| Npc: | ARG |
| Npcname: | Argentine Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 82 |
| Sports: | 15 |
| Flagbearer: | Gustavo Fernandez |
| Rank: | 54 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Argentina competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016. Wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernandez has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.[1]
See main article: article and Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[2] [3] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[4]
The following Argentine competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mario Tataren | 100 m T37 | 12.30 | 13 | did not advance | |
| Diego Martin Gonzalez | 100 m T35 | 13.38 | 6 Q | 13.45 | 7 |
| 200 m T35 | 26.92 | 3 Q | 27.21 | 4 | |
| Hernan Barreto | 100 m T35 | 13.01 | 3 Q | 12.85 | |
| 200 m T35 | 27.37 | 4 Q | 26.50 | ||
| Nicolas Martin Aravena | 100 m T35 | 13.53 | 7 Q | 13.45 | 6 |
| 200 m T35 | 28.71 | 6 Q | 27.51 | 6 | |
| Mariano Dominguez | 400 m T37 | 57.85 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 1500 m T37 | 4:46.42 | 7 | |||
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Aldana Isabel Ibanez | 100 m T45-47 | 13.99 | 11 | did not advance | |
| Yanina Andrea Martinez | 100 m T36 | 14.50 | 1 Q | 14.46 | |
| 200 m T36 | 30.80 | 1 Q | 31.21 | 4 | |
| Athlete | Events | Mark | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernan Emanuel Urra | Shot put F35 | 14.91 | ||
| Jonathan Andres Avellaneda | High jump T42 | 1.71 | 9 | |
| Mario Tataren | Long jump T37 | 5.74 | 7 | |
| Sergio Paz | Discus throw F11 | 33.99 | 6 |
| Athlete | Events | Mark | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldana Isabel Ibanez | Long jump T45-47 | 4.60 | 11 |
| Florencia Belen Romero | Discus throw F11 | 25.29 | 7 |
| Karina Erika Loyola | Discus throw F40-41 | 17.18 | 13 |
| Shot put F41 | 6.17 | 9 |
See main article: article and Boccia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Argentina qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Montreal hosted 2015 BisFed Americas Pair and Team championship in the Teams BC1/BC2 event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist Brazil and bronze medalists Canada.[5] [6]
| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Mauricio Ibarbure | Mixed individual BC1 | L 0-4 | L 4-6 | W 8-0 | 3 | did not advance | |||
| Sebastian Gonzalez | Mixed individual BC2 | L 2-7 | L 2-4 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Argentina qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[7] [8]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Villalba Ezequiel Romero (pilot) | Men's road race B | 2:44:55 | 15 |
| Men's time trial B | 40:46.89 | 19 | |
| Rodrigo Fernando Lopez | Men's road race C1-3 | 2:15:19 | 30 |
| Men's time trial C1 | 31:43.42 | 8 | |
| Mariela Delgado | Women's road race C4-5 | 2:21:58 | 4 |
| Women's time trial C5 | 29:59.78 | 6 | |
| Cristina Liliana Otero | Women's road race T1-2 | 1:16:06 | 7 |
| Women's time trial T1-2 | 35:20.52 | 7 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Raul Villalba Ezequiel Romero (pilot) | Men's individual pursuit B | 4:43.986 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Rodrigo Fernando Lopez | Men's individual pursuit C1 | 4:17.966 | 8 | did not advance | |
| Mariela Delgado | Women's individual pursuit C5 | 4:00.969 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raul Villalba Ezequiel Romero (pilot) | Men's 1 km time trial B | 1:06.863 | 9 | |
| Rodrigo Fernando Lopez | Men's 1 km time trial C1–3 | 1:14.798 | 16 | |
| Mariela Delgado | Women's 500m time trial C4–5 | 40.222 | 11 |
See main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
See main article: article and Football 5-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Argentina qualified for the Paralympics by finishing second the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada and the IBSA Blind Football World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Both finishes were behind host nation, Brazil, who earned an automatic qualifying berth.[9] [10] [11] [12]
See main article: article and Football 7-a-side at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Argentina qualified for the Paralympics through the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto after Iran's qualifying spot was withdrawn because of a lack of competitors in their region.[13] [14]
The draw for the tournament was held on May 6 at the 2016 Pre Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain. Argentina was put into Group B with the United States, Netherlands and Russia.[15] Iran qualified for the 2016 Rio Games following the suspension of Russia. The IPC ruled that there could not be a redraw for the groups. This resulted in Iran being put into Group A with the Netherlands, Argentina and the United States.[16]
The tournament where the Paralympic draw took place featured 7 of the 8 teams participating in Rio. It was the last major preparation event ahead of the Rio Games for all teams participating.[17] Argentina finished 7th after losing placement matches to the United States 4 - 3 and Ireland 0 - 3.[18] [19] [20]
Going into the Rio Games, the country was ranked sixth in the world.[21]
See main article: article and Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Five Argentine judoka have qualified to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The competitions took place at the Carioca Arena 3
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage First round | Repechage Final | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Eduardo Gauto | Men's 60 kg | L 000s2-112 | did not advance | L 000-101 | did not advance | |||
| Rodolfo Ramirez | Men's 73 kg | L 000s1-100s1 | did not advance | |||||
| Jose Effron | Men's 81 kg | W 100s2-000 | L 101s2-000s3 | did not advance | L 000-100 | did not advance | ||
| Jorge Lencina | Men's 90 kg | W 100s1-000 | L 000s1-100 | did not advance | L 000-010s3 | did not advance | ||
See main article: article and Paracanoeing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Argentina earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Lucas Nicolas Diaz earned the spot for Argentina after finishing fourth in the men's KL1 event.[22] [23] The competition took place at Lagoa Stadium.
See main article: article and Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Argentina has qualified one athlete to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The competition will take place at Riocentro. Jose David Coronel previously competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in the 75 kg category.
See main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Argentina has qualified one rower to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. The competition will take place at Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage
See main article: article and Sailing at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had not already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships. Argentina qualified for the 2016 Games under this criterion in the 2.4m event with a sixteenth-place finish overall and the sixth country who had not qualified via the 2014 Championships. The boat was crewed by Tomas Saez Raffaelli.[24] [25] [26] Yet, the boat was crewed at the 2016 Games by Juan Fernández Ocampo, who previously competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games.
See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
Argentina has qualified 11 Paralympic swimmers to the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, which will compete in various events at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Elian Araya | 100m breaststroke SB14 | 1:10.96 | 8 q | 1:11.60 | 8 |
| 100m backstroke S14 | 1:10.16 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| 200m individual medley SM14 | 2:26.97 | 18 | did not advance | ||
| Facundo Jose Arregui | 100m freestyle S7 | 1:11.74 | 15 | did not advance | |
| 400m freestyle S7 | 4:59.35 | 5 q | 4:57.40 | 5 | |
| Guillermo Marro | 100m backstroke S7 | 1:17.78 | 8 q | 1:17.62 | 8 |
| Marco Pulleiro | 100m butterfly S9 | 1:04.25 | 7 q | 1:03.75 | 7 |
| 200m individual medley SM9 | 2:31.68 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| Matias de Andrade | 100m backstroke S7 | 1:15.44 | 6 q | 1:16.43 | 7 |
| Pipo Carlomagno Jr. | 100m breaststroke SB7 | 1:32.58 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 100m backstroke S8 | 1:07.70 | 5 q | 1:07.33 | 6 | |
| Sergio Zayas | 400m freestyle S11 | 5:06.77 | 7 | ||
| 100m backstroke S11 | 1:17.75 | 12 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Events | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Analuz Pellitero | 50m freestyle S12 | 32.23 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 100m backstroke S12 | 1:21.73 | 6 | |||
| Anabel Moro | 50m freestyle S12 | 30.49 | 6 q | 30.01 | 4 |
| 100m backstroke S12 | 1:22.79 | 7 | |||
| Daniela Gimenez | 50m freestyle S9 | 30.24 | 10 | did not advance | |
| 100m breaststroke SB9 | 1:20.99 | 5 q | 1:20.90 | 7 | |
| 200m individual medley SM9 | 2:40.30 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Nadia Baez | 50m freestyle S11 | 36.51 | 16 | did not advance | |
| 100m breaststroke S11 | 1:35.51 | 5 | |||
See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Fernando Eberhardt | Singles class 1 | L 0-3 | L 0-3 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
| Gabriel Copola | Singles class 3 | W 3-0 | W 3-0 | 1 | L 1-3 | did not advance | |||
| Mauro Depergola | Singles class 5 | L 0-3 | L 0-3 | 3 | did not advance | ||||
| Fernando Eberhardt Gabriel Copola Mauro Depergola | Team class 4-5 | L 0-2 | did not advance | ||||||
See main article: article and Wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
The Argentina women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[27] As hosts, Brazil got to choose which group they were put into. They were partnered with Algeria, who would be put in the group they did not choose. Brazil chose Group A, which included Canada, Germany, Great Britain and Argentina. Algeria ended up in Group B with the United States, the Netherlands, France and China.[28]
See main article: article and Wheelchair tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Argentina qualified three competitors in the men's single event, Ezequiel Casco, Gustavo Fernandez and Agustin Ledesma. Fernandez was the Parapan American Games champion.[29]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Agustin Ledesma | Men's singles | L 2-6, 2-6 | did not advance | |||||
| Gustavo Fernandez | W 6-2, 6-4 | W 6-1, 6-2 | L 6-2, 6-7, 1-6 | did not advance | ||||
| Ezequiel Casco | L 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 | did not advance | ||||||
| Agustin Ledesma Gustavo Fernandez | Men's doubles | W 7-5, 6-2 | L 1-6, 2-6 | did not advance | ||||