Argentina 
Argentina's first Olympic Champions were crowned at Paris in 1924, when the Polo team of Arturo Kenny, Juan Miles, Guillermo Brooke Naylor, Juan Nelson and Enrique Padilla beat four other countries for the Gold medal.
16 athletes shared a total of 9 Gold medals between 1924 and 1936:
|
M/F |
Name |
Year |
Gold |
SPORT |
born |
died |
|
M |
Arturo Kenny |
1924 |
1 |
Polo |
12.12.1889 |
|
|
M |
Juan Miles |
1924 |
1 |
Polo |
24.6.1895 |
|
|
M |
Guillermo Brooke Naylor |
1924 |
1 |
Polo |
1884 |
|
|
M |
Juan Nelson |
1924 |
1 |
Polo |
26.5.1891 |
|
|
M |
Enrique Padilla |
1924 |
1 |
Polo |
12.6.1890 |
|
|
M |
Alberto Zorrilla |
1928 |
1 |
SWIMMING |
11.2.1906 |
|
|
M |
Victor Avendaño |
1928 |
1 |
BOXING |
5.6.1907 |
1.7.1984 |
|
M |
Arturo Rodriguez Jurado |
1928 |
1 |
BOXING |
26.5.1907 |
|
|
M |
Juan Carlos Zabala |
1932 |
1 |
TRACK & FIELD |
11.10.1911 |
24.1.1983 |
|
M |
Santiago Lovell |
1932 |
1 |
BOXING |
23.4.1912 |
1966 |
|
M |
Carmelo Robledo |
1932 |
1 |
BOXING |
1912 |
|
|
M |
Manuel Andrada |
1936 |
1 |
Polo |
9.1.1890 |
|
|
M |
Roberto Cavanagh |
1936 |
1 |
Polo |
12.11.1914 |
|
|
M |
Luis Duggan |
1936 |
1 |
Polo |
6.3.1906 |
12.6.1987 |
|
M |
Andrès Gazzotti |
1936 |
1 |
Polo |
30.5.1896 |
|
|
M |
Oscar Casanovas |
1936 |
1 |
BOXING |
15.5.1914 |
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