Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Argentina at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Argentina at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg
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)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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]

Medalists

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

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

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

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Sebastian Baldassarri	F11-12	Discus throw	40.43	988	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sebastian Baldassarri	F11-12	Shot put	11.11	804	8
Lucas Schoenfeld	F46	Long jump	NMR

Women's track

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

Women's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Elizabeth Almada	F12-13	Discus throw	38.03	894	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mauricio Ibarbure	Mixed individual BC1	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Shelly (IRL)	L 2-3	4	did not advance
		File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Park J S (KOR)	L 2-5
		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Richardson (CAN)	L 4-7
		File:Flag of Japan.svg Kitani (JPN)	W 6-2
Gabriela Villano		File:Flag of Spain.svg Beltran (ESP)	L 0-14	3	did not advance
		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Y (CHN)	L 1-6
		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mawji (CAN)	W 6-1
		File:Flag of the United States.svg Hawker (USA)	W 3-1
Pablo Cortez	Mixed individual BC2	File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao (CHN)	W 5-2	1 Q	File:Flag of Portugal.svg F Ferreira (POR) W 5-2	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Murray (GBR) L 1-4	File:Flag of Spain.svg Martin (ESP) L 2-3	4
		File:Flag of Ireland.svg Connolly (IRL)	W 4-1
		File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Leglice (ARG)	W 8-2
Roberto Leglice		File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Cortez (ARG)	L 2-8	4	did not advance
		File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cao (CHN)	L 2-4
		File:Flag of Ireland.svg Connolly (IRL)	L 3-4
Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarbure Roberto Leglice Gabriela Villano	Mixed team BC1-2	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)	L 4-6	2 Q	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR) L 3-8	did not advance
	Mixed team BC1-2	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (CAN)	W 6-2	2 Q	File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (POR) L 3-8	did not advance

Cycling

Men's road

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

Men's track

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	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kappes (GBR) / File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Storey (GBR)	L 0-2	—		7-8th place File:Flag of Colombia.svg Arciniegas (COL) / File:Flag of Colombia.svg Carreno (COL) L 0-2	8
Lujan Nattkemper Juan Ferrari (pilot)	Men's time trial B&VI 1-3	—						1:14.483	15

Football 5-a-side

The men's football 5-a-side team won the bronze medal after defeating Spain in the bronze medal match.

Players

Tournament

7 September 2008

9:30

Argentina File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg	2 - 0	File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

9 September 2008

13:00

China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg	1 - 0	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

11 September 2008

9:00

Argentina File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg	0 – 0	File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

13 September 2008

13:00

South Korea File:Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg	0 - 2	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

15 September 2008

9:00

Argentina File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg	3 - 1	File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Bronze medal match

17 September 2008

11:00

Spain File:Flag of Spain.svg	1 - 1 (aet)	File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil)

Judo

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	File:Flag of Azerbaijan (1991–2013).svg Novruzzade (AZE) W 1000-0000	File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cruz (CUB) L 0001-1101	—		File:Flag of Iran.svg Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI) W 0011-0001 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Fabian Ramirez	Men's 73kg	Bye	File:Flag of Iran.svg Pourabbas (IRI) W 0010–0000	File:Flag of Mexico.svg Avila (MEX) L 0000-1100	—		File:Flag of Germany.svg Krieger (GER) W 1000-0000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

Men

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	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

Women

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

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daniel Rodriguez	Men's singles C4-5	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Saleh (EGY) L 0–3	File:Flag of France.svg Thomas (FRA) L 0–3	3	did not advance
Giselle Munoz	Women's singles C6-7	File:Flag of Egypt.svg Mahmoud Afify (EGY) L 2-3	File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Klymenko (UKR) L 0-3	3	did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Guillermo Camusso	Men's singles	File:Flag of Japan.svg Saida (JPN) L 0-6. 0-6	did not advance

External links

References

↑ "Argentine president gives flag to Ginobili for Olympics" Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, July 4, 2008

[1] "Argentine president gives flag to Ginobili for Olympics" Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, July 4, 2008

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Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Medalists

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Men's track

Men's field

Women's track

Women's field

Boccia

Cycling

Men's road

Men's track

Football 5-a-side

Players

Tournament

Judo

Swimming

Men

Women

Table tennis

Wheelchair tennis

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