# Argentina at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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
### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | 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 | 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 | Heats | Final | 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 | DQ |
| Nadia Schaus | 100 m T36 | 15.04 | 1 Q | 15.14 | 5 |
| Nadia Schaus | 200 m T36 | 31.87 | 2 Q | DQ | 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

Argentina qualified a boccia team for the BC1/BC2 team events.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Seeding matches | Seeding matches | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mauricio Ibarbure | Mixed individual BC1 | BYE | BYE | BYE | Aandalen (NOR) L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pablo Cortez | Mixed individual BC2 | BYE | BYE | Ferreira (POR) L 4–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Pairs and teams

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

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

### Track
#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | 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 | 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 | Qualification | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | 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 | did not advance | 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
### Individual

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | 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

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.

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |

### Bronze medal match
## Football 7-a-side

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.

### Group play

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

### 5th/6th place match
## Judo

Three Argentine judokas competed at 2012 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage First round | Repechage Final | Final / BM | 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 | did not advance | 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

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

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | 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

Argentina qualified a boat for the 2.4MR class competition.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | 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

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

## Swimming

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 | Heat | Final | 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 | did not advance |
| Ignacio Gonzalez | 100 m backstroke S12 | 1:05.72 | 7 Q | 1:04.40 | 7 |
| Ignacio Gonzalez | 200 m individual medley SM12 | 2:20.76 | 6 Q | 2:20.73 | 6 |
| Ignacio Gonzalez | 400 m freestyle S12 | 4:33.33 | 6 Q | 4:34.38 | 7 |
| Ignacio Gonzalez | 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 | did not advance |
| Ariel Quassi | 100 m breaststroke SB4 | 1:59.44 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ariel Quassi | 50 m backstroke S5 | 49.45 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sergio Zayas | 100 m backstroke S11 | 1:16.33 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sergio Zayas | 400 m freestyle S11 | 5:15.46 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nadia Báez | 50 m freestyle S11 | 34.98 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nadia Báez | 100 m freestyle S11 | 1:22.06 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nadia Báez | 400 m freestyle S11 | 6:19.35 | 8 Q | 6:15.98 | 8 |
| Nadia Báez | 100 m breaststroke SB11 | 1:32.07 | 2 Q | 1:31.21 | |
| Nadia Báez | 200 m individual medley SM11 | 3:17.12 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniela Gimenez | 50 m freestyle S9 | 30.82 | 9 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Anabel Moro | 100 m freestyle S12 | 1:08.79 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anabel Moro | 100 m breaststroke SB12 | 1:23.81 | 5 Q | 1:23.42 | 7 |

## Table tennis
### Men

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

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Finals | 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 | did not advance | 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 | 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 |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual foil B | Bezyazychny (BLR) | L 0–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual foil B | Czop (POL) | L 2–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual foil B | Yusupov (RUS) | L 0–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual foil B | François (FRA) | L 0–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual épée B | Ali (IRQ) | L 0–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual épée B | Estep (USA) | L 3–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual épée B | Tam (HKG) | L 2–5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Palavecino | Men's individual épée B | Latreche (FRA) | L 5–4 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
Note: Ranks from qualification pools were given as an overall ranking against all other competitors.

## Wheelchair tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | 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 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Agustin Ledesma | Men's singles | Rydberg (USA) L 7–6, 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Agustin Ledesma Gustavo Fernandez | Men's doubles | — | Kunieda/Saida (JPN) L 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |