| Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ARG |
| NPC | Argentine Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 42 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Silvio Velo |
| Medals Ranked 58th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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]
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Mariano Dominguez | T37 | 100m | 12.85 | 15 | did not advance | ||||
| 200m | 26.41 | 16 | did not advance | ||||||
| Alejandro Maldonado | T54 | 800m | 1:40.22 | 15 q | 1:40.62 | 14 | did not advance | ||
| 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 | ||||
| 200m | 23.91 | 20 | did not advance | ||||||
| Lucas Schoenfeld | T46 | 100m | 11.68 | 15 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Sebastian Baldassarri | F11-12 | Discus throw | 40.43 | 988 | |
| Shot put | 11.11 | 804 | 8 | ||
| Lucas Schoenfeld | F46 | Long jump | NMR | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Gracia Sosa | T11 | 100m | DSQ | did not advance | |||||
| 200m | 29.35 | 10 | did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Points | Rank | |||
| Elizabeth Almada | F12-13 | Discus throw | 38.03 | 894 | |
| Shot put | 10.74 | 861 | 6 | ||
| Perla Munoz | F35-36 | Discus throw | 17.74 | 739 | 8 |
| Shot put | 7.13 SB | 764 | 8 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Canada (CAN) | W 6-2 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodrigo López | Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3 | 1:52:50 | 23 |
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Rodrigo López | Men's individual pursuit CP3 | 4:13.850 | 6 | did not advance | |||||
| 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 | |
| Men's time trial B&VI 1-3 | — | 1:14.483 | 15 | ||||||
The men's football 5-a-side team won the bronze medal after defeating Spain in the bronze medal match.
| Athlete | Event | First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Ignacio Gonzalez | S12 | 400m freestyle | 4:42.95 | 7 Q | 4:44.78 | 8 |
| 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 |
| 100m backstroke | 1:16.43 | 7 Q | 1:16.06 | 7 | ||
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Nadia Baez | S11 | 50m freestyle | 34.47 | 11 | did not advance | |
| 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 |
| SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:55.29 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| Anabel Moro | SB12 | 100m breaststroke | 1:28.35 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Daniel Rodriguez | Men's singles C4-5 |  Saleh (EGY)L 0–3 |  Thomas (FRA)L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Giselle Munoz | Women's singles C6-7 | Mahmoud Afify (EGY) L 2-3 |  Klymenko (UKR)L 0-3 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Athlete | 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 | ||
| Guillermo Camusso | Men's singles | Saida (JPN) L 0-6. 0-6 | did not advance | ||||
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