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Olympic Final Winning Goal

Argentina · Sport / Football. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
2004–2008Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

2004

Carlos Tevez28 August 2004

Athens · Sport / Football

Scores the only goal as Argentina defeat Paraguay to win their first Olympic football gold medal.

2008

Angel Di Maria23 August 2008

Beijing · Sport / Football

Scores the only goal as Argentina defeat Nigeria to win a second consecutive Olympic football gold medal.

Names involved

Angel Di MariaCarlos Tevez

Provenance

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