Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Argentina competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 118 competitors, 93 men and 25 women, took part in 53 events in 18 sports.^[1] The country claimed Olympic medals for the first time since 1972.

Argentina at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	ARG
NOC	Argentine Olympic Committee
Website	www.coarg.org.ar (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors	118 (93 men and 25 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Gabriela Sabatini
Medals Ranked 35th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Gabriela Sabatini	Tennis	Women's singles	1 October
Bronze	Argentina men's national volleyball team Daniel Castellani Daniel Colla Hugo Conte Juan Cuminetti Esteban de Palma Alejandro Diz Waldo Kantor Esteban Martínez Raúl Quiroga Jon Uriarte Javier Weber Claudio Zulianello	Volleyball	Men's competition	2 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	2	0	2
Athletics	2	0	2
Boxing	4	–	4
Canoeing	5	2	7
Cycling	7	0	7
Diving	0	1	1
Fencing	2	0	2
Field hockey	16	16	32
Football	16	–	16
Judo	3	–	3
Rowing	6	0	6
Sailing	11	0	11
Shooting	3	0	3
Swimming	0	2	2
Table tennis	0	1	1
Tennis	2	3	5
Volleyball	12	0	12
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	93	25	118

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 24		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Angel Bello	Men's individual	1017	81	did not advance							81
Claudio Pafundi	Men's individual	1126	75	did not advance							75

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fernando Pastoriza	Men's high jump	2.10	26	did not advance
Andrés Charadia	Men's hammer	68.26	25	did not advance

Boxing

Further information: Boxing at the 1988 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	Rank
Carlos Eluaiza	Light flyweight	Bye	Makhmutov (URS) L 0–5	did not advance
Domingo Damigella	Featherweight	Anderson (GBR) L 1–4	did not advance
Jorge López	Light middleweight	N/A	Bye	Heydeck (GDR) L 0–5	did not advance

Canoeing

Further information: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Atilio Vásquez	Men's K-1 1000 m	4:01.35	6	3:58.03	4 Q	3:58.03	4	did not advance
Gustavo Cirillo José Luis Marello	K-2 500 m	1:52.42	7	1:46.98	6	did not advance
Gustavo Cirillo José Luis Marello Fernando Chaparro Norberto Méndez	K-4 1000 m	3:23.33	5	3:24.16	4	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
María Miliauro	K-1 500 m	2:12.32	6	N/A		2:11.07	4	did not advance
Corina Martín Verónica Arbo	K-2 500 m	1:59.38	8	2:04.72	5	did not advance

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Track

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals (repechage)		1/8 finals (repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time Speed (km/h)	Time Speed (km/h)	Time Speed (km/h)	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Gustavo Faris	Men's sprint	11.187	15 Q		3 2	did not advance
Marcelo Alexandre	Men's time trial	N/A							1:06.925 53.791	13

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1st round		Semifinals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Rank	Opposition time	Rank	Opposition time	Rank
Gabriel Curuchet	Men's individual pursuit	4:47.18	12	Dawidowicz (POL) 4:50.75	13	Did not advance
Gabriel Curuchet Jorge Gaday Sergio Llamazares Rubén Priede	Men's team pursuit	4:29.90	17	Did not advance

Points races

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Finals
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Juan Curuchet	Men's points race	11 (same lap)	5 Q	18 (–1 lap)	5

Diving

Further information: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Verónica Ribot	Women's platform	377.70	8 Q	297.18	12
	Women's springboard	405.87	14	did not advance

Fencing

Further information: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round 1		Preliminary round 2		Preliminary round 3		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		W–L record	Group rank	W–L record	Overall rank	W–L record	Overall rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Sergio Turiace	Men's foil	1–3	4 Q	2–3	24 Q	0–4	39	did not advance
	Men's individual épée	2–2	3 Q	0–4	57	did not advance
Rafael di Tella	Men's individual épée	3–1	3 Q	1–4	43 Q	1–5	41	did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Luis Ciancia

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	Otto Schmitt (GK)	4	0
2	Alejandro Siri	7	0
3	Miguel Altube	7	0
4	Marcelo Mascheroni	7	3			3
5	Marcelo Garraffo	6	1			1
6	Edgardo Pailos	7	1		1
7	Alejandro Doherty	6	0
8	Aldo Ayala	7	0
9	Carlos Geneyro	7	4			3	1
10	Gabriel Minadeo	7	1		1
11	Alejandro Verga	7	2		2
12	Fernando Ferrara	7	3		2	1
13	Emanuel Roggero	5	0
14	Franco Nicola	5	0
15	Martín Sordelli	6	0
16	Mariano Silva	1	0
Team totals		7	15	70	6	8	1	11	2

