Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 123 competitors, 115 men and 8 women, took part in 77 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Eduardo Guerrero	Rowing	Men's double sculls
		Athletics	Men's Marathon
		Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
	Eladio Herrera	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
		Weightlifting	Men's Heavyweight

Athletics

Basketball

;Men's Team Competition

Main Round
* Defeated Philippines
* Defeated Canada
* Defeated Brazil
Final Round
* Defeated Bulgaria
* Defeated France
* Lost to Uruguay
Semifinals
* Lost to United States
Bronze Medal Match
* Lost to Uruguay → Fourth place
Team Roster
*Leopoldo Contarbio
*Oscar Furlong
*Juan Gazsó
*Ricardo González
*Rafael Lledó
*Alberto López
*Rubén Menini
*Omar Monza
*Rubén Pagliari
*Raúl Pérez Varela
*Ignacio Poletti
*Juan Uder
*Hugo del Vecchio
*Roberto Viau
Boxing

Cycling

;Track Competition
Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Clodomiro Cortoni
* Final — 1:13.2

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race

Antonio Giménez — 7th place
Equestrian

Fencing

;Men's foil

;Men's team foil

Fulvio Galimi, José Rodríguez, Eduardo Sastre, Félix Galimi, Santiago Massini

;Men's épée

;Men's sabre

;Men's team sabre

Félix Galimi, José D'Andrea, Edgardo Pomini, Daniel Sande, Fulvio Galimi

;Women's foil

Elsa Irigoyen
Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Argentina in 1952.
;Individual

;Team

Luis Ribera
Carlos Velázquez
Jorge Cáceres
Rowing

Argentina had nine male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1952.
; Men's double sculls

Tranquilo Cappozzo
Eduardo Guerrero

; Men's coxless pair

; Men's coxed four

;Open

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Argentina in 1952.
;25 m pistol

;50 m pistol

Carlos Choque

;300 m rifle, three positions

;Trap

Juan de Giacomo
Fulvio Rocchi
Swimming

Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Federico Zwanck
Marcelo Trabucco

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Carlos Alberto Bonacich
Alfredo Yantorno
Federico Zwanck

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

Federico Zwanck
Marcelo Trabucco
Pedro Galvão
Alfredo Yantorno

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

Pedro Galvão

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Orlando Cossani

Women's 100 metres Freestyle

Ana María Schultz

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Ana María Schultz
Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Equestrian

Fencing

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling