Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Argentina at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  ARG
NOC Comité Olímpico Argentino
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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Argentina will compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics which will be held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

[edit] Basketball

Argentina's men's basketball team, the defending Olympic champions, qualified for the Olympics by placing second at the FIBA Americas Championship 2007. It will be the men's team's fifth Olympic appearance.

The women's team finished fourth at the FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007, and will be one of twelve teams vying for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008.

[edit] Boxing

Argentina had one boxer qualify for the Olympics. Ezequiel Maderna earned a spot in the middleweight competition after coming in second at the 2nd AIBA American Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[1]

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