Argentina at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Argentina at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ARG
NPC	Argentine Paralympic Committee
Website	www.coparg.org.ar
in London
Competitors	63 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Guillermo Marro[1]
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.^[2] The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was the swimmer Guillermo Marro.

Medallists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver		Judo	Men's 81 kg	31 August
Bronze		Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C1	31 August
Bronze	Jorge Lencina	Judo	Men's 90 kg	1 September
Bronze	Nadia Báez	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB11	2 September
Bronze	Hernan Barreto	Athletics	Men's 200 m T35	6 September

Athletics[]

Men–track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hernan Barreto	100 m T35	13.22	2 Q	13.26	4
	200 m T35	27.19	1 Q	26.59
	5000 m T12	N/A		DQ
	Marathon T12	N/A		3:09:09	14

Men–field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
	Shot put F11-12	9.43	650	19
	Discus throw F11	32.44	N/A	6
Sebastian Baldassarri	Shot put F11-12	9.87	705	14
	Discus throw F11	34.03	N/A	4

Women–track

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yanina Andrea Martinez	100 m T36	15.01	3 Q	15.00	4
	200 m T36	31.48	3 Q	DQ
	100 m T36	15.04	1 Q	15.14	5
	200 m T36	31.87	2 Q	DQ

Women–field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
	Shot put F11-12	9.72	747	17
	Discus throw F11-12	36.52	843	6
	Shot put F35-36	7.54	567	10
	Discus throw F35-36	17.70	641	10

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• WB= World Best
• D/Q = Disqualified
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Boccia[]

Argentina qualified a boccia team for the BC1/BC2 team events.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Seeding matches		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed individual BC1	BYE			Aandalen (NOR) L 1–5	Did not advance
	Mixed individual BC2	BYE		(POR) L 4–5	Did not advance

Pairs and teams

Athlete	Event	Pool matches			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed team BC1–2	Portugal (POR) L 5–6	Great Britain (GBR) L 4–8	3	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Road[]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race B	Lapped
	Men's time trial B	38:23.82	16
	Men's road race C1-3	Did not finish
	Men's time trial C1	27:42.75	6

Track[]

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
(pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B	5:09.568	8	Did not advance
	Men's individual pursuit C1	4:07.725	4 Q	Teuber (GER) W 4:04.559

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
(pilot)	Men's individual sprint B	11.744	7	Fachie/Storey (GBR) L 11.659, L 12.064	Did not advance

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
(pilot)	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:11.181	11
	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:10.689	7

Equestrian[]

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
	Nirvana Pure Indulgence	Individual championship test grade III	60.200	11
		Individual freestyle test grade III	62.050	10

Football 5-a-side[]

Argentina qualified a team for the football 5-a-side event. The Argentine team qualified as they came second place at the 2011 Parapan American Games.

The following is the Argentina squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1	GK	Dario Lencina	32	Estudiantes de la Plata
2	DF	Angel Deldo	24	Achadec de Chaco
3	MF		23	Bella Vista de Mendoza
4	MF		33	Unión de Delviso
5	FW		41	River Plate
8	DF		30	Mun. De Cordoba
9	FW		32	Univ. De Tucuman
10	FW		31	Estudiantes de la Plata
11	MF		28	River Plate
12	GK		22	Estudiantes de la Plata

Group stage

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (ESP)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Qualified for the medal round
2	Argentina (ARG)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
3	Iran (IRI)	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Football 7-a-side[]

Argentina qualified a team for the football 7-a-side event. The Argentine team qualified as they came 7th in 2011 CPISRA Football 7-a-side World Championships held in Netherlands. The Iranian, Ukrainian and Brazilian teams (second, third and fourth place respectively) had already qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympics games, allowing the Argentine team to win a spot at the Paralympics.

