# Argentina at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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.

## Disability classifications

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. 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.

## Medalists

The following Argentine competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Yanina Andrea Martinez | Athletics | Women's 100m T36 | September 9 |
| Silver | Hernan Emanuel Urra | Athletics | Shot put F35 | September 12 |
| Bronze | Hernan Barreto | Athletics | Men's 100m T35 | September 9 |
| Bronze | Hernan Barreto | Athletics | Men's 200m T35 | September 12 |
| Bronze | | Football 5-a-side | Men | September 17 |

## Athletics
### Men's track

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mario Tataren | 100 m T37 | 12.30 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Diego Martin Gonzalez | 100 m T35 | 13.38 | 6 Q | 13.45 | 7 |
| Diego Martin Gonzalez | 200 m T35 | 26.92 | 3 Q | 27.21 | 4 |
| Hernan Barreto | 100 m T35 | 13.01 | 3 Q | 12.85 | |
| Hernan Barreto | 200 m T35 | 27.37 | 4 Q | 26.50 | |
| Nicolas Martin Aravena | 100 m T35 | 13.53 | 7 Q | 13.45 | 6 |
| Nicolas Martin Aravena | 200 m T35 | 28.71 | 6 Q | 27.51 | 6 |
| Mariano Dominguez | 400 m T37 | 57.85 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mariano Dominguez | 1500 m T37 | — | — | 4:46.42 | 7 |

### Women's track

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aldana Isabel Ibanez | 100 m T45-47 | 13.99 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yanina Andrea Martinez | 100 m T36 | 14.50 | 1 Q | 14.46 | |
| Yanina Andrea Martinez | 200 m T36 | 30.80 | 1 Q | 31.21 | 4 |

### Men's field

| 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 |

### Women's field

| 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 |
| Karina Erika Loyola | Shot put F41 | 6.17 | 9 |

### 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 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.

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Pool matches | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mauricio Ibarbure | Mixed individual BC1 | Leung (HKG) L 0-4 | Soulanis (GRE) L 4-6 | Prado (ESP) W 8-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sebastian Gonzalez | Mixed individual BC2 | Santos (BRA) L 2-7 | Jeong (KOR) L 2-4 | — | 3 | 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 Luis Cristaldo Maria Sahonero Sebastian Gonzalez | Mixed team BC1–2 | Slovakia (SVK) W 5-4 | Portugal (POR) W 7-1 | 1 | Hong Kong (HKG) W 6-4 | Thailand (THA) L 1-14 | Portugal (POR) L 2-6 | 4 |

## Cycling

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.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Raul Villalba Ezequiel Romero (pilot) | Men's road race B | 2:44:55 | 15 |
| Raul Villalba Ezequiel Romero (pilot) | Men's time trial B | 40:46.89 | 19 |
| Rodrigo Fernando Lopez | Men's road race C1-3 | 2:15:19 | 30 |
| Rodrigo Fernando Lopez | Men's time trial C1 | 31:43.42 | 8 |
| Mariela Delgado | Women's road race C4-5 | 2:21:58 | 4 |
| Mariela Delgado | Women's time trial C5 | 29:59.78 | 6 |
| Cristina Liliana Otero | Women's road race T1-2 | 1:16:06 | 7 |
| Cristina Liliana Otero | Women's time trial T1-2 | 35:20.52 | 7 |

### Track
#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Raul Villalba Ezequiel Romero (pilot) | Men's individual pursuit B | 4:43.986 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rodrigo Fernando Lopez | Men's individual pursuit C1 | 4:17.966 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mariela Delgado | Women's individual pursuit C5 | 4:00.969 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Time trial

| 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 |

## Equestrian

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Patricio Guglialmelli Lynch | Nirvana Pure Indulgence | Individual championship test grade III | 62.512 | 15 |

## Football 5-a-side

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.
The following is the Argentina squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Semi finals |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 7th–8th place match |

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

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.
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. 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.
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. Argentina finished 7th after losing placement matches to the United States 4 - 3 and Ireland 0 - 3.
Going into the Rio Games, the country was ranked sixth in the world.

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Semi finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Semi finals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 5th–6th place match |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | 7th–8th place match |

### Classification 5/6
## Judo

Five Argentine judoka have qualified to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The competitions took place at the Carioca Arena 3

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | 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 |
| Eduardo Gauto | Men's 60 kg | Ibrahimov (AZE) L 000s2-112 | did not advance | did not advance | Sariyevv (KAZ) L 000-101 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rodolfo Ramirez | Men's 73 kg | Rodriguez (CUB) L 000s1-100s1 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jose Effron | Men's 81 kg | Pereira (BRA) W 100s2-000 | Avila (MEX) L 101s2-000s3 | did not advance | — | Safarov (AZE) L 000-100 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jorge Lencina | Men's 90 kg | Walby (CAN) W 100s1-000 | Gogotchuri (GEO) L 000s1-100 | did not advance | Bye | Boboev (AZE) L 000-010s3 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage First round | Repechage Final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Paula Gómez | Women's 48 kg | Lee (TPE) L 000-100 | did not advance | did not advance | — | Hangai (JPN) L 000s1-000 | Did not advance |

## Paracanoeing

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. The competition took place at Lagoa Stadium.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lucas Nicolas Diaz | Men's KL1 | 55.585 | 7 | 55.613 | 3 | 53.078 | 6 |

