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Argentine Sports 1930 to 1959

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    Timespan Covered for Sports

  • Argentina joins the FIFA World Cup

    Argentina joins the FIFA World Cup
    Argentina was dominating the tournament crushing France 4-1, Mexico 6-3, and Chile 3-1. but coincidentally they ended up losing the finals to Uruguay which also beat them in the 1928 Olympics.

  • Argentines play rugby in a team known as Los Pumas.

    Argentines play rugby in a team known as Los Pumas.
    Argentina had no luck playing at home losing to Britain 23-0 but once they finally played away against Chile, they won 29-0! Also the second match was won by a similar margin.

  • Polo, 1936 Berlin Olympics

    Polo, 1936 Berlin Olympics
    In the summer of 1936 at Berlin, Argentine won the gold medal for polo. Polo involves people on horses hitting ball with mallets throgh goals.

  • Argentine Pato Federation is Created

    Argentine Pato Federation is Created
    Pato, known everywhere else as horseball, involves throwing a duck through a hoop while two teams are on horseback. WHAT AN AMAZING SPORT.

  • 1948 Summer Olympics

    1948 Summer Olympics
    Delfo Cabrera wins the gold medal in a decathalon.

  • FIBA Basketball World Cup

    FIBA Basketball World Cup
    Argentina's Basketball team wins the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
    They beat the US 64-50.

  • After many years of the rugby team thrashing their oppenents, they face their hardest match yet.

    After several matches which resulted in astonishing wins such as 62-0 against Uruguay, and 72-0 against a brazilian team they moved on to face tougher cometition. Argentina played Ireland XV and although they lost both games, they celebrated because they've never faced such tough competition.

  • Canada Cup

    Canada Cup
    Golfers Roberto DeVicenzo and Ángel Cabrera win the 1953 Canada Cup.

  • Pato, Argentina's National Sport

    Pato, Argentina's National Sport
    Juan Peron, the president of Argentina at that time, named Pato as their national sport.

  • The liberating revolution set out to "de-peronize" sports.

    The reason for the liberating revolution to do this, was the government was using sports as a instrument of political propaganda, corrupting their true values and significance.

  • Civilian government set out to abolish sports and physical education

    Civilian government set out to abolish sports and physical education
    they did this because they wanted to erase everything Juan Peron had anything to do with and they knew he was misusing sports.