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
13	Australia (AUS)	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3
14	Tunisia (TUN)	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
15	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0
16	Hungary (HUN)	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4	0

Source: FIFA

Goalscorers

With six goals, Hernán Crespo of Argentina and Bebeto of Brazil are the top scorers of the tournament. In total, 90 goals were scored by 55 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

Hernán Crespo (left) and Bebeto, top scorers with 6 goals each

6 goals

• Hernán Crespo
• Bebeto

5 goals

• Ronaldo

4 goals

• Marco Branca

3 goals

• Flávio Conceição
• Florian Maurice
• Nwankwo Kanu

2 goals

• Ariel Ortega
• Claudio López
• Aurelio Vidmar
• Christian Saba
• Csaba Madar
• Masakiyo Maezono
• Celestine Babayaro
• Jay-Jay Okocha
• Afonso Martins
• Óscar García Junyent
• Raúl González
• Brian Maisonneuve

1 goal

• Diego Simeone
• Gustavo Adrián López
• Mark Viduka
• Peter Tsekenis
• Juninho Paulista
• Antoine Sibierski
• Robert Pires
• Sylvain Legwinski
• Augustine Ahinful
• Charles Akonnor
• Ebenezer Hagan
• Felix Aboagye
• Tamás Sándor
• Kenichi Uemura
• Teruyoshi Ito
• Francisco Palencia
• José Manuel Abundis
• Daniel Amokachi
• Emmanuel Amunike
• Victor Ikpeba
• Nuno Capucho
• Nuno Gomes
• José Calado
• Paulo Alves
• Fuad Anwar Amin
• Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi
• Lee Ki-hyung
• Yoon Jong-hwan
• Santi
• Mohamed Mkacher
• Claudio Reyna
• Jovan Kirovski

Own goals

• Roberto Carlos (playing against Nigeria)
• Afo Dodoo (playing against Brazil)
• Tadahiro Akiba (playing against Nigeria)
• Agustín Aranzábal (playing against Argentina)

External links

• Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta 1996 – Men, FIFA.com
• RSSSF Summary
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)

Quarterfinals

July 27, 1996

19:30

Argentina	4–0	Spain
Crespo 46', 88' Aranzábal 53' (o. g.) C. López 66'	(Report)

Legion Field, Birmingham

Attendance: 43,507

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Semifinals

July 30, 1996

18:00

Portugal	0–2	Argentina
	(Report)	Crespo 55', 61'

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 78,212

Referee: Esfandiar Baharmast (United States)

Gold Medal match

August 3, 1996

15:45

Nigeria	3–2	Argentina
Babayaro 28' Amokachi 74' Amuneke 90'	(Report)	C. López 3' Crespo 50'

Sanford Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 86,117

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Silver Medal

Gymnastics

Further information: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around and Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus								Qualification		Final
		Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel Bars	Horizontal Bar	Uneven bars	Balance beam	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Marcelo Palacio	Men's all-around	17.450	16.875	17.325	17.875	17.100	17.400	N/A		104.025	70	did not advance
	Floor	17.450	N/A							17.450	89
	Pommel horse	N/A	16.875	N/A						16.875	86
	Rings	N/A		17.325	N/A					17.325	90
	Vault	N/A			17.785	N/A				17.785	94
	Parallel bars	N/A				17.100	N/A			17.100	90
	Horizontal bar	N/A					17.400	N/A		17.400	86
Ana Destéfano	Women's all-around	18.537	N/A		18.724	N/A		18.737	16.774	72.772	65	did not advance
	Floor	18.537	N/A							18.537	71
	Vault	N/A			18.724	N/A				18.724	61
	Uneven bars	N/A						18.737	N/A	18.737	57
	Balance beam	N/A							16.774	16.774	86

Judo

Further information: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jorge Lencina	-60 kg	Huseynov (AZE) L	did not advance
Francisco Morales	-65 kg	Revazishvili (GEO)	did not advance
Sebastián Alquati	-71 kg	Boldbataar (MGL) L	did not advance				Pedro (USA) L	did not advance
Dario García	-78 kg	Belgaïd (MAR) W	Klas (NED) W	Bouras (FRA) L	did not advance		Bye		Savchishkin (RUS) W	Uznadze (TUR) L
Pablo Elisii	-86 kg	Kaaba (MAR) L	Despaigne (CUB) L	did not advance
Alejandro Bender	-95 kg	Miguel (BRA) L	did not advance				Shakimov (KAZ) W	Felicite (MRI) W	Kovács (HUN) L	did not advance
Orlando Baccino	+95 kg	Rakhimov (TJK) L	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Bronze
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Carolina Mariani	-52 kg	Bye	Gosselin (CAN) L	Hyun (KOR) L	did not advance		Bye	Giungi (ITA) W	Sugawara (JPN) L	did not advance

