Argentina at the 1908 Summer Olympics in
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
was the nation's second appearance out of four editions of the
Summer Olympic Games. Argentina did not participate at the
1896 Summer Olympics and
1904 Summer Olympics.
Horatio Torromé
Horatio Tertuliano Torromé, also credited as Henri Torromé (1861 – 16 September 1920), was a British figure skater who also competed for Argentina.
Torromé was born in Rio de Janeiro to an Argentine father and a Brazilian mother, and ...
has the distinction of being Argentina's second one-man national representative, and debut Olympian in the Olympic sporting event of
figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...
, ranking overall seventh. A one athlete team from Argentina competed at the
1900 Summer Olympics.
Results by event
Figure skating
Sources
*
*
{{Country at games navbox, Argentina, Olympics
Nations at the 1908 Summer Olympics
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...
Olympics