# Argentina at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Argentina competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included fifty-five athletes, forty-four men and eleven women. Argentinian competitors won four medals, two silver and two bronze to finish sixty-second in the medal table.

## Medallists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Gonsalo Abbas Hachache Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Carlos Ivan Figueroa Dario Lencina Antonio Mendoza Oscar Moreno Julio Ramirez Lucas Rodríguez Silvio Velo | Football 5-a-side | Men's team |
| Silver | Guillermo Marro | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S7 |
| Bronze | Rodrigo Lopez | Cycling | Men's bicycle road race/time trial CP 3 |
| Bronze | Betiana Basualdo | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S2 |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Pablo Astoreca | T11 | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 3:30:37 | 10 |
| Ernesto Margni | T35 | 100m | 15.67 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ernesto Margni | T35 | 200m | — | — | — | — | 34.32 | 6 |
| Alejandro Maldonado | T54 | 100m | 15.16 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alejandro Maldonado | T54 | 200m | 27.54 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gaston Torres | T37 | 800m | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gaston Torres | T37 | 1500m | — | — | — | — | 5:15.51 | 11 |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Sebastian Baldassarri | F11 | Shot put | 11.81 | - | 4 |
| Horacio Bascioni | F52 | Discus | 15.96 | - | 4 |
| Horacio Bascioni | F52-53 | Javelin | 13.53 | 847 | 13 |
| Ernesto Margni | F35 | Discus | 26.81 | - | 10 |

#### Women's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Maria Rosales | T34 | 100m | — | — | — | — | 24.81 | 5 |
| Maria Rosales | T34 | 200m | — | — | — | — | 48.52 | 5 |

#### Women's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Mariela Almada | F12 | Shot put | 9.81 | - | 8 |
| Mariela Almada | F13 | Discus | 35.20 | - | 6 |
| Perla Amanda Munoz | F35/36 | Shot put | 7.25 | 1043 | 6 |
| Perla Amanda Munoz | F35/36/38 | Discus | 17.20 | 970 | 9 |
| Perla Amanda Munoz | F35-38 | Javelin | 17.82 | 1011 | 6 |

### Boccia

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opponent | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mauricio Ibarburen | Mixed individual BC1 | Jorgensen (DEN) | L 0-10 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mauricio Ibarburen | Mixed individual BC1 | Grossmayer (AUT) | L 3-11 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mauricio Ibarburen | Mixed individual BC1 | Hawker (USA) | W 5-3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mauricio Ibarburen | Mixed individual BC1 | Lanoix-Boyer (CAN) | W 7-5 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Villano | Mixed individual BC1 | Beltran (ESP) | L 3-9 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Villano | Mixed individual BC1 | Taksee (THA) | W 7-4 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Villano | Mixed individual BC1 | Shelly (IRL) | L 0-11 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Villano | Mixed individual BC1 | Pearse (GBR) | L 2-7 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gabriela Villano | Mixed individual BC1 | Gahleitner (AUT) | W 5-1 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez | Mixed individual BC2 | Curto (ESP) | L 1-6 | 2 Q | Cordero (ESP) L 0-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez | Mixed individual BC2 | Loung (HKG) | W 4-2 | 2 Q | Cordero (ESP) L 0-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez | Mixed individual BC2 | Bourbonniere (CAN) | W 6-3 | 2 Q | Cordero (ESP) L 0-4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Claudio Scalise | Mixed individual BC2 | F Ferreira (POR) | L 3-4 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Claudio Scalise | Mixed individual BC2 | Connolly (IRL) | L 1-4 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Claudio Scalise | Mixed individual BC2 | Kwok (HKG) | W 4-1 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vanina Ledesma | Mixed individual BC4 | Dueso (ESP) | L 1-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vanina Ledesma | Mixed individual BC4 | de Oliveira Pereira (POR) | L 2-3 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vanina Ledesma | Mixed individual BC4 | Bogdos (GRE) | L 1-9 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vanina Ledesma | Mixed individual BC4 | Vandervies (CAN) | W 7-2 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarburen Claudio Scalise Gabriela Villano | Mixed team BC1/2 | Spain (ESP) | W 8-7 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarburen Claudio Scalise Gabriela Villano | Mixed team BC1/2 | Great Britain (GBR) | L 0-9 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarburen Claudio Scalise Gabriela Villano | Mixed team BC1/2 | Austria (AUT) | L 3-5 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarburen Claudio Scalise Gabriela Villano | Mixed team BC1/2 | Canada (CAN) | W 5-4 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez Mauricio Ibarburen Claudio Scalise Gabriela Villano | Mixed team BC1/2 | Norway (NOR) | L 6-7 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Cycling
#### Men's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Rodrigo Lopez | Men's road race/time trial CP div 3 | - | |

#### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1st round | 1st round | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Rodrigo Lopez | Men's 1km time trial CP div 3/4 | — | — | — | — | 1:16.27 | 9 |
| Rodrigo Lopez | Men's individual pursuit CP div 3 | 4:17.98 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Patricio Guglialmelli | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 63.600 | 10 |
| Patricio Guglialmelli | Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 69.278 | 7 |

### Football 5-a-side

The men's football team won a silver medal after being defeated by Brazil in the gold medal match.

