Argentina at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Argentina at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Argentina at the; 2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ARG
NPC	Argentine Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan; August 24, 2021 – September 5, 2021
Competitors	55 in 11 sports
Medals; Ranked 63rd	Gold 0 Silver 5 Bronze 4 Total 9
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Argentina competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Pipo Carlomagno	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S7	30 August
Silver	Brian Lionel Impellizzeri	Athletics	Men's long jump T37	2 September
Silver	Hernán Emanuel Urra	Athletics	Men's shot put F35	2 September
Silver	Matías de Andrade	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S6	3 September
Silver	Darío Lencina	Football 5-a-side	Men's tournament	September 4
Bronze	Antonella Ruiz Diaz	Athletics	Women's shot put F41	27 August
Bronze	Yanina Martínez	Athletics	Women's 200 metres T36	29 August
Bronze	Juan Samorano	Taekwondo	Men's 75 kg	3 September
Bronze	Alexis Sebastian Chavez	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T36	4 September

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	6	12
Boccia	3	2	5
Cycling	2	1	3
Football 5-a-side	8	0	8
Judo	2	1	3
Paracanoe	2	0	2
Rowing	0	1	1
Swimming	6	4	10
Table tennis	3	2	5
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	3	1	4
Total	37	18	55

Athletics[]

Hernan Emanuel Urra and Yanina Martínez are among the athletes to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hernan Barreto	100m T35	N/A	12.59	6
Hernan Barreto	200m T35	N/A	26.07	5
Alexis Sebastian Chavez	100m T36	11.91	3 Q	12.02
Alexis Sebastian Chavez	400m T36	N/A	55.14	4
Brian Lionel Impellizzeri	100m T37	12.56	11	Did not advance
	100m T54	15.08	16	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Brian Lionel Impellizzeri	Long jump T37	6.44
	Shot put F57	12.17	8
	Javelin throw F57	34.25	9
Hernan Emanuel Urra	Shot put F35	15.90

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	100m T47	13.78	16	Did not advance
Yanina Andrea Martinez	100m T36	14.60	4 Q	14.65	4
Yanina Andrea Martinez	200m T36	30.97	3 Q	30.96

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	Shot put F35	7.76	7
	Shot put F32	4.41	7
	Club throw F32	19.71	5
	Long jump T47	4.86	10
	Shot put F12	8.23	11
	Discus throw F11	29.07	9
Antonella Ruiz Diaz	Shot put F41	9.50
Antonella Ruiz Diaz	Discus throw F41	21.42	9

Boccia[]

Argentina get in BC1, BC2 & Individual BC3 events.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Pool matches					Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Mixed individual BC1	Nakamura (JPN) L 5–8	Smith (GBR) L 3–4	Qi (CHN) L 1–5	(MEX) W 5–4	5	Did not advance
	Mixed individual BC2	(RPC) L 2–3	(CHN) W 6–0	(CHN) L 3–4	N/A	3	Did not advance
	Mixed individual BC2	Tagart (GBR) W 5–2	Santos (BRA) L 1–6	(KOR) W 6–0	N/A	2	Did not advance
	Mixed individual BC3	Cotie (AUS) L 1–4	(GBR) L 1–6	(GBR) W 2*–2	N/A	3	Did not advance
	Mixed team BC1/BC2	Thailand (THA) L 2–11	RPC (RPC) L 7–7*	China (CHN) L 1–8	Great Britain L 4–6	5	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Argentina sent one male cyclist after successfully getting a slot in the 2018 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation quota for the Americas.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Road[]

Men's road

Event	Time	Rank
Road race B	-1 LAP	6
Time trial B	46:59.35	5
Road race C1–3	-2 LAP	36
Time trial C1	30:01.61	9

Women's road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mariela Delgado	Road race C4–5	2:31:14	7
Mariela Delgado	Time trial C5	43:19.82	7

Track[]

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
	Individual pursuit B	4:27.874	8	Did not advance
	Time trial B	N/A	1:05.178	7
	Individual pursuit C1	4:17.864	9	Did not advance
	Time trial C1–3	N/A	1:17.192	17

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Mariela Delgado	Individual pursuit C5	4:07.960	7	Did not advance
Mariela Delgado	Time trial C4–5	N/A	38.892	9

Football 5-a-side[]

Argentina secured a qualification slot in the 2019 Americas Regional Championships after being defeated by Brazil who are already qualified by winning at the 2018 IBSA World Blind Football Championship.^[5]

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Argentina men's	Men's tournament	MoroccoW 2–1	SpainW 2–0	ThailandW 3–0	3	ChinaW 2–0	BrazilL 0–1

Judo[]

Three Argentine judoka have qualified to compete at the Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	-66kg	Seto (JPN) L 00–11	Did not advance					9
	-73kg	(JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance					9

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/ Bronze medal contest
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	-57kg	N/A	Araújo (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance	Hirose (JPN) L 00–10	Did not advance	7

Paracanoeing[]

