Argentina at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

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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Argentina competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012. The country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony was the swimmer Guillermo Marro.

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	José Effron	Judo	Men's 81 kg	31 August
Bronze	Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C1	31 August
Bronze	Jorge Lencina	Judo	Men's 90 kg	1 September
Bronze	Nadia Báez	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB11	2 September
Bronze	Hernan Barreto	Athletics	Men's 200 m T35	6 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hernan Barreto	100 m T35	13.22	2 Q	13.26	4
Hernan Barreto	200 m T35	27.19	1 Q	26.59
José Luis Santero	5000 m T12	—		DQ
José Luis Santero	Marathon T12	—		3:09:09	14

Men's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
Sergio Paz	Shot put F11-12	9.43	650	19
Sergio Paz	Discus throw F11	32.44	—	6
Sebastian Baldassarri	Shot put F11-12	9.87	705	14
Sebastian Baldassarri	Discus throw F11	34.03	—	4

Women's track

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yanina Andrea Martinez	100 m T36	15.01	3 Q	15.00	4
Yanina Andrea Martinez	200 m T36	31.48	3 Q	DQ
Nadia Schaus	100 m T36	15.04	1 Q	15.14	5
Nadia Schaus	200 m T36	31.87	2 Q	DQ

Women's field

Athlete	Events	Mark	Points	Rank
Mariela Almada	Shot put F11-12	9.72	747	17
Mariela Almada	Discus throw F11-12	36.52	843	6
Perla Amanda Munoz	Shot put F35-36	7.54	567	10
Perla Amanda Munoz	Discus throw F35-36	17.70	641	10

Key

Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
WB = World Best
D/Q = Disqualified
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alberto Lujan Nattkemper	Men's road race B	Lapped
Alberto Lujan Nattkemper	Men's time trial B	38:23.82	16
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	Men's road race C1-3	did not finish
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	Men's time trial C1	27:42.75	6

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alberto Lujan Nattkemper Jonatan Ithurrart (pilot)	Men's 1 km time trial B	1:11.181	11
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	Men's 1 km time trial C1–3	1:10.689	7

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Patricio Guglialmelli Lynch	Nirvana Pure Indulgence	Individual championship test grade III	60.200	11
Patricio Guglialmelli Lynch	Nirvana Pure Indulgence	Individual freestyle test grade III	62.050	10

Football 5-a-side

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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.

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1	GK	Dario Lencina	32	Estudiantes de la Plata
2	DF	Angel Deldo	24	Achadec de Chaco
3	MF	Federico Acardi	23	Bella Vista de Mendoza
4	MF	Froilan Padilla	33	Unión de Delviso
5	FW	Silvio Velo	41	River Plate
8	DF	Lucas Rodriguez	30	Mun. De Cordoba
9	FW	Luis Sacayan	32	Univ. De Tucuman
10	FW	David Peralta	31	Estudiantes de la Plata
11	MF	Marcelo Panizza	28	River Plate
12	GK	Guido Consoni	22	Estudiantes de la Plata

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	Qualified for the medal round
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	Qualified for the classification round

Source: 31 August 201213:30

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 1,985Referee: François Carcouët (France)

2 September 201215:30

Argentina	0–0	Great Britain
	Report

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 2,179Referee: François Carcouët (France)

4 September 201213:30

Spain	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 1,836Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Semi-finals

6 September 201215:45

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 2,016Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Bronze medal match

8 September 201213:30

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 1,785Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Football 7-a-side

Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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.

No.	Player	Age	Club
1	Gustavo Nahuelquin	33	D.P.L.
2	Mariano Morana	21	Cideli
3	Rodrigo Luquez	23	Club Perico de Jujuy
4	Ezequiel Jaime	28	D.P.L.
5	Brian Vivot	20	Avida
6	Claudio Figuera	24	D.P.L.
7	Carlos Ferreyra	23	Club Lujan de Jujuy
8	Marcos Salazar Robert	29	Club Lujan de Jujuy
9	Fabio Coria	20	D.P.L.
10	Rodrigo Lugrin	18	Avida
11	Matias Fernandez Romano	28	D.P.L.
12	Sergio Gutierrez	19	Cideli

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (RUS)	3	3	0	19	1	+18	9	Qualified for the medal round
2	Iran (IRI)	3	2	1	13	5	+8	6	Qualified for the medal round
3	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	2	5	13	−8	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	0	3	2	20	−18	0	Qualified for the classification round

Source: 2012-09-019:00

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 4,074Referee: Stephen Conroy (GBR)

2012-09-0314:00

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 10,561Referee: Garry Polkey (GBR)

2012-09-0511:15

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 4,405Referee: Scott Henry (GBR)

Semi-final for 5th–8th place

2012-09-0711:30

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 9,942Referee: Barry Huizinga (NED)

5th/6th place match

2012-09-0911:00

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

Riverbank ArenaAttendance: 7,490Referee: Álvaro Azeredo Quelhas (BRA)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Three Argentine judokas competed at 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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 Effron	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

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
Jose David Coronel	Men's 75 kg	150	11

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Carlos Vysocki	Men's single sculls	5:27.94	6 R	5:32.99	5 FB	5:21.58	6

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Argentina qualified a boat for the 2.4MR class competition.

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Juan Fernández Ocampo	2.4 Metre	12	13	13	13	14	17	14	15	15	12	120	15

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Osvaldo Gentili	Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1	545	26	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Guillermo Marro	100 m backstroke S7	1:13.97	4 Q	1:14.19	5
Matias de Andrade	100 m backstroke S7	1:16.74	12	did not advance
Ignacio Gonzalez	100 m backstroke S12	1:05.72	7 Q	1:04.40	7
	200 m individual medley SM12	2:20.76	6 Q	2:20.73	6
	400 m freestyle S12	4:33.33	6 Q	4:34.38	7
	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:05.72	7 Q	1:12.96	8
Ariel Quassi	50 m butterfly S5	55.19	20	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB4	1:59.44	11	did not advance
	50 m backstroke S5	49.45	17	did not advance
Sergio Zayas	100 m backstroke S11	1:16.33	11	did not advance
Sergio Zayas	400 m freestyle S11	5:15.46	9	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
Athlete	Events	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
Daniela Gimenez	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

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fernando Eberhardt	Singles C1	Lee (KOR) L 1–3	Guezenec (FRA) W 3–2	2	—	did not advance
Gabriel Copola	Singles C3	Merrien (FRA) L 1–3	Geva (ISR) W 3–0	2	did not advance
Fernando Eberhardt Gabriel Copola	Team C3	—			Germany (GER) L 1–3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marta Makishi	Singles C5	Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3	Bessho (JPN) L 0–3	—	3	did not advance
Giselle Munoz	Singles C7	van Zon (NED) L 1–3	Barneoud (FRA) L 1–3	Öçsoy (TUR) L 0–3	4	did not advance

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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.

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gustavo Fernandez	Men's singles	Mazzei (ITA) W 6–0, 6–0	Bedard (CAN) W 6–0, 6–0	Sanada (JPN) W 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	Houdet (FRA) L 6–1, 1–6, 6–1	did not advance
Agustin Ledesma	Men's singles	Rydberg (USA) L 7–6, 3–6, 1–6	did not advance
Agustin Ledesma Gustavo Fernandez	Men's doubles	—	Kunieda/Saida (JPN) L 3–6, 1–6	did not advance

References

"Marro sueña con Londres". Clarin. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
"Argentina - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
"Men's Football 5-a-side – Team Rosters – Argentina". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
"Men's Football 7-a-side – Team Rosters – Argentina". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.

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