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
Australia	5	5	0	0	19	3	10
Netherlands	5	3	1	1	12	6	7
Pakistan	5	3	0	2	15	8	6
Argentina	5	2	0	3	8	12	4
Spain	5	1	1	3	6	10	3
Kenya	5	0	0	5	5	26	0

  Qualified for semifinals

September 18 Netherlands  5 – 1  Argentina

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September 20 Australia  4 – 0  Argentina

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September 22 Pakistan  2 – 1  Argentina

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September 24 Argentina  1 – 0  Spain

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September 26 Argentina  5 – 1  Kenya

5th to 8th place classification

September 28 India  6 – 6 (AET) 4 – 3 (PSO)  Argentina

7th place match

September 30 Soviet Union  4 – 1  Argentina

Women

Team roster and tournament statistics

Coach: Miguel MacCormick

No.	Player	GP	G	S	FG	PC	PS
1	Laura Mulhall (GK)	5	0
2	María Colombo	5	1			1
3	Marisa López	5	0
4	María Alejandra Tucat	5	0
5	Victoria Carbó	5	1			1
6	Marcela Richezza	5	0
7	Gabriela Liz	5	0
8	Gabriela Sánchez	5	0
9	Moira Brinnand	5	1		1
10	Marcela Hussey	5	1		1
11	Alejandra Palma	5	2		1		1
12	Laura Ormaechea	0	0
13	María Bengochea	4	0
14	Alina Vergara	1	0
15	María Gabriela Pazos	3	0
16	Andrea Fioroni	1	0
Team totals		6	6	38	3	2	1	3

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
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	2	6
Great Britain	3	1	1	1	4	7	3
Argentina	3	1	0	2	2	3	2
United States	3	0	1	2	4	7	1

  Qualified for semifinals

September 21 Argentina  0 – 1  Great Britain

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September 23 Argentina  2 – 1  United States

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September 25 Netherlands  1 – 0  Argentina

5th to 8th place classification

September 27 Argentina  1 – 3  Canada

7th place match

September 29 United States  1 – 3 (AET)  Argentina

Football

Main article: Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Squad

Matches played in parentheses denotes player came from the bench

#	Name	Club	Date of Birth	Pld	Goals	Y	Y/R	R
Goalkeepers
1	Luis Islas	Independiente	(1965-12-22)December 22, 1965 (aged 22)	4	0	0	0	0
12	Fabián Cancelarich	Ferro Carril Oeste	(1965-12-30)December 30, 1965 (aged 22)	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	Rubén Agüero	Estudiantes de La Plata	(1960-02-20)February 20, 1960 (aged 28)	2	0	0	0	0
5	Alberto Boggio	Rosario Central	(1969-08-14)August 14, 1969 (aged 19)	0	0	0	0	0
8	Hernán Díaz	Rosario Central	(1965-02-26)February 26, 1965 (aged 23)	4	0	0	0	0
9	Néstor Fabbri	Racing Club	(1968-04-29)April 29, 1968 (aged 20)	4	1	0	0	0
11	Néstor Lorenzo	Argentinos Juniors	(1966-02-28)February 28, 1966 (aged 22)	4	0	0	0	0
13	Mario Lucca	Vélez Sársfield	(1961-08-06)August 6, 1961 (aged 27)	3(1)	0	1	0	0
14	Carlos Mayor	Vélez Sársfield	(1965-05-10)May 10, 1965 (aged 23)	1(1)	0	1	0	0
14	Pedro Monzón	Independiente	(1962-02-23)February 23, 1962 (aged 26)	2(1)	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6	Claudio Cabrera	Vélez Sársfield	(1963-11-20)November 20, 1963 (aged 24)	1(1)	0	0	0	0
10	Daniel Hernández	Independiente	(1970-02-05)February 5, 1970 (aged 18)	0	0	0	0	0
16	Hugo Pérez	Racing Club	(1968-10-06)October 6, 1968 (aged 19)	4	0	1	0	0
17	Alejandro Ruidiaz	Independiente	(1981-04-15)April 15, 1981 (aged 7)	1	0	0	0	0
Forwards
3	Mauro Airez	Gimnasia y Esgrima (La Plata)	(1968-10-26)October 26, 1968 (aged 19)	2(1)	0	0	0	0
4	Carlos Alfaro Moreno	Platense	(1964-10-18)October 18, 1964 (aged 23)	4	3	0	0	0
7	Jorge Comas	Boca Juniors	(1960-06-09)June 9, 1960 (aged 28)	4	0	0	0	0
18	Alejandro Russo	Estudiantes de La Plata	(1968-02-13)February 13, 1968 (aged 20)	(2)	0	0	0	0
19	Darío Siviski	San Lorenzo	(1962-12-20)December 20, 1962 (aged 25)	4	0	0	0	0
Coach
	Carlos Pachamé		(1944-02-25)February 25, 1944 (aged 44)

Results

Preliminaries

September 18, 1988

19:00

United States	1–1	Argentina
Windischmann 78'	(Report)	Alfaro Moreno 83' (pen.)

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 18,500

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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September 20, 1988

19:00

Soviet Union	2–1	Argentina
Dobrovolski 7' Mikhailichenko 22'	(Report)	Alfaro Moreno 77' (pen.)

Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Gérard Biguet (France)

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September 22, 1988

17:00

South Korea	1–2	Argentina
Noh 14'	(Report)	Alfaro Moreno 3' Nestor Fabbri 73'

Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Christopher Bambridge (Australia)

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	5	Qualified for quarterfinals
2	Argentina	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	South Korea (H)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2
4	United States	3	0	2	1	3	5	−2	2

Source: FIFA
(H) Hosts

Quarterfinals

September 25, 1988

19:00

Brazil	1–0	Argentina
Silva 76'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 21,800

Referee: Kurt Röthlisberger (Switzerland)

Judo

Further information: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	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	Opposition Result
Claudio Yafuso	Men's -65 kg	Anderson (GUM) W 1000–0000	Yolci (TUR) W 0001–0000	Lee (KOR) L 0000–0210	did not advance			Bečanović (YUG) W 0100–0021	Carabetta (FRA) L 0000–1000	did not advance
Dario García	Men's -78 kg	Attyé (SEN) W 1000–0000	Legień (POL) L 0000–1000	did not advance				Hussein (EGY) W 0200–0000	Doherty (CAN) L (Chui)	did not advance
Sandro López	Men's -86 kg	Bye	White (GBR) L 0001–0010	did not advance

Key

• Chui – Penalty that equals the loss of five points

Rowing

Further information: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Claudio Águila, Daniel Scuri	Men's coxless pair	6:59.05	5	7:06.57	4	did not advance
Rubén D'Andrilli, Marcelo Fernández, Sergio Fernández González, Claudio Guindón	Men's quadruple sculls	6:04.77	4	5:58.27	3 Q	5:57.56	5	did not advance

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Race							Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Gonzalo Campero	Finn	26.0	29.0	13.0	(40.0) RET	19.0	14.0	22.0	123.0	17
Jorge García Velazco	Division II	11.7	17.0	5.7	(18.0)	11.7	8.0	16.0	70.1	7
Fernando García Guevara, Diego Minguens	Tornado	30.0 RET	27.0	22.0	30.0 RET	30.0 DNC	30.0 DNC	30.0 DNC	169.0	23
Carlos Irigoyen, Guillermo Parada	Men's 470	23.0	27.0	(29.0)	28.0	22.0	21.0	19.0	140.0	19
Julio Labandeira, Alberto Zanetti	Star	21.0	(22.0)	21.0	16.0	21.0	19.0	21.0	119.0	16
Pedro Ferrero, Raúl Lena, Santiago Lange	Soling	(21.0)	19.0	0.0	14.0	14.0	17.0	18.0	82.0	9

Key

• RET – Retired
• DNC – Did not compete

Shooting

Further information: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Total
Julio César Iemma	Men's 50 m rifle prone	590	41	N/A		did not advance		41
Firmo Roberti	Skeet	147	9 Q	49	8	did not advance		8
Lisandro Sugezky	Men's 10 m air pistol	572	31	N/A		did not advance		31
	Men's 50 m pistol	539	40	N/A		did not advance		40

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentina Aracil	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:19.60	37	did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	–	DSQ	did not advance
	Women's 200 m medley	2:31.53	30	did not advance
	Women's 400 m medley	5:19.17	28	did not advance
Alicia Boscatto	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:15.67	33	did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:45.80	39	did not advance

Key

• DSQ – Disqualified

Table tennis

Further information: Table tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hae-Ja Kim	Women's singles	Vriesekoop (NED) L 0–3  Guergueltcheva (BUL) L 0–3  Safarova (TCH) L 0–3  Perkučin (YUG) L 0–3  Meshref (EGY) W 3–1	did not advance

