Argentina participated at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Argentine delegation counted a total number of 441 athletes. Argentina competed in all events, except for baseball and diving. The delegation's main bet was the Field hockey women's team, Las Leonas, led by Luciana Aymar, who carried the Argentine flag at the opening ceremony.

Medalists

Results by event

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated Panama (76-71) Defeated Uruguay (71-69) Lost to United States (71-74) Semi Finals Lost to Puerto Rico (80-89) Bronze Medal Match Lost to Uruguay (93-99) → Fourth place Team Roster Facundo Sucatzky Diego García Gabriel Mikulas Diego Logrippo Luis Cequeira Matías Sandes Román González Martin Leiva Patricio Prato Javier Bulfoni Leonardo Mainoldi Mariano Byro Head coach: Gonzalo García

Argentina at the 2007 Pan American Games

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Cuba (79-81) Lost to United States (54-85) Lost to Colombia (66-68) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Defeated Jamaica (73-61) 5th/6th place: Lost to Colombia (58-59) → Sixth place Team Roster Constanza Landra Marina Cava Paula Gatti Marcela Paoletta Celeste Cabañez Florencia Fernández Alejandra Fernández Anastasia Sáenz Sandra Pavón Laura Nicolini Valentina Maggi Alejandra Chesta

Argentina at the 2007 Pan American Games

Tennis

Men's singles

Juan Martin Aranguren

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Federico Sansonetti (URU), 6-3 6-1

Third Round — Defeated Carlos Salamanca (COL), 7-5 6-1

Quarterfinals — Lost to Flávio Saretta (BRA), 2-6 2-6

Eduardo Schwank

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Juan Carlos Ramirez (PAR), 6-2 6-3

Third Round — Defeated Jorge Aguilar (CHI), 3-6 6-2 2-6

Quarterfinals — Defeated Marcos Daniel (BRA), 2-6 7-6(3) 7-5

Semifinals — Lost to Flávio Saretta (BRA), 6-3 5-7 0-6

Bronze Medal Match — Defeated Michael Quintero (COL), 6-4 6-0 → Bronze Medal

Horacio Zeballos

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Lost to Guillermo Hormazábal (CHI), 6-3 4-6 6-3

Men's doubles

Eduardo Schwank and Horacio Zeballos

First Round — Bye

Second Round — Defeated Cristian Paiz and Sebastien Vidal (GUA), 6-2 6-1

Quarterfinals — Defeated Michael Quintero and Carlos Salamanca (COL), 6-2 6-4

Semifinals — Defeated Víctor Estrella and Jhonson García (DOM), 6-1 6-0

Gold Medal Match — Defeated Jorge Aguilar and Adrián García (CHI), 6-3 6-4 → Gold Medal

Argentina at the 2007 Pan American Games

Triathlon

Men's Competition

Velmar Bianco

1:55:40.29 — 15th place

Luciano Farías

1:57:03.47 — 21st place

Lucas Cocha

did not finish — no ranking

Women's Competition

Pamela Geijo

2:04:37.89 — 16th place

Nidia Kondratavicius

2:15:46.76 — 26th place

Paulina Abrego

did not finish — no ranking

See also

Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

Argentine Olympic Committee Website

Rio 2007 Official website

Nations at the 2007 Pan American Games

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