## Powerlifting

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.
| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| Jose David Coronel | Men's 65 kg | 130 | 9 |

## Rowing

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.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mariana Gallo | Women's single sculls | 7:31.44 | 6 R | 7:06.84 | 5 FB | 7:13.36 | 12 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

## Sailing

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. Yet, the boat was crewed at the 2016 Games by Juan Fernández Ocampo, who previously competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games.
| Athlete | Event | Race | 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 | 11 | Net points | Final rank |
| Juan Fernández Ocampo | 2.4 Metre | 17 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 146 | 15 |

## Swimming

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.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Elian Araya | 100m breaststroke SB14 | 1:10.96 | 8 q | 1:11.60 | 8 |
| Elian Araya | 100m backstroke S14 | 1:10.16 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elian Araya | 200m individual medley SM14 | 2:26.97 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Facundo Jose Arregui | 100m freestyle S7 | 1:11.74 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Facundo Jose Arregui | 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 |
| Marco Pulleiro | 200m individual medley SM9 | 2:31.68 | 13 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Pipo Carlomagno Jr. | 100m backstroke S8 | 1:07.70 | 5 q | 1:07.33 | 6 |
| Sergio Zayas | 400m freestyle S11 | — | — | 5:06.77 | 7 |
| Sergio Zayas | 100m backstroke S11 | 1:17.75 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Events | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Events | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Analuz Pellitero | 50m freestyle S12 | 32.23 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Analuz Pellitero | 100m backstroke S12 | — | — | 1:21.73 | 6 |
| Anabel Moro | 50m freestyle S12 | 30.49 | 6 q | 30.01 | 4 |
| Anabel Moro | 100m backstroke S12 | — | — | 1:22.79 | 7 |
| Daniela Gimenez | 50m freestyle S9 | 30.24 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Daniela Gimenez | 100m breaststroke SB9 | 1:20.99 | 5 q | 1:20.90 | 7 |
| Daniela Gimenez | 200m individual medley SM9 | 2:40.30 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nadia Baez | 50m freestyle S11 | 36.51 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Nadia Baez | 100m breaststroke S11 | — | — | 1:35.51 | 5 |

## Table tennis
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fernando Eberhardt | Singles class 1 | Ducay (FRA) L 0-3 | Nam (KOR) L 0-3 | 3 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gabriel Copola | Singles class 3 | Kim (KOR) W 3-0 | De Freitas (BRA) W 3-0 | 1 | Knaf (BRA) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mauro Depergola | Singles class 5 | Cheng (TPE) L 0-3 | Palikuca (SRB) L 0-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fernando Eberhardt Gabriel Copola Mauro Depergola | Team class 4-5 | — | — | — | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0-2 | 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 |
| Giselle Muñoz | Singles class 7 | Van Zon (NED) L 1-3 | Mahmoud (EGY) W 3-0 | Korkut (TUR) L 0-3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wheelchair basketball

The Argentina women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics. 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.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 248 | 156 | +92 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Great Britain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 228 | 140 | +88 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 252 | 181 | +71 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Brazil (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 196 | 241 | −45 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Argentina | 4 | 0 | 4 | 87 | 296 | −209 | 4 | 9th/10th place playoff |
* 1 2 3 Head-to-head record: Germany 3 pts, +9 PD; Great Britain 3 pts, −2 PD; Canada 3 pts, −7 PD
* 8 September 2016 12:15
* Report
| Brazil | 85–19 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 18–4, 23–5, 22–6 |||
| Pts: Almeida 31 Rebs: Almeida 7 Asts: Santana 6 | | Pts: Pallares 7 Rebs: Pallares 7 Asts: Perez 2 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Matt Wells
* 9 September 2016 10:00
* Report
| Argentina | 20–79 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 2–20, 4–14, 3–21, 11–24 |||
| Pts: Pallares 11 Rebs: Pallares 16 Asts: Capdeville 3 | | Pts: Morrow 16 Rebs: Love 9 Asts: Haizeldon 5 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Philip Haines
* 10 September 2016 9:30
* Report
| Canada | 73–28 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–4, 10–6, 19–8, 20–10 |||
| Pts: Young 14 Rebs: Ouellet 6 Asts: Lalonde 6 | | Pts: Pallares 8 Rebs: Pallares 7 Asts: Olmedo 6 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Bill Kuerzi
* 12 September 2016 9:00
* Report
| Argentina | 20–59 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–21, 2–11, 12–17, 0–10 |||
| Pts: Pallares 8 Rebs: Pallares 10 Asts: Pallares 2 | | Pts: Schunemann 20 Rebs: Schunemann 18 Asts: Schunemann, Gross 5 |
* Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Celine Villard

## Wheelchair tennis

Argentina qualified three competitors in the men's single event, Ezequiel Casco, Gustavo Fernandez and Agustin Ledesma. Fernandez was the Parapan American Games champion.
| 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 |
| Agustin Ledesma | Men's singles | Kruszelnicki (POL) L 2-6, 2-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gustavo Fernandez | Men's singles | Bye | De la Puente (ESP) W 6-2, 6-4 | Kellerman (AUS) W 6-1, 6-2 | Reid (GBR) L 6-2, 6-7, 1-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ezequiel Casco | Men's singles | Rydberg (USA) L 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 | 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 | — | Bye | Els (RSA) Maripa (RSA) W 7-5, 6-2 | Houdet (FRA) Peifer (FRA) L 1-6, 2-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |