| Argentina at the 2004 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ARG |
| NPC | Argentine Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Athens | |
| Competitors | 55 in 10 sports |
| Medals Ranked 62nd |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Argentina competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included fifty-five athletes, forty-four men and eleven women. [1] Argentinian competitors won four medals, two silver and two bronze to finish sixty-second in the medal table. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Gonsalo Abbas Hachache Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Carlos Ivan Figueroa Dario Lencina Antonio Mendoza Oscar Moreno Julio Ramirez Lucas Rodríguez Silvio Velo | Football 5-a-side | Men's team |
| Silver | Guillermo Marro | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S7 |
 Bronze | Rodrigo Lopez | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial CP 3 |
| Bronze | Betiana Basualdo | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S2 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Pablo Astoreca | T11 | Marathon | — | 3:30:37 | 10 | |||
| Ernesto Margni | T35 | 100m | 15.67 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| 200m | — | 34.32 | 6 | |||||
| Alejandro Maldonado | T54 | 100m | 15.16 | 14 | Did not advance | |||
| 200m | 27.54 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||
| Gaston Torres | T37 | 800m | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
| 1500m | — | 5:15.51 | 11 | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Sebastian Baldassarri | F11 | Shot put | 11.81 | - | 4 |
| Horacio Bascioni | F52 | Discus | 15.96 | - | 4 |
| F52-53 | Javelin | 13.53 | 847 | 13 | |
| Ernesto Margni | F35 | Discus | 26.81 | - | 10 |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Maria Rosales | T34 | 100m | — | 24.81 | 5 | |||
| 200m | — | 48.52 | 5 | |||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Mariela Almada | F12 | Shot put | 9.81 | - | 8 |
| F13 | Discus | 35.20 | - | 6 | |
| Perla Amanda Munoz | F35/36 | Shot put | 7.25 | 1043 | 6 |
| F35/36/38 | Discus | 17.20 | 970 | 9 | |
| F35-38 | Javelin | 17.82 | 1011 | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mauricio Ibarburen | Mixed individual BC1 |  Jorgensen (DEN) | L 0-10 | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
 Grossmayer (AUT) | L 3-11 | ||||||||
 Hawker (USA) | W 5-3 | ||||||||
 Lanoix-Boyer (CAN) | W 7-5 | ||||||||
| Gabriela Villano |  Beltran (ESP) | L 3-9 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
 Taksee (THA) | W 7-4 | ||||||||
 Shelly (IRL) | L 0-11 | ||||||||
 Pearse (GBR) | L 2-7 | ||||||||
| Gahleitner (AUT) | W 5-1 | ||||||||
| Pablo Cortez | Mixed individual BC2 | Curto (ESP) | L 1-6 | 2 Q | Cordero (ESP) L 0-4 | Did not advance | |||
 Loung (HKG) | W 4-2 | ||||||||
| Bourbonniere (CAN) | W 6-3 | ||||||||
| Claudio Scalise |  F Ferreira (POR) | L 3-4 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Connolly (IRL) | L 1-4 | ||||||||
| Kwok (HKG) | W 4-1 | ||||||||
| Vanina Ledesma | Mixed individual BC4 | Dueso (ESP) | L 1-5 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
| de Oliveira Pereira (POR) | L 2-3 | ||||||||
 Bogdos (GRE) | L 1-9 | ||||||||
| Vandervies (CAN) | W 7-2 | ||||||||
| Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarburen Claudio Scalise Gabriela Villano | Mixed team BC1/2 | Spain (ESP) | W 8-7 | 4 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Great Britain (GBR) | L 0-9 | ||||||||
| Austria (AUT) | L 3-5 | ||||||||
| Canada (CAN) | W 5-4 | ||||||||
 Norway (NOR) | L 6-7 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo Lopez | Men's road race/time trial CP div 3 | - | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1st round | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Rodrigo Lopez | Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | — | 1:16.27 | 9 | |||
| Men's individual pursuit CP div 3 | 4:17.98 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | ||
| Patricio Guglialmelli | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 63.600 | 10 |
| Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 69.278 | 7 | |
The men's football team won a silver medal after being defeated by Brazil in the gold medal match.
| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Argentina vs.  Brazil (BRA) | 0 - 2 | 2 Q |
| 2 | Argentina vs. Spain (ESP) | 2 - 1 | |
| 3 | Argentina vs. Greece (GRE) | 2 - 1 | |
| 4 | Argentina vs.  France (FRA) | 3 - 0 | |
| 5 | Argentina vs.  South Korea (KOR) | 3 - 0 | |
| Gold medal final | Argentina vs. Brazil (BRA) | 0 - 0 (2-3) | |
The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals: they were defeated by Russia in the bronze medal match.
| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Argentina vs.  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 - 2 | 2 Q |
| 2 | Argentina vs.  Iran (IRI) | 2 - 2 | |
| 3 | Argentina vs. Ireland (IRL) | 5 - 2 | |
| Semifinals | Argentina vs. Brazil (BRA) | 1 - 4 | L |
| Gold medal final | Argentina vs.  Russia (RUS) | 0 - 5 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Sergio Arturo Diaz | Men's 60kg | Bye | Rahmati (IRI) L 0000–0210 | — | Tsang (HKG) W 1000S-0001 | Zasyadkovych (UKR) L 0001C-0131S | Did not advance |
| Fabian Ramirez | Men's 73kg | Asakereh (IRI) L 0010S-1001 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Fernando Carlomagno | S6 | 400m freestyle | 6:09.16 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Sebastian Facundo Ramirez | S5 | 50m backstroke | 49.31 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:07.46 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| SM4 | 150m individual medley | 2:51.76 | 5 Q | 2:42.57 | | |
| Guillermo Marro | S7 | 100m backstroke | 1:16.64 | 2 Q | 1:16.98 | |
| Mateo Micic | S1 | 50m freestyle | — | 2:34.93 | 7 | |
| 50m backstroke | — | 2:22.77 | 5 | |||
| Diego Pastore | S6 | 400m freestyle | 6:26.71 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| 100m backstroke | 1:30.08 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| Marcelo Ariel Quassi | S5 | 50m butterfly | 50.80 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:00.53 | 7 Q | 1:59.40 | 6 | |
| SM5 | 200m individual medley | 3:45.44 | 7 Q | 3:48.00 | 8 | |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Betiana Basualdo | S2 | 50m freestyle | — | 1:33.11 | 4 | |
| 100m freestyle | — | 3:17.93 | | |||
| 50m backstroke | — | 1:35.88 | 4 | |||
| Valeria Fantasia | SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:11.81 | 8 Q | 2:12.35 | 8 |
| Anabel Moro | SB12 | 100m breaststroke | 1:32.58 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| Alejandra Perezlindo | S2 | 50m freestyle | — | 1:48.61 | 6 | |
| 100m freestyle | — | 3:40.11 | 6 | |||
| 50m backstroke | — | 1:48.66 | 6 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Jose Daniel Haylan | Men's singles 1 |  Kilger (GER)L 1–3 | Cho (KOR) L 1–3 | Fouillen (FRA) W 3–0 | 2 Q | Kang (KOR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||
| Carlos Maslup |  Launonen (FIN)L 0-3 | Kang (KOR) L 0-3 |  Zumkehr (SUI)L 1-3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
| Jose Daniel Haylan Carlos Maslup | Men's teams 1-2 | South Korea (KOR) L 0-3 |  Slovakia (SVK)L 0-3 | Finland (FIN) L 0-3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Giselle Munoz | Women's singles 6 |  Bengtsson Kovacs (SWE)L 0–3 | Ovsjannikova (RUS) L 0–3 | Darvand (FRA) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Susana Masciotra | Women's épée B |  Wyrzykowska (POL) | L 1–5 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
 Vettraino (ITA) | L 0-5 | ||||||||
| Lykyanenko (UKR) | L 1-5 | ||||||||
| Hassen Bey (ESP) | L 0-5 | ||||||||
| Women's foil B | Chan Y C (HKG) | L 0-5 | 5 | Did not advance | |||||
| Hassen Bey (ESP) | L 0-5 | ||||||||
| Wyrzykowska (POL) | L 0-5 | ||||||||
| Lykyanenko (UKR) | L 3-5 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Oscar Diaz | Open | Men's singles |  Hall (AUS)L 0–6, 1-6 | Did not advance | ||||
Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. The country has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 364 athletes, 229 men and 135 women, competed in 27 sports.
Morocco competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eleventh appearance at the Olympics, except the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its partial support to the United States boycott.
Italy competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 361 competitors, 246 men and 115 women, took part in 175 events in 29 sports.
Brazil made its Paralympic Games debut at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, sending representatives to compete in track and field, archery, swimming and wheelchair basketball. The country has competed in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since.
Algeria competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included eighteen athletes, fourteen men and four women. Algeria won thirteen medals, six gold, two silver and five bronze.
Russia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 84 athletes—49 men and 35 women. Russian competitors won forty-one medals, sixteen gold, eight silver and seventeen bronze, to finish eleventh in the medal table.
Germany competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 212 athletes—140 men and 72 women. German competitors won 78 medals, 19 gold, 28 silver and 31 bronze, to finish 8th in the medal table.
Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women. Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.
France competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 136 athletes, 106 men and 30 women. French competitors won 74 medals, 18 gold, 26 silver and 30 bronze to finish 9th in the medal table.
New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 36 athletes, 28 men and 8 women. Competitors from New Zealand won ten medals, including 6 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze to finish 36th in the medal table.
Brazil competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 96 athletes, 74 men and 22 women. Competitors from Brazil won 33 medals, including 14 gold, 12 silver and 7 bronze to finish 14th in the medal table.
Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women. Competitors from Denmark won 15 medals, including 5 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze to finish 29th in the medal table.
Finland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 54 athletes, 31 men and 23 women. Competitors from Finland won 8 medals, including 4 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze to finish 33rd in the medal table.
Greece competed as the host nation of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 124 athletes, 107 men and 17 women. Competitors from Greece won 20 medals, including 3 gold, 13 silver and 4 bronze to finish 34th in the medal table.
Netherlands competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 95 athletes, 53 men and 42 women. Competitors from Netherlands won 29 medals, including 5 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze to finish 27th in the medal table.
Poland competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 104 athletes, 70 men and 34 women. Competitors from Poland won 54 medals, including 10 gold, 25 silver and 19 bronze to finish 18th in the medal table.
Slovakia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 37 athletes, 29 men and 8 women. Competitors from Slovakia won 12 medals, including 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze to finish 30th in the medal table.
Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 28 athletes, 14 men and 14 women. Competitors from Slovenia won 4 medals, including 1 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze to finish 49th in the medal table.
Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 41 athletes, 32 men and 9 women. Competitors from Sweden won 21 medals, including 8 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze to finish 21st in the medal table.
Dario Aldo Lencina is an Argentine 5-a-side football player and current head coach of the Argentine women's 5-a-side football team. He has represented Argentina 5-a-side football team for over 20 years and has represented Argentina at the Paralympics on four occasions in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. He is also a two time World Championship winner in 2002 and 2006 with the national team.