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Doble medallista. El remero Alberto Demiddi obtiene la
medalla de plata en single en Munich 72 y la de bronce en
México DF 68.
Double medallist. Oarsman Alberto Demiddi gets the silver
medal in the single event in Munich 1972, and the bronze
one in Mexico City 1968.

One of the medals came from Boxing. Abel Laudonio
obtained the bronze medal in the Middleweight cat-
egory. The other medal was won by the Yachting team
formed by Jorge Salas Chávez, Héctor Calegaris, and
Jorge del Río in the Dragon Event.

TOKYO 1964

hundred and ten Argentine athletes went to To-
A kyo, a dozen more than the delegation that had
gone to the previous Games. They only conquered
tegoría mediano. La otra medalla fue en la clase one silver medal. Argentina’s delegation presented
Dragón de yachting, con el equipo que integraron participants in fourteen disciplines: Athletics, Box-
Jorge Salas Chávez, Héctor Calegaris y Jorge del ing, Cycling, Fencing, Equestrian, Football, Gymnas-
Río. tics, Judo, Wrestling, Swimming, Rowing, Shooting,
Weightlifting, and Yachting.
TOKIO 1964 Captain Carlos Moratorio was the runner-up in the
complete Event of Equestrian. Although recognized
sportsmen and women had attended the competi-
iento diez atletas argentinos viajaron a To- tion, such as the athlete Osvaldo Suárez, the swim-
Ckio, una docena más que los que habían ido mers Susana Peper (Jeanette Campbell’s daughter)
a los anteriores Juegos. Sólo consiguieron traer and Luis Alberto Nicolao, the weightlifter Humberto
una medalla de plata. La delegación argentina Selvetti (who had already won two medals in the two
presentó participantes en 14 deportes: atletis- previous Games) and the football players Agustín
mo, boxeo, ciclismo, esgrima, equitación, fútbol, Mario Cejas, Miguel Ángel Tojo, and Roberto Perfu-
gimnasia, judo, lucha, natación, remo, tiro, pesas mo, the rest of the national delegation could not go
y yachting. Carlos Moratorio, capitán del Ejército, up the podium.
obtuvo la medalla en la prueba completa de equi-
tación. Pese a concurrir con deportistas de la talla
Peper (hija de Jeannette Campbell) y Luis Alberto MEXICO DF 1968
del atleta Osvaldo Suárez, los nadadores Susana
Nicolao, el pesista Humberto Selvetti (había gana-
do medallas en los dos Juegos anteriores) y fut- uenos Aires was left once again in the way of the
bolistas como Agustín Mario Cejas, Miguel Angel Bvoting. Mexico DF 1968 were the first Games –and
Tojo y Roberto Perfumo, el resto de la delegación the only ones so far- released in a Latin American
nacional no pudo subir al podio. city. Conditions so as to hold the competitions ap-
peared not to be the ideal ones in some cases due
MEXICO DF 1968 to the height. Anyway, two out of the ninety-six ath-
letes from Argentina that participated could achieve
a medal. The COA competed in Athletics, Boxing,
uenos Aires quedó otra vez en el camino de la vo- Weightlifting, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Field
Btación. Los de México DF 68 fueron los primeros Hockey, Basque Pelota (a demonstration sport),
Wrestling, Swimming, Rowing, Shooting and Yacht-