| Argentina at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ARG |
| NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 213 in 25[2] sports |
| Flag bearers | Luis Scola (opening)[1] Paula Pareto (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 27th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, having missed only three editions since their 1900 debut: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of its support for the United States-led boycott. The Argentine Olympic Committee (Spanish: Comité Olímpico Argentino) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history, surpassing the record set in London 1948.
On 6 August, judoka Paula Pareto claimed the gold in the women's 48 kg, becoming the first Argentine woman to become an Olympic champion.
- ^ "Argentina's Olympic Committee selects Scola as country's flag-bearer at Rio 2016". FIBA. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Atletas Argentinos clasificados a los Juegos Olimpicos Río 2016" [Argentine athletes qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics] (PDF). Retrieved 22 July 2016.