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
1900 Summer Olympics in
Paris
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,
France
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, the nation's debut appearance out of two editions of the
Summer Olympic Games. Argentina did not participate in the inaugural
1896 Summer Olympics.
Francisco Camet has the distinction of being Argentina's debut Olympian in the nation's debut Olympic sporting event, men's
épée
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, placing fifth overall.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Fencing
Francisco Camet was a single Argentine fencer in the men's épée who advanced three rounds to the final pool, where he placed 5th.
References
* De Wael, Herman. ''Herman's Full Olympians'': "1900 Olympians from Argentina". Accessed 11 March 2006. Available electronically a
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Nations at the 1900 Summer Olympics
1900
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