Argentina has qualified two athletes.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's KL2	49.095	5 SF	45.316	4 FB	45.459	10
	Men's VL3	53.675	2 SF	52.106	4 FB	53.531	9
	Men's KL1	57.033	5 SF	53.105	4 FB	54.345	10

Rowing[]

Argentina qualified one boats in the women's single sculls events for the games by winning the silver medal at the 2021 FISA Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Women's single sculls	13:09.17	3 R	12:01.15	3 FB	13:14.45	8

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

Swimming[]

Nine Argentina swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.^[6]^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	50m freestyle S7	30.27	11	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S7	4:46.17	3 Q	4:38.99	4
	100m backstroke S7	1:15.43	8 Q	1:15.00	7
	50m butterfly S7	30.96	7 Q	30.47	7
	200m individual medley SM7	2:33.23	2 Q	2:31.62	4
Pipo Carlomagno	100m backstroke S7	1:09.12	1 Q	1:08.83
	100m breaststroke SB6	1:27.53	10	Did not advance
	200m individual medley SM7	2:42.43	8 Q	2:41.55	8
Matias de Andrade	100m backstroke S6	1:14.38	2 Q	1:15.40
Matias de Andrade	50m butterfly S6	35.77	13	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S14	1:05.50	15	Did not advance
	100m butterfly S14	59.67	17	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S7	1:14.53	7 Q	1:15.22	8
	100m breaststroke SB4	1:46:69	5 Q	1:46.52	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nadia Baez	50m freestyle S11	34.11	12	Did not advance
	400m freestyle S11	DSQ		Did not advance
	100m breaststroke SB11	1:31.00	5 Q	1:30.77	5
	200m individual medley SM11	3:22.90	12	Did not advance
Daniela Gimenez	100m breaststroke SB9	1:18.88	3 Q	1:18.70	4
Daniela Gimenez	200m individual medley SM9	2:40.94	6 Q	2:39.60	8
	100m freestyle S5	1:35.46	12	Did not advance
	200m freestyle S5	3:30.65	10	Did not advance
	50m backstroke S5	50.70	12	Did not advance
	100m freestyle S12	1.09.11	9	Did not advance
	100m backstroke S12	N/A		1:17.78	7

Table tennis[]

Argentina entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Gabriel Copola & Mauro Depergola qualified from 2019 Parapan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru and via World Ranking allocation.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Individual C1	(KOR) L 0–3	Falco (ITA) L 2–3	3	Did not advance
Gabriel Copola	Individual C3	Merrien (FRA) L 0–3	Laowong (THA) W 3–2	2 Q	Glinbancheun (THA) L 0–3	Did not advance			9
Mauro Depergola	Individual C5	Urhaug (NOR) L 0–3	Palikuća (SRB) L 0–3	3	Did not advance
Gabriel Copola Mauro Depergola		N/A			NigeriaL 1-2	Did not advance			9

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Individual C1-2	Rossi (ITA) L 1–3	Lafaye (FRA) W 3–0	N/A	2 Q	Jing (CHN) L 0–3	Did not advance		5
	Individual C3	Brunelli (ITA) L 0–3	Sigala (MEX) L 1–3	Mužinić (CRO) L 0–3	4	Did not advance
		N/A				ChinaL 0-2	Did not advance		5

Taekwondo[]

Argentina qualified one athlete to compete at the Paralympics competition. will compete at men's –75 kg class by winning the gold medal at the 2020 Americas Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Juan Samorano	Men's −75 kg	(UKR) W 52–20	(KAZ) L 25–27	Did not advance	(JPN) W 42–22	(KAZ) W 12–13

Wheelchair tennis[]

Argentina qualified four players entries for wheelchair tennis. Gustavo Fernandez qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru. Meanwhile, three other athletes qualified by world rankings.

Athlete	Event	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles	Dunn (AUS) W 6–0, 6–0	(JPN) L 3–6, 1–6	Did not advance				17
Gustavo Fernández		N/A	Tur (ESP) W 6–1, 6–0	(BEL) W 6–2, 6–1	Reid (GBR) L 5–7, 6–3, 1–6	Did not advance		5
		(ESP) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance					33
	Women's singles	N/A	Kamiji (JPN) L 0–6, 1–6	Did not advance				17

References[]

^ "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
^ "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "Brazil recapture Copa America". International Paralympic Committee. 11 June 2019.
^ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
^ "Pan Am Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics goes ahead in Costa Rica". World Taekwondo. 10 March 2020.

[1] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[2] "2020 Paralympic Games Qualification System - UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.

[3] "Qualification Guide - Appendix 1 UCI Para-cycling Road and Track Combined Nations Ranking" (PDF). uci.org. 19 July 2019.

[4] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[5] "Brazil recapture Copa America". International Paralympic Committee. 11 June 2019.

[6] "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.

[7] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.

[8] "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

[9] "Pan Am Qualification Tournament for Tokyo 2020 Paralympics goes ahead in Costa Rica". World Taekwondo. 10 March 2020.

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