Argentina at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Argentina competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Argentina at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	ARG
NPC	Argentine Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	68 (38 men and 30 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Hernan Barreto Coty Garrone
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 8 Total 13
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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The country claimed a total of 13 medals, making a great improvement in comparison with recent Paralympic Games. It was the best Argentinian Paralympic performance since 1980.

Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Paralympics medal winners

The following Argentine competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Iñaki Basiloff Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM7 31 August  Gold Brian Lionel Impellizzeri Athletics Men's long jump T37 3 September  Silver Hernan Emanuel Urra Athletics Men's shot put F35 5 September  Silver Darío Lencina Angel Garcia Nahuel Heredia Froilan Padilla Jesus Merlos Matias Olivera Maximiliano Espinillo Osvaldo Fernández Mario Rios Germán Muleck Blind football Men's team 7 September  Silver Alexis Sebastian Chavez Athletics Men's 100 m T36 7 September  Bronze Antonella Ruiz Diaz Athletics Women's shot put F41 30 August  Bronze Juan Samorano Taekwondo Men's −70 kg 30 August  Bronze Fernando Vázquez Athletics Men's long jump T12 2 September  Bronze Iñaki Basiloff Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S7 2 September  Bronze Alexis Sebastian Chavez Athletics Men's 400 m T36 3 September  Bronze Stefanía Ferrando Rodrigo Romero Boccia Mixed Pairs BC3 5 September  Bronze Paula Gómez Judo Women's 57 kg J1 5 September  Bronze Gustavo Fernández Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 7 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 1 2 3 6 Swimming 1 0 1 2 Boccia 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Judo 0 0 1 1 Wheelchair tennis 0 0 1 1 Blind football 0 1 0 1 Total 2 3 8 13 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 29 August 0 0 0 0 2 30 August 0 0 2 2 3 31 August 1 0 0 1 4 1 September 0 0 0 0 5 2 September 0 0 2 2 6 3 September 1 0 1 2 7 4 September 0 0 0 0 8 5 September 0 1 2 3 9 6 September 0 0 0 0 10 7 September 0 2 1 3 Total 2 3 8 13 Medals by gender Gender Total Percentage Male 2 2 5 9 69,22% Female 0 0 2 2 15,39% Mixed 0 1 1 2 15,39% Total 2 3 8 13 100% Multiple medalists Name Sport Total Iñaki Basiloff Swimming 1 0 1 2 Alexis Sebastian Chavez Athletics 0 1 1 2

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	11	19
Blind football	10	—	10
Boccia	2	2	4
Cycling	2	2	4
Judo	1	4	5
Paracanoeing	1	1	2
Powerlifting	0	1	1
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	7	5	12
Table tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Wheelchair fencing	1	0	1
Wheelchair tennis	2	1	3
Total	38	30	68

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Argentina sent six track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

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
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fernando Vázquez	Men's 100 m T12	DQ[a]	–	Did not advance
Hernan Barreto	Men's 100 m T35	—		12.41	9
	Men's 200 m T35	—		25.53	7
Maximiliano Villa	Men's 100 m T35	—		12.21	7
	Men's 200 m T35	—		25.10	6
Alexis Sebastian Chavez	Men's 100 m T36	11.86	1 Q	11.88 (.871)
	Men's 400 m T36	—		53.60

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rosario Trinidad Coppola Molina	Women's 100 m T11	14.05	4	Did not advance
Candela Cerrudo	Women's 100 m T13	13.51	6	Did not advance
Araceli Rotela	Women's 200 m T36	30.08	4 Q	29.89	4
	Women's 100 m T36	14.63	4 q	14.45	4
Yanina Andrea Martinez	Women's 100 m T36	16.30	7	Did not advance
Milagros Del Valle Gonzalez	Women's 100 m T38	14.19	9	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T38	1:07.92	6	Did not advance
Teresita Daiana Briozzi	Women's 200 m T47	26.47	5	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m T47	1:01.85	5	Did not advance
Aldana Isabel Ibanez	Women's 100 m T47	13.32	8	Did not advance

