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Argentina at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Argentina at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeARG
NPCArgentine Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.coparg.org.ar
in Beijing
Competitors42 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Silvio Velo
Medals
Ranked 58th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
6
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

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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 Fabian Ramirez Judo Men -73 kg
 Bronze Jorge Lencina Judo Men -81 kg
 Bronze Gonzalo 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

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Athletics

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Men's track

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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

Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Sebastian Baldassarri F11-12 Discus throw 40.43 988 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 11.11 804 8
Lucas Schoenfeld F46 Long jump NMR

Women's track

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

Women's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Elizabeth Almada F12-13 Discus throw 38.03 894 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shot put 10.74 861 6
Perla Munoz F35-36 Discus throw 17.74 739 8
Shot put 7.13 SB 764 8

Boccia

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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

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Men's road

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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

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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 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 7-8th place
 Arciniegas (COL) /
 Carreno (COL)
L 0-2
8
Men's time trial B&VI 1-3 1:14.483 15

Football 5-a-side

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The men's football 5-a-side team won the bronze medal after defeating Spain in the bronze medal match.

Players

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Tournament

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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

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

Swimming

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Men

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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 place, 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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Argentine president gives flag to Ginobili for Olympics" Archived September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Xinhua, July 4, 2008