The following is the Argentina squad in the football 7-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1			33	D.P.L.
2			21	Cideli
3			23	Club Perico de Jujuy
4			28	D.P.L.
5			20	Avida
6			24	D.P.L.
7			23	Club Lujan de Jujuy
8			29	Club Lujan de Jujuy
9			20	D.P.L.
10			18	Avida
11			28	D.P.L.
12			19	Cideli

Group play

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (RUS)	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Qualified for the medal round
2	Iran (IRI)	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6
3	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	0	2	5	13	−8	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0

Semi-final for 5th–8th place

5th/6th place match

Judo[]

Three Argentine judokas competed at 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's 73 kg	BYE	Khalilov (UZB) L 000–100	Did not advance	(VEN) L 000–102	Did not advance
	Men's 81 kg	BYE	(IRI) W 0112–0012	Vazquez Cortijo (ESP) W 020–000	N/A		Kosinov (UKR) L 0112–0122
Jorge Lencina	Men's 90 kg	BYE	(BRA) W 100–000	Ingram (GBR) L 0003–0101	N/A		(IRI) W 100–0001

Powerlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
	Men's 75 kg	150	11

Rowing[]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's single sculls	5:27.94	6 R	5:32.99	5 FB	5:21.58	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Sailing[]

Argentina qualified a boat for the 2.4MR class competition.

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	2.4 Metre	12	13	13	13	14	17	14	15	15	12	120	15

Shooting[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
	Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1	545	26	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Argentina received 8 slots to compete at the various events at the London Aquatics Centre in London. The eight Argentine swimmers competed in various events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guillermo Marro	100 m backstroke S7	1:13.97	4 Q	1:14.19	5
	100 m backstroke S7	1:16.74	12	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S12	1:05.72	7 Q	1:04.40	7
	200 m individual medley SM12	2:20.76	6 Q	2:20.73	6
	400 m freestyle S12	4:33.33	6 Q	4:34.38	7
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:05.72	7 Q	1:12.96	8
Ariel Quassi	50 m butterfly S5	55.19	20	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB4	1:59.44	11	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke S5	49.45	17	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke S11	1:16.33	11	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	5:15.46	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nadia Báez	50 m freestyle S11	34.98	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S11	1:22.06	14	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle S11	6:19.35	8 Q	6:15.98	8
	100 m breaststroke SB11	1:32.07	2 Q	1:31.21
	200 m individual medley SM11	3:17.12	13	Did not advance
Daniela Gimenez	50 m freestyle S9	30.82	9	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:22.58	7 Q	1:21.99	7
Anabel Moro	50 m freestyle S12	31.32	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S12	1:08.79	11	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:23.81	5 Q	1:23.42	7

Table tennis[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles class 1	Lee (KOR) L 1–3	(FRA) W 3–2	2	N/A	Did not advance
Gabriel Copola	Singles class 3	Merrien (FRA) L 1–3	(ISR) W 3–0	2	Did not advance
Gabriel Copola	Team class 3	N/A			Germany (GER) L 1–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles class 5	Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3	Bessho (JPN) L 0–3	N/A	3	Did not advance
Giselle Munoz	Singles class 7	van Zon (NED) L 1–3	Barneoud (FRA) L 1–3	Öçsoy (TUR) L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Wheelchair fencing[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's individual foil B	(BLR)	L 0–5	15	Did not advance
		(POL)	L 2–5
		(RUS)	L 0–5
		(FRA)	L 0–5
	Men's individual épée B	(IRQ)	L 0–5	15	Did not advance
		Estep (USA)	L 3–5
		(HKG)	L 2–5
		(FRA)	L 5–4

Note: Ranks from qualification pools were given as an overall ranking against all other competitors.

Wheelchair tennis[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's singles	Rydberg (USA) L 7–6, 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Gustavo Fernandez		(ITA) W 6–0, 6–0	(CAN) W 6–0, 6–0	Sanada (JPN) W 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Houdet (FRA) L 6–1, 1–6, 6–1	Did not advance
Gustavo Fernandez	Men's doubles	N/A	Kunieda, Saida (JPN) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance

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