Argentina At The 2012 Summer Paralympics

The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was the swimmer Guillermo Marro.

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
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 5
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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
José Luis Santero	5000 m T12	—		DQ
	Marathon T12	—		3:09:09	14

Men–field

Women–track

Women–field

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
Mauricio Ibarbure	Mixed individual BC1	BYE			Aandalen (NOR) L 1–5	did not advance
Pablo Cortez	Mixed individual BC2	BYE		Ferreira (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
Mauricio Ibarbure Pablo Cortez Gabriela Villano Pablo Gonzales	Mixed team BC1–2	Portugal (POR) L 5–6	Great Britain (GBR) L 4–8	3	did not advance

Road

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Alberto Lujan Nattkemper Jonatan Ithurrart (pilot)	Men's individual pursuit B	5:09.568	8	did not advance
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	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
Alberto Lujan Nattkemper Jonatan Ithurrart (pilot)	Men's individual sprint B	11.744	7	Fachie/Storey (GBR) L 11.659, L 12.064	did not advance

Time trial

Individual

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.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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

31 August 2012

13:30

Iran	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Velo   27', 48'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,985

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

2 September 2012

15:30

Argentina	0–0	Great Britain
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,179

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

4 September 2012

13:30

Spain	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,836

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Semi-finals

6 September 2012

15:45

Brazil	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Severino   dos Reis	1–0	Sacayan   Velo   Padilla

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 2,016

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Bronze medal match

8 September 2012

13:30

Spain	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Martín Gaitán   Rosado Carrasco   Giera Tejuelo	1–0	Rodriguez   Velo   Deldo

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 1,785

Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

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.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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

2012-09-01

9:00

Russia	8–0	Argentina
Kuligin   9', 49' Murvanadze   21', 30' Ramonov   35' Kuvaev   38', 58' Larionov   54'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 4,074

Referee: Stephen Conroy (GBR)

2012-09-03

14:00

Argentina	1–8	Iran
Fernández Romano   47'	Report	Gholamhosseinpour   2', 60+3' Mehri   6', 58' Atashafrouz   13', 14' Bakhshi   18' Heidari   29'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 10,561

Referee: Garry Polkey (GBR)

2012-09-05

11:15

Argentina	1–4	Netherlands
Morana   6'	Report	Lokhoff   11', 54' Visker   19', 45'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 4,405

Referee: Scott Henry (GBR)

Semi-final for 5th–8th place

2012-09-07

11:30

Great Britain	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Argentina
Diallo   14' Dimbylow   27' Patrick-Heselton   78'	Report	Lugrin   29' Vivot   40', 69', 73'

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 9,942

Referee: Barry Huizinga (NED)

5th/6th place match

2012-09-09

11:00

Netherlands	3–0	Argentina
Visker   9', 12', 18'	Report

Riverbank Arena

Attendance: 7,490

Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas (BRA)

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
Rodolfo Ramírez	Men's 73 kg	BYE	Khalilov (UZB) L 000–100	did not advance	Briceno (VEN) L 000–102	did not advance
José David Effrón	Men's 81 kg	BYE	Mirhassan Nattajsolhdar (IRI) W 0112–0012	Vazquez Cortijo (ESP) W 020–000	—		Kosinov (UKR) L 0112–0122
Jorge Lencina	Men's 90 kg	BYE	Santos (BRA) W 100–000	Ingram (GBR) L 0003–0101	—		Asakereh (IRI) W 100–0001

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

Argentina qualified a boat for the 2.4MR class competition.

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

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fernando Eberhardt	Singles class 1	Lee (KOR) L 1–3	Guezenec (FRA) W 3–2	2	—	did not advance
Gabriel Copola	Singles class 3	Merrien (FRA) L 1–3	Geva (ISR) W 3–0	2	did not advance
Fernando Eberhardt Gabriel Copola	Team class 3	—			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
Marta Makishi	Singles class 5	Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3	Bessho (JPN) L 0–3	—	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

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jose Palavecino	Men's individual foil B	Bezyazychny (BLR)	L 0–5	15	did not advance
		Czop (POL)	L 2–5
		Yusupov (RUS)	L 0–5
		François (FRA)	L 0–5
	Men's individual épée B	Ali (IRQ)	L 0–5	15	did not advance
		Estep (USA)	L 3–5
		Tam (HKG)	L 2–5
		Latreche (FRA)	L 5–4

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