Tennis

Further information: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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
Javier Frana	Men's singles	Perkiss (ISR) W 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Jaite (ARG) L 2–6, 4–6, 2–6	did not advance				=17
Martín Jaite	Singles	Pridham (CAN) W 6–1, 6–3, 6–2	Frana (ARG) W 6–2, 6–4, 6–2	Kim (KOR) W 6–4, 6–1, 6–3	Gilbert (USA) L 7–5, 1–6, 6–7(1–7), 3–6	did not advance		=5
Javier Frana, Martín Jaite	Men's doubles	N/A	Derlin (AUS)  Evernden (AUS) L 4–6, 1–4 (retired)	did not advance				=17
Bettina Fulco	Women's singles	Paulus (AUT) L 6–7(5–7), 4–6	did not advance					=33
Mercedes Paz	Women's singles	Tsarbopoulou (GRE) W 7–6(9–7), 6–3	Maleeva (BUL) L 1–6, 2–6	did not advance				=17
Gabriela Sabatini	Women's singles	Bye	Goleš (YUG) W 6–1, 6–0	Hanika (FRG) W 1–6, 6–4, 6–2	Zvereva (URS) W 6–4, 6–3	Maleeva (BUL) W 6–1, 6–2	Graf (FRG) L 3–6, 3–6	Silver
Mercedes Paz, Gabriela Sabatini	Women's doubles	N/A	Bassett-Seguso (CAN)  Hetherington (CAN) L 6–7(8–10), 7–5, (18–20)	did not advance				=9

Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

Coach: Luis Muchaga

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight
1	Claudio Zulianello	29 May 1965	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
2	Daniel Castellani	21 March 1961	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	83 kg (183 lb)
3	Esteban Martínez	25 September 1961	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
4	Alejandro Diz	26 March 1965	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
5	Daniel Colla	23 February 1964	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (180 lb)
6	Javier Weber	6 January 1966	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)
7	Hugo Conte	14 April 1963	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
8	Waldo Kantor	11 January 1960	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	74 kg (163 lb)
9	Raúl Quiroga	26 January 1962	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
10	Jon Uriarte	15 October 1961	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
11	Esteban de Palma	18 January 1967	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	90 kg (200 lb)
12	Juan Cuminetti	27 May 1967	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	86 kg (190 lb)

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	10	15	3	5.000	263	155	1.697	Semifinals
2	Argentina	5	3	2	8	11	7	1.571	219	211	1.038
3	France	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	222	190	1.168	5th–8th semifinals
4	Netherlands	5	3	2	8	10	7	1.429	202	183	1.104
5	Japan	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	182	225	0.809	9th–12th semifinals
6	Tunisia	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	101	225	0.449

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

September 18, 1988 14:00	Tunisia	0–3	Argentina	Referees: Cho Young-Ho (South Korea), Surev Stepanian (Soviet Union)
	(5–15, 11–15, 6–15)

September 19, 1988	Japan	1–3	Argentina	Referees: Stoyan Stoyanov (Bulgaria), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
	(11–15, 12–15, 15–11, 11–15)

September 22, 1988	United States	3–2	Argentina	Referees: Ramis Samedov (Soviet Union), Sigmund Dawiskibas (Sweden)
	(11–15, 11–15, 15–4, 17–15, 15–7)

September 24, 1988	Argentina	3–0	Netherlands	Referees: Kim Young-Dae (South Korea), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
	(15–11, 15–7, 15–8)

September 26, 1988	France	3–0	Argentina	Referees: Cho Young-Ho (South Korea), Abdelmajid Djeran (Tunisia)
	(15–7, 15–5, 15–5)

Semifinal

September 30, 1988	Soviet Union	3–0	Argentina	Referees: Cho Young-Ho (South Korea), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
	(15–11, 17–15, 15–8)

Bronze medal match

September 30, 1988	Argentina	3–2	Brazil	Referees: Vladimir Kovalik (Czechoslovakia), Torres Genard Arredondo (Mexico)
	(15–10, 15–17, 15–8, 12–15, 15–9)

Won Bronze Medal

Wrestling

Further information: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Daniel Iglesias	Men's freestyle 82 kg	Jarju (RSA) L  Hussein (EGY) W  Lohyňa (TCH) L	Did not advance
	Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg	Kim (KOR) L  Mukai (JPN) L	Did not advance
Daniel Navarrete	Men's freestyle 68 kg	Brown (AUS) L  Al-Masri (JOR) W  Park (KOR) L	Did not advance
	Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg	Barcia (ESP) L  Hidalgo (PAN) L	Did not advance

See also

• Argentina at the 1987 Pan American Games