| 8th Chess Olympiad: Buenos Aires 1939 |
[ Information || Final A | Final B || Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 || Statistics ]
[ Standings | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th ]
| GER | Germany | 2½ : 1½ | Estonia | EST | ||
| Eliskases | 1 - 0 | Keres | ||||
| Michel | ½ - ½ | Raud | ||||
| Engels | 1 - 0 | Schmidt | ||||
| Becker | 0 - 1 | Friedemann | ||||
| LAT | Latvia | 2 : 2 | Netherlands | NED | ||
| Petrovs | ½ - ½ | Van Scheltinga | ||||
| Apšenieks | ½ - ½ | Cortlever | ||||
| Feigins | 1 - 0 | De Groot | ||||
| Endzelīns | 0 - 1 | De Ronde | ||||
| CUB | Cuba | ½ : 3½ | Poland | POL | ||
| Capablanca | ½ - ½ | Tartakower | ||||
| Alemán Dovo | 0 - 1 | Najdorf | ||||
| Blanco Estera | 0 - 1 | Frydman | ||||
| Planas García | 0 - 1 | Sulik | ||||
| FRA | France | 1 : 3 | Sweden | SWE | ||
| Alekhine | ½ - ½ | Ståhlberg | ||||
| Gromer | 0 - 1 | Lundin | ||||
| Kahn | ½ - ½ | Bergkvist | ||||
| Rometti | 0 - 1 | Danielsson | ||||
| ARG | Argentina | 3 : 1 | Lithuania | LTU | ||
| Grau | 0 - 1 | Mikėnas | ||||
| Piazzini | 1 - 0 | Vaitonis | ||||
| Bolbochán | 1 - 0 | Luckis | ||||
| Pleci | 1 - 0 | Tautvaišas | ||||
| CSR | Protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia | 3½ : ½ | Brazil | BRA | ||
| Opočenský | 1 - 0 | Silva Rocha | ||||
| Foltys | 1 - 0 | Cruz, W. | ||||
| Pelikán | 1 - 0 | Souza Mendes | ||||
| Zíta | ½ - ½ | Cruz Filho | ||||
| DEN | Denmark | 2½ : 1½ | Chile | CHI | ||
| Enevoldsen | 1 - 0 | Castillo Larenas | ||||
| Christensen | ½ - ½ | Flores Alvarez | ||||
| Sørensen | 1 - 0 | Salas Romo | ||||
| Larsen, Ø. | 0 - 1 | Reed Valenzuela | ||||
Palestine (ISR) received a bye.
Standings after 1st round >>
| no. | code | pts | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 1. | CSR | 3½ * | BRA 3½ |
ARG | GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | EST | LTU |
| POL | 3½ * | CUB 3½ |
BRA | CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | |
| 3. | ARG | 3 * | LTU 3 |
CSR | BRA | GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | EST |
| SWE | 3 * | FRA 3 |
BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | BRA | NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | |
| 5. | DEN | 2½ * | CHI 2½ |
ISR | SWE | NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
BRA | CUB | POL |
| GER | 2½ * | EST 2½ |
LTU | CSR | ARG | BRA | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | |
| 7. | NED | 2 * | LAT 2 |
FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | BRA | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER |
| LAT | 2 * | NED 2 |
EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | BRA | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | |
| 9. | CHI | 1½ * | DEN 1½ |
CUB | POL | BRA | ISR | SWE | NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
| EST | 1½ * | GER 1½ |
LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | BRA | LTU | CSR | ARG | |
| 11. | LTU | 1 * | ARG 1 |
GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | EST | BRA | CSR |
| FRA | 1 * | SWE 1 |
NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | BRA | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | ISR | |
| 13. | BRA | ½ * | CSR ½ |
POL | ARG | CHI | GER | ISR | LAT | SWE | FRA | NED | BYE - |
EST | DEN | LTU | CUB |
| CUB | ½ * | POL ½ |
CHI | ISR | SWE | NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | FRA | BYE - |
DEN | BRA | |
| 15. | ISR | 0 | BYE - |
DEN | CUB | POL | CHI | BRA | SWE | NED | EST | LTU | CSR | ARG | GER | LAT | FRA |