Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
competed at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta
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, United States. 178 competitors, 131 men and 47 women, took part in 101 events in 20 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
;Men
;Women
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Squad
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; Head coach
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Guillermo Vecchio
Guillermo Edgardo Vecchio (born March 9, 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentina, Argentine professional basketball head coach.
Club coaching career
Vecchio began his coaching career in Lanus, and then moved to the Liga Nacional de Básq ...
; Assistant coaches
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Rubén Magnano
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Fernando Duró
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;Preliminary round
;9th to 12th place classification
;9th place classification
Boxing
Key:
* RSC – Referee stopped contest
Canoeing
Flatwater
Cycling
Mountain bike
Road
Track
;Pursuits
;Points races
;Key:
* DNF – Did not finish
* OVT – Overtaken
Equestrian
Fencing
Field hockey
Men
;Team roster and tournament statistics
Coach:
Miguel MacCormick
Legend:
;Preliminary Round (Pool A)
: Qualified for semifinals
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;9th to 12th place classification
;9th place match
Women
;Team roster and tournament statistics
Coach:
Rodolfo Mendoza
;Preliminary Round
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Football
;Squad
:''Over aged players are marked with * (max 3).''
:''Matches played in parenthesis denotes player came from the bench''.
;Results
Preliminaries
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;Quarterfinals
;Semifinals
;Gold Medal match
; Silver Medal
Gymnastics
Artistic
Judo
;Men
;Women
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Sailing
;Men
;Women
;Key
* DSQ – Disqualified
* PMS – Premature start
Shooting
;Men
;Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Tennis
;Men
;Women
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
;Roster
Coach:
Alberto Armoa
;Group play
;Quarterfinal
;5th to 8th place classification
;8th place match
Weightlifting
Women
;Key
* DNQ – Did not qualify
Wrestling
See also
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Argentina at the 1995 Pan American Games
1995 was designated as:
* United Nations Year for Tolerance
* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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References
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Olympics
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Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...