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Fernando Vázquez	Men's long jump T12	6.88
Sergio Markieviche	Men's long jump T36	5.11	9
Brian Lionel Impellizzeri	Men's long jump T37	6.42
Hernán Emanuel Urra	Men's shot put F35	16.11
Pablo Damian Gimenez Reinoso	Men's shot put F57	12.99	6
	Men's javelin throw F57	35.84	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Rosario Trinidad Coppola Molina	Women's long jump T11	4.05	8
Sofia Valentina Casse	Women's long jump T11	3.82	10
Aldana Isabel Ibanez	Women's long jump T47	4.95	10
Marilu Romina Fernandez	Women's club throw F32	21.59	6
Karen Melanie Tassi Sanchez	Women's shot put F37	10.40	7
	Women's discus throw F38	24.92	12
Antonella Ruiz Diaz	Women's shot put F41	9.58
	Women's discus throw F41	28.38	7

Blind football

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

The Argentine men's blind football team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of top three nation's, not yet qualified, at the 2023 IBSA World Games in Birmingham, Great Britain.^[1]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Argentina men's	Men's tournament	Morocco D 0–0	Colombia D 0–0	Japan W 1–0	2 Q	Brazil W 0–0 (4–3 p)	France L 1–1 (2–3 p)

Team roster

Coach: Antonio Figueroa

The following is the Argentina squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Class	Date of birth (age)
1	GK	Darío Lencina	Sighted	(1980-08-22)22 August 1980 (aged 44)
2	DF	Angel Deldo Garcia	B1	(1987-09-30)30 September 1987 (aged 36)
3	MF	Nahuel Heredia	B1	(1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 29)
4	DF	Froilan Padilla	B1	(1979-02-21)21 February 1979 (aged 45)
5	MF	Jesus Merlos	B1	(2003-04-17)17 April 2003 (aged 21)
6	MF	Matias Olivera	B1	(1997-03-26)26 March 1997 (aged 27)
7	FW	Maximiliano Espinillo	B1	(1993-11-15)15 November 1993 (aged 30)
8	MF	Osvaldo Fernández	B1	(1998-09-01)1 September 1998 (aged 25)
9	FW	Mario Rios	B1	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 11)
12	GK	Germán Muleck	Sighted	(1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 34)

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colombia	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	3	1	2	0	1	0	+1	5
3	Morocco	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4	Fifth place match
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	0	3	−3	0	Seventh place match

Source: Paris 2024

1 September 2024

13:30

Morocco	0–0	Argentina
	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,900

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

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2 September 2024

11:30

Argentina	0–0	Colombia
	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,790

Referee: Jose Alfredo Martinez Ibarra (Mexico)

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3 September 2024

13:30

Argentina	1–0	Japan
Fernández 10'	Report

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,890

Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Semi-finals

5 September 2024

20:00

Brazil	0–0	Argentina
	Report
Penalties
Maicon Lopes Nonato da Silva Soares Alves	3–4	Espinillo Rios Heredia Padilla Olivera Fernández

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 11,630

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Gold medal match

7 September 2024

20:00

France	1–1	Argentina
Villeroux 12'	Report	Espinillo 12'
Penalties
Arezki Baron Villeroux	3–2	Espinillo Rios Heredia

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 11,679

Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Argentina confirmed two quotas (one in men and one in women), by virtue of their result as the highest rank nation's in the BC3 pairs event, at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile; and one individual quotas through the world ranking in men's individual BC2 events.

Athlete	Event	Pool matches				Playoffs	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Luis Cristaldo	Men's individual BC2	Fabre (FRA) W 6–1	Silva (BRA) W 5–2	Araujo (POR) L 2–6	2 Q	Levi (ISR) W 4*–4	Mezík (SVK) L 4–5	Did not advance		6
Rodrigo Romero	Men's individual BC3	Peska (CZE) W 8–0	Iskrycki (POL) L 1–7	Tse (HKG) L 3–6	2 Q	—	Michel (AUS) L 0–5	Did not advance		8
Ailén Flores	Women's individual BC1	Oliveira (BRA) L 2–5	Fujii (JPN) L 2–4	—	3	—	Did not advance			11
Stefanía Ferrando	Women's individual BC3	Ntenta (GRE) W 8–2	Callupe (PER) W 3–2	Ichinoe (JPN) W 6–3	1 Q	—	Leeson (AUS) L 3–4	Did not advance		5
Stefanía Ferrando Rodrigo Romero	Mixed pairs BC3	Czech Republic W 7–3	Hong Kong L 2–3	—	2 Q	—	Greece W 5–4	South Korea L 2–4	Thailand W 4–2

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Argentina entered four para-cyclists (two in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 and 2023 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[3]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maximiliano Gomez	Men's road race B	DNF
	Men's time trial B	40:12.22	10
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	Men's road race C1-2-3	DNF
	Men's time trial C1	25:07.69	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maria Jose Quiroga Chicahuala	Women's road race B	DNS
Mariela Analia Delgado	Women's road race C4-5	2:09:13	13