Rowing

Further information: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergio Fernández González	Single sculls	7:37.53	2	7:42.63	1 Q	7:23.70	5	did not advance
Fernando Zapata, Agustín Rocha	Lightweight double sculls	7:07.50	4	6:28.08	3	did not advance
Walter Balunek, Carlos Palavecino	Coxless pair	6:56.03	3	7:10.57	3 Q	7:14.59	6	did not advance
Santiago Fernández, Rubén Knulst, Carlos Pages, Guillermo Pfaab	Quadruple sculls	6:16.16	4	5:52.89	4	did not advance
Mariano Kowalczyk, Daniel Scuri, Horacio Sicilia, Mariano Sosa	Coxless four	6:33.29	5	6:37.85	5	did not advance
Jorge Enríquez, Hernán Legizamón, Gabriel Scortiguini, Federico Querín	Lightweight coxless four	6:43.58	6	6:09.86	5	did not advance

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Urbano	Single sculls	8:42.59	5	9:04.66	5	did not advance
Dolores Amaya, María Garisoain	Double sculls	7:57.05	4	8:09.24	4	did not advance
Lorena Corengia, Julieta Ramírez	Coxless pair	8:12.58	5	8:35.53	4	did not advance

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Carlos Espínola	Mistral	2	4	4	2	3	(6)	(47) PMS	2	2	N/A		19	Silver
Santiago Lange	Laser	4	1	5	14	23	11	19	(57) DSQ	2	19	4	79	9
Martín Billoch, Martín Rodríguez	470	12	(23)	1	(22)	20	3	4	12	1	8	12	73	7
Guillermo Calegari, Mauro Maiola	Star	17	17	(23)	(22)	19	22	18	17	19	17	N/A	146	22

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Serena Amato	Europe	8	(17)	8	8	(16)	15	6	5	1	16	14	81	8
Mónica Fechino	Mistral	17	18	10	18	(25)	16	(20)	15	14	N/A		108	17
Paula Reinoso, Sofía Usandizaga	470	(23) PMS	16	16	(22)	22	20	17	20	22	17	20.50	170.50	22

Key

• DSQ – Disqualified
• PMS – Premature start

Shooting

Further information: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Ricardo Rusticucci	10 m air rifle	585	=26	did not advance		=26
	50 m rifle three positions	1139	45	did not advance		45
Angel Velarte	10 m air rifle	577	=38	did not advance		=38
	50 m rifle three positions	1142	44	did not advance		44
Marcelo Gil	Skeet	113	=45	did not advance		=45

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Amelia Fournel	10 m air rifle	392	=13	did not advance		=13
Cristina Gallo	10 m air pistol	374	29	did not advance		29
	25 m pistol	565	33	did not advance		33
Lorena Guado	10 m air pistol	371	=32	did not advance		=32
	25 m pistol	569	29	did not advance		29

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Agustín Fiorilli	400 m freestyle	4:02.53	28	did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:51.85	26	did not advance
José Meolans	50 m freestyle	23.21	23	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	52.02	45	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	56.02	38	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valeria Alvarez	50 m freestyle	27.12	39	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	59.26	43	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:06.38	30	did not advance
Alicia Barrancos	400 m freestyle	4:22.11	28	did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:48.54	17	did not advance
María del Pilar Pereyra	100 m butterfly	1:03.98	33	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:19.57	28	did not advance
María Carolina Santa Cruz	100 m breaststroke	1:16.19	42	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:37.85	32	did not advance
Valeria Álvarez, Alicia Barrancos, María Bertelloti, María del Pilar Pereyra	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:46.36	21	did not advance
Valeria Álvarez, María Bertelloti, María del Pilar Pereyra, María Santa Cruz	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:27.99	23	did not advance

