Argentina at the 1956 Summer Olympics — country entered in olympic summer games
Argentina's tenth Summer Olympics appearance featured its first female flag bearer and a team of 28 athletes competing across eight sports.
Key Facts
- Olympic appearance
- 10th Summer Olympics appearance
- Athletes sent
- 28 (27 men, 1 woman)
- Sports competed
- 8 sports, 27 events
- Medals won
- 2 (1 silver, 1 bronze)
- Flag bearer
- Isabel Avellán, first female Argentine flag bearer
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Argentina had been a regular participant in the Summer Olympic Games since its debut, and under the Argentine Olympic Committee selected a national contingent for the 1956 Games held in Melbourne, Australia, with equestrian events staged in Stockholm, Sweden.
Argentina sent 28 athletes to the 1956 Summer Olympics, competing in 27 events across 8 sports. Isabel Avellán served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony, becoming the first woman to carry Argentina's flag at an Olympic Games.
Argentina returned from the 1956 Games with two medals — one silver and one bronze — and established a notable precedent in its Olympic history by appointing its first female flag bearer, reflecting a broadening of women's representation in the national delegation.
Result
at Melbourne, Australia; Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian)