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

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
 SilverSebastian BaldassarriAthleticsMen's Discus Throw F11/12
 BronzeElizabeth AlmadaAthleticsWomen's Discus Throw F12/13
 BronzeGuillermo MarroSwimmingMen's 100m Backstroke S7
 BronzeFabian RamirezJudoMen -73 kg
 BronzeJorge LencinaJudoMen -81 kg
 BronzeGonzalo 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

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

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

Boccia

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

Cycling

Men's road

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

Men's track

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 N/A 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 N/A 7-8th place
 Arciniegas (COL) /
 Carreno (COL)
L 0-2		 8
Men's time trial B&VI 1-3 N/A 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

  • Gonzalo Abbas Hachache
  • Diego Cerega
  • Eduardo Diaz
  • Ivan Figueroa
  • Jose Luiz Jimenez
  • Dario Aldo Lencina
  • Antonio Mendoza
  • Lucas Rodriguez
  • Silvio Mauricio Velo

Tournament

Argentina  2 - 0  Spain
China  1 - 0  Argentina
Argentina  0 – 0  Brazil
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)
South Korea  0 - 2  Argentina
Argentina  3 - 1  Great Britain
Bronze medal match
Spain  1 - 1 (aet)  Argentina
Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil)

Judo

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		 N/A  Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI)
W 0011-0001 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Fabian Ramirez Men's 73kg Bye  Pourabbas (IRI)
W 0010–0000		  Avila (MEX)
L 0000-1100		 N/A  Krieger (GER)
W 1000-0000 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

Men

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 3rd, 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
100m backstroke 1:16.43 7 Q 1:16.06 7

Women

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

Table tennis

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

Wheelchair tennis

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

See also

References

  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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