#### Players

* Gonsalo Abbas Hachache
* Diego Cerega
* Eduardo Diaz
* Carlos Ivan Figueroa
* Dario Lencina
* Antonio Mendoza
* Oscar Moreno
* Julio Ramirez
* Lucas Rodríguez
* Silvio Velo

#### Tournament

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Argentina vs. Brazil (BRA) | 0 - 2 | 2 Q |
| 2 | Argentina vs. Spain (ESP) | 2 - 1 | 2 Q |
| 3 | Argentina vs. Greece (GRE) | 2 - 1 | 2 Q |
| 4 | Argentina vs. France (FRA) | 3 - 0 | 2 Q |
| 5 | Argentina vs. South Korea (KOR) | 3 - 0 | 2 Q |
| Gold medal final | Argentina vs. Brazil (BRA) | 0 - 0 (2-3) | |

### Football 7-a-side

The men's football 7-a-side team didn't win any medals: they were defeated by Russia in the bronze medal match.

#### Players

* Claudio Bastias
* Diego Canals
* Carlos Cardinal
* Claudio Conte
* Ezequiel Jaime
* Emiliano Lopez
* Claudio Morinigo
* Gustavo Nahuelquin
* Matias Nunez
* Damian Pereyra
* Javier Sosa
* Mario Sosa

#### Tournament

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| 1 | Argentina vs. Ukraine (UKR) | 2 - 2 | 2 Q |
| 2 | Argentina vs. Iran (IRI) | 2 - 2 | 2 Q |
| 3 | Argentina vs. Ireland (IRL) | 5 - 2 | 2 Q |
| Semifinals | Argentina vs. Brazil (BRA) | 1 - 4 | L |
| Gold medal final | Argentina vs. Russia (RUS) | 0 - 5 | 4 |

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 2 | Final/ Bronze medal contest |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Sergio Arturo Diaz | Men's 60kg | Bye | Rahmati (IRI) L 0000–0210 | — | Tsang (HKG) W 1000S-0001 | Zasyadkovych (UKR) L 0001C-0131S | Did not advance |
| Fabian Ramirez | Men's 73kg | Asakereh (IRI) L 0010S-1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Fernando Carlomagno | S6 | 400m freestyle | 6:09.16 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sebastian Facundo Ramirez | S5 | 50m backstroke | 49.31 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sebastian Facundo Ramirez | SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:07.46 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sebastian Facundo Ramirez | SM4 | 150m individual medley | 2:51.76 | 5 Q | 2:42.57 | |
| Guillermo Marro | S7 | 100m backstroke | 1:16.64 | 2 Q | 1:16.98 | |
| Mateo Micic | S1 | 50m freestyle | — | — | 2:34.93 | 7 |
| Mateo Micic | S1 | 50m backstroke | — | — | 2:22.77 | 5 |
| Diego Pastore | S6 | 400m freestyle | 6:26.71 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diego Pastore | S6 | 100m backstroke | 1:30.08 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marcelo Ariel Quassi | S5 | 50m butterfly | 50.80 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Marcelo Ariel Quassi | SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:00.53 | 7 Q | 1:59.40 | 6 |
| Marcelo Ariel Quassi | SM5 | 200m individual medley | 3:45.44 | 7 Q | 3:48.00 | 8 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Betiana Basualdo | S2 | 50m freestyle | — | — | 1:33.11 | 4 |
| Betiana Basualdo | S2 | 100m freestyle | — | — | 3:17.93 | |
| Betiana Basualdo | S2 | 50m backstroke | — | — | 1:35.88 | 4 |
| Valeria Fantasia | SB4 | 100m breaststroke | 2:11.81 | 8 Q | 2:12.35 | 8 |
| Anabel Moro | SB12 | 100m breaststroke | 1:32.58 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alejandra Perezlindo | S2 | 50m freestyle | — | — | 1:48.61 | 6 |
| Alejandra Perezlindo | S2 | 100m freestyle | — | — | 3:40.11 | 6 |
| Alejandra Perezlindo | S2 | 50m backstroke | — | — | 1:48.66 | 6 |

### Table tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jose Daniel Haylan | Men's singles 1 | Kilger (GER) L 1–3 | Cho (KOR) L 1–3 | Fouillen (FRA) W 3–0 | 2 Q | Kang (KOR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carlos Maslup | Men's singles 1 | Launonen (FIN) L 0-3 | Kang (KOR) L 0-3 | Zumkehr (SUI) L 1-3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jose Daniel Haylan Carlos Maslup | Men's teams 1-2 | South Korea (KOR) L 0-3 | Slovakia (SVK) L 0-3 | Finland (FIN) L 0-3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Giselle Munoz | Women's singles 6 | Bengtsson Kovacs (SWE) L 0–3 | Ovsjannikova (RUS) L 0–3 | Darvand (FRA) L 0–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Wheelchair fencing

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition | Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's épée B | Wyrzykowska (POL) | L 1–5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's épée B | Vettraino (ITA) | L 0-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's épée B | Lykyanenko (UKR) | L 1-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's épée B | Hassen Bey (ESP) | L 0-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's foil B | Chan Y C (HKG) | L 0-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's foil B | Hassen Bey (ESP) | L 0-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's foil B | Wyrzykowska (POL) | L 0-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Susana Masciotra | Women's foil B | Lykyanenko (UKR) | L 3-5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Wheelchair tennis

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Oscar Diaz | Open | Men's singles | Hall (AUS) L 0–6, 1-6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |