Argentina_at_the_2008_Summer_Paralympics

Argentina at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Argentina at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ARG
NPC	Argentine Paralympic Committee
Website	www.coparg.org.ar
in Beijing
Competitors	42 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Silvio Velo
Medals; Ranked 58th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Argentina sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was football player Silvio Velo.^[1]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Sebastian Baldassarri	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw F11/12
Bronze	Elizabeth Almada	Athletics	Women's Discus Throw F12/13
Bronze	Guillermo Marro	Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke S7
Bronze	Fabian Ramirez	Judo	Men -73 kg
Bronze	Jorge Lencina	Judo	Men -81 kg
Bronze	Gonzalo Abbas Hachache Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Ivan Figueroa Jose Luis Jiminez Dario Aldo Lencina Gustavo Maidana Antonio Mendoza Lucas Rodriguez Silvio Mauricio Velo	Football 5-a-side	Men's team

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariano Dominguez	T37	100m	12.85	15	did not advance
Mariano Dominguez	T37	200m	26.41	16	did not advance
Alejandro Maldonado	T54	800m	1:40.22	15 q	1:40.62	14	did not advance
Alejandro Maldonado	T54	1500m	3:14.21	19 Q	3:09.31	6 Q	3:14.92	4
Federico Rodriguez	T12	100m	11.67	18	did not advance
Federico Rodriguez	T12	200m	23.91	20	did not advance
Lucas Schoenfeld	T46	100m	11.68	15	did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Sebastian Baldassarri	F11-12	Discus throw	40.43	988
Sebastian Baldassarri	F11-12	Shot put	11.11	804	8
Lucas Schoenfeld	F46	Long jump	NMR

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gracia Sosa	T11	100m	DSQ		did not advance
Gracia Sosa	T11	200m	29.35	10	did not advance

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Elizabeth Almada	F12-13	Discus throw	38.03	894
Elizabeth Almada	F12-13	Shot put	10.74	861	6
Perla Munoz	F35-36	Discus throw	17.74	739	8
Perla Munoz	F35-36	Shot put	7.13 SB	764	8

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mauricio Ibarbure	Mixed individual BC1	Shelly (IRL)	L 2-3	4	did not advance
		Park J S (KOR)	L 2-5
		Richardson (CAN)	L 4-7
		Kitani (JPN)	W 6-2
Gabriela Villano		Beltran (ESP)	L 0-14	3	did not advance
		Wang Y (CHN)	L 1-6
		Mawji (CAN)	W 6-1
		Hawker (USA)	W 3-1
Pablo Cortez	Mixed individual BC2	Cao (CHN)	W 5-2	1 Q	F Ferreira (POR) W 5-2	Murray (GBR) L 1-4	Martin (ESP) L 2-3	4
		Connolly (IRL)	W 4-1
		Leglice (ARG)	W 8-2
Roberto Leglice		Cortez (ARG)	L 2-8	4	did not advance
		Cao (CHN)	L 2-4
		Connolly (IRL)	L 3-4
Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarbure Roberto Leglice Gabriela Villano	Mixed team BC1-2	Great Britain (GBR)	L 4-6	2 Q	Portugal (POR) L 3-8	did not advance
	Mixed team BC1-2	Canada (CAN)	W 6-2	2 Q	Portugal (POR) L 3-8	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rodrigo López	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:52:50	23
Rodrigo López	Men's road time trial CP3	43:56.42	8
Lujan Nattkemper Juan Ferrari (pilot)	Men's road race B&VI 1-3	DNF

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Rodrigo López	Men's individual pursuit CP3	4:13.850	6	did not advance
Rodrigo López	Men's time trial CP3	—						1:20.57	5
Lujan Nattkemper Juan Ferrari (pilot)	Men's sprint B&VI 1-3	12.163	8	Kappes (GBR) / Storey (GBR)	L 0-2	—		7-8th place Arciniegas (COL) / Carreno (COL) L 0-2	8
Lujan Nattkemper Juan Ferrari (pilot)	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	—						1:14.483	15

Athlete	Event	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jorge Lencina	Men's 81kg	Bye	Novruzzade (AZE) W 1000-0000	Cruz (CUB) L 0001-1101	—		Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI) W 0011-0001
Fabian Ramirez	Men's 73kg	Bye	Pourabbas (IRI) W 0010–0000	Avila (MEX) L 0000-1100	—		Krieger (GER) W 1000-0000

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ignacio Gonzalez	S12	400m freestyle	4:42.95	7 Q	4:44.78	8
Ignacio Gonzalez	S12	100m backstroke	1:06.80	8 Q	1:06.02	6
Facundo Lazo	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:24.95	12	did not advance
Guillermo Marro	S7	100m backstroke	1:15.73	3 Q	1:15.17
Diego Pastore	S6	100m backstroke	1:26.04	7 Q	1:24.49	7
Ariel Quassi	S5	50m backstroke	49.73	12	did not advance
	SB4	100m breaststroke	1:56.09	11	did not advance
	SM5	200m individual medley	3:47.46	8 Q	3:50.11	7
Sebastian Ramirez	SM4	150m individual medley	3:00.45	8 Q	3:01.69	8
Juan Pablo Rosatti	S9	100m backstroke	1:12.40	10	did not advance
Sergio Zayas	S11	400m freestyle	5:10.10	7 Q	5:08.13	7
Sergio Zayas	S11	100m backstroke	1:16.43	7 Q	1:16.06	7

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nadia Baez	S11	50m freestyle	34.47	11	did not advance
Nadia Baez	S11	100m freestyle	1:20.48	11	did not advance
Betiana Basualdo	S2	50m backstroke	1:35.82	8 Q	1:40.14	8
Daniela Gimenez	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:27.04	6 Q	1:26.81	7
Daniela Gimenez	SM9	200m individual medley	2:55.29	13	did not advance
Anabel Moro	SB12	100m breaststroke	1:28.35	9	did not advance