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
Medals Ranked 58th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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 .^[1]

Medalists[]

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		Judo	Men -73 kg
Bronze	Jorge Lencina	Judo	Men -81 kg
Bronze	Dario Aldo Lencina	Football 5-a-side	Men's team

Sports[]

Athletics[]

Men's track[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	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
	T12	100m	11.67	18	Did not advance
		200m	23.91	20	Did not advance
	T46	100m	11.68	15	Did not advance

Men's field[]

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

Women's track[]

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

Women's field[]

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

Boccia[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed individual BC1	Shelly (IRL)	L 2-3	4	Did not advance
		(KOR)	L 2-5
		(CAN)	L 4-7
		(JPN)	W 6-2
		Beltran (ESP)	L 0-14	3	Did not advance
		(CHN)	L 1-6
		(CAN)	W 6-1
		Hawker (USA)	W 3-1
	Mixed individual BC2	(CHN)	W 5-2	1 Q	(POR) W 5-2	Murray (GBR) L 1-4	Martin (ESP) L 2-3	4
		(IRL)	W 4-1
		(ARG)	W 8-2
		(ARG)	L 2-8	4	Did not advance
		(CHN)	L 2-4
		(IRL)	L 3-4
	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
	Men's road race LC3/LC4/CP3	1:52:50	23
	Men's road time trial CP3	43:56.42	8
(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
	Men's individual pursuit CP3	4:13.850	6	Did not advance
	Men's time trial CP3	N/A						1:20.57	5
(pilot)	Men's sprint B&VI 1-3	12.163	8	Kappes (GBR) /  Storey (GBR)	L 0-2	N/A		7-8th place   (COL) /   (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[]

• Dario Aldo Lencina

Tournament[]

Bronze medal match

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
	Men's 81kg	Bye	(AZE) W 1000-0000	(CUB) L 0001-1101	N/A		(IRI) W 0011-0001
	Men's 73kg	Bye	(IRI) W 0010–0000	Avila (MEX) L 0000-1100	N/A		Krieger (GER) W 1000-0000

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	S12	400m freestyle	4:42.95	7 Q	4:44.78	8
		100m backstroke	1:06.80	8 Q	1:06.02	6
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:24.95	12	Did not advance
Guillermo Marro	S7	100m backstroke	1:15.73	3 Q	1:15.17
	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
	SM4	150m individual medley	3:00.45	8 Q	3:01.69	8
	S9	100m backstroke	1:12.40	10	Did not advance
	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
	Men's singles C4-5	(EGY) L 0–3	Thomas (FRA) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Giselle Munoz	Women's singles C6-7	(EGY) L 2-3	(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
	Men's singles	Saida (JPN) L 0-6. 0-6	Did not advance

See also[]

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Argentina at the Paralympics
• Argentina at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links[]

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee

References[]