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	Silvio Velo
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 Silvio Velo.^[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	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

Athletics

Men's track

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
Lucas Schoenfeld	F46	Long jump	NMR

Women's track

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
Perla Munoz	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
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

Men's road

Men's track

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

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

Players

• Gonzalo Abbas Hachache
• Diego Cerega
• Eduardo Diaz
• Ivan Figueroa
• Jose Luiz Jimenez
• Dario Aldo Lencina
• Antonio Mendoza
• Lucas Rodriguez
• Silvio Mauricio Velo

Tournament

7 September 2008

9:30

Argentina	2 - 0	Spain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

9 September 2008

13:00

China	1 - 0	Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

11 September 2008

9:00

Argentina	0 – 0	Brazil

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Attendance: 1,150

Referee: Ilias Mastoras (Greece)

13 September 2008

13:00

South Korea	0 - 2	Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

15 September 2008

9:00

Argentina	3 - 1	Great Britain

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Bronze medal match

17 September 2008

11:00

Spain	1 - 1 (aet)	Argentina

Olympic Green Hockey Field

Referee: Nelson Luis Glock (Brazil)

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
Jorge Lencina	Men's 81kg	Bye	Novruzzade (AZE) W 1000-0000	Cruz (CUB) L 0001-1101	—		Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI) W 0011-0001
Fabian Ramirez	Men's 73kg	Bye	Pourabbas (IRI) W 0010–0000	Avila (MEX) L 0000-1100	—		Krieger (GER) W 1000-0000

Swimming

Men

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
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

Table tennis

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

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