Tennis

Further information: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gastón Etlis	Singles	Ferreira (RSA) L 4–6, 3–6	did not advance					=33
Javier Frana	Singles	Rusedski (GBR) L 6–4, 5–7, 3–6	did not advance					=33
Hernán Gumy	Singles	Pereira (VEN) L 4–6, 0–6	did not advance					=33
Javier Frana, Luis Lobo	Doubles	N/A	Bruguera (ESP)  Carbonell (ESP) L 3–6, 6–7(6–8)	did not advance				=17

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Inés Gorrochategui	Singles	Yi (CHN) W 6–2, 1–6, 6–1	Pierce (FRA) W 6–4, 1–6, 7–5	Fernández (USA) L 0–6, 3–6	did not advance			=9
Florencia Labat	Singles	Makarova (RUS) W 6–2, 7–5	Maleeva (BUL) L 6–7(7–9), 1–6	did not advance				=17
Gabriela Sabatini	Singles	Tauziat (FRA) W 7–5, 6–2	Gavaldón (MEX) W 6–4, 6–0	Seles (USA) L 3–6, 3–6	did not advance			=9
Gabriela Sabatini, Patricia Tarabini	Doubles	N/A	Appelmans (BEL)  Courtois (BEL) L 7–5, 3–6, 4–6	did not advance				=17

Volleyball

Further information: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Standing
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Martín Conde Esteban Martínez	Men's	Bye	Álvarez – Rossell (CUB) L 11 – 15	did not advance				=13

Indoor

Further information: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's volleyball

Roster

Coach: Alberto Armoa

Name	Date of birth
Marcos Milinkovic	December 22, 1971
Jorge Elgueta	November 21, 1969
Sebastián Jabif	January 24, 1973
Leandro Maly	January 29, 1976
Javier Weber	January 6, 1971
Fernando Borrero	December 15, 1968
Alejandro Romano	May 4, 1974
Sebastián Firpo	October 27, 1976
Pablo Pereira	January 18, 1974
Guillermo Martínez	January 18, 1969
Eduardo Rodríguez	December 15, 1971

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cuba	5	4	1	9	12	5	2.400	233	191	1.220	Quarterfinals
2	Brazil	5	3	2	8	10	6	1.667	210	187	1.123
3	Bulgaria	5	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	225	212	1.061
4	Argentina	5	3	2	8	9	9	1.000	222	225	0.987
5	United States	5	2	3	7	10	9	1.111	241	233	1.034
6	Poland	5	0	5	5	1	15	0.067	151	234	0.645

Source:

July 21, 1996	Brazil	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Jarmo Salonen (Finland), Peter Henry (Canada)
	(15–9, 8–15, 14–16, 6–15)

July 23, 1996	Argentina	0–3	United States	Referees: Patrick Rachard (France), Guennadi Zharikov (Russia)
	(7–15, 8–15, 11–15)

July 25, 1996 12:30	Bulgaria	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Dean Turner (Australia), Petrus Scheffer (Netherlands)
	(10–15, 8–15, 15–11, 10–15)

July 27, 1996	Argentina	0–3	Cuba	Referees: Guennadi Zharikov (Russia), Patrick Rachard (France)
	(10–15, 12–15, 9–15)

July 29, 1996	Poland	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Abdullah Al-Khlaifi (Saudi Arabia), Petrus Scheffer (Netherlands)
	(15–7, 15–17, 10–15, 9–15)

Quarterfinal

July 31, 1996	Argentina	1–3	Italy	Referees: Barry Dragon (United States), Patrick Rachard (France)
	(15–12, 9–15, 7–15, 4–15)

5th to 8th place classification

August 1, 1996	Brazil	3–1	Argentina	Referees: Konstantinos Margaritis (Greece), Jarmo Salonen (Finland)
	(15–10, 15–3, 13–15, 15–9)

8th place match

August 2, 1996	Bulgaria	3–2	Argentina	Referees: Neill Luebke (United States), Peter Henry (Canada)
	(10–15, 10–15, 15–7, 15–7, 18–20)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Gustavo Majauskas	Men's –64 kg	125.0	160.0	285.0	20
Marcelo Gandolfo	Men's –70 kg	120.0	140.0	160.0	24
Gabriel Lemme	Men's –70 kg	0.0	0.0	0.0	DNQ

Key

• DNQ – Did not qualify

Wrestling

Further information: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Paulo Ibire	Men's freestyle 68 kg	Hwang Sang-Ho (KOR) L 0 – 7	did not advance

See also

• Argentina at the 1995 Pan American Games