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maximiliano Gomez	Men's time trial B	1:05.022	9	Did not advance
	Men's pursuit B	53.714	9	Did not advance
Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	Men's time trial C1-3	1:13.813	12	Did not advance
	Men's pursuit C1	42.823	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Maria Jose Quiroga Chicahuala	Women's time trial B	1:15.574	9	Did not advance
	Women's pursuit B	3:58.786	10	Did not advance
Mariela Analia Delgado	Women's time trial C4-5	39.107	8	Did not advance
	Women's pursuit C5	4:02.298	7	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Argentina sent one male and three female judoka to compete at the games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduardo Gauto	Men's 73 kg J1	Lamani (RSA) W 10–00	Pereira (BRA) L 00–10	—	Camanni (ITA) L 00–10	Did not advance
Rocío Ledesma Dure	Women's 48 kg J1	—	Hangai (JPN) L 00–01	—	Mueller (GER) W 11–00	Silva (BRA) L 00–10	5
Paula Gómez	Women's 57 kg J1	Buranyi (HUN) W 10–00	Mutia (USA) L 00–10	—	Tlekkabyl (KAZ) W 10–00	Gagne (CAN) W 11–01
Laura Candela González	Women's 57 kg J2	—	Hirose (JPN) L 00–10	—	Teixeira (BRA) L 00–10	Did not advance
Nadia Boggiano Alegre	Women's 70 kg J1	Tsuchiya (JPN) W 10–00	Liu (CHN) L 00–10	—	Lkhaijav (MGL) L 01–10	Did not advance

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Argentina earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emilio Ariel Atamanuk	Men's VL3	51.21	5 SF	51.81	4 FB	50.91	9
	Men's KL2	46.40	6 SF	45.20	4 FB	44.07	9
Andrea Viviana Bracamonte	Women's KL1	1:48.12	6 SF	DSQ		Did not advance

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
		1	2	3	PL
Lourdes Maciel	Women's 45 kg	81	83	86	—	83	9

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Brenda Sardon	PR1 women's single sculls	11:48.23	6 R	11:46.07	5 FB	12:11.84	10

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

For the first time since the nations last participation at the 2012 games in London, Argentina entered one para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2023 Parapan American Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2024.^[4]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
María Laura Rodríguez Belvedere	R4 Mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2	622.5	25	Did not advance
	R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2	631.6	24	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Argentina secured one quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Inaki Basiloff	Men's 400 m freestyle S7	5:17.33	7 Q	4:40.27
	Men's 100 m backstroke S7	1:15.86	8 Q	1:15.87	8
	Men's 50 m butterfly S7	30.88	7 Q	30.80	7
	Men's 200 m individual medley SM7	2:37.99	3 Q	2:29.81
Matias de Andrade	Men's 100 m backstroke S6	1:16.16	1 Q	1:16.30	4
Pipo Carlomagno	Men's 100 m backstroke S8	1:11.03	10	Did not advance
Santiago Gabriel Senestro	Men's 100 m backstroke S10	1:06.65	11	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB9	1:12.82	12	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m individual medley SM10	2:22.79	14	Did not advance
Lautaro Daniel Maidana Cancinos	Men's 100 m backstroke S14	1:04.13	16	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m butterfly S14	59.47	10	Did not advance
Nicolas Rivero	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB4	1:44.72	4 Q	1:44.77	4
German Leonel Arevalo	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB5	1:38.30	7 Q	1:39.66	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nadia Baez	Women's 50 m freestyle S11	33.91	13	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB11	1:26.98	5 Q	1:28.97	5
Analuz Pellitero	Women's 50 m freestyle S11	35.03	15	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle S11	1:13.50	10	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke S11	1:19.62	5 Q	1:18.09	5
Elizabeth Noriega	Women's 100 m freestyle S5	1:31.93	9	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle S5	3:21.72	14	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m backstroke S5	49.77	12	Did not advance
Daniela Gimenez	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9	1:21.72	8 Q	1:22.41	8
Maria Jazmin Aragon Diani	Women's 100 m butterfly S8	1:29.82	12	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Argentina secure two single spot for the Paralympic games. Elías Romero qualified for the games following the triumph of his gold medal results in the men's class 5 through the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile;^[5] meanwhile Gabriel Copola qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Copola	Men's individual C3	Glinbancheun (THA) L 0–3	Did not advance			=9
Elías Romero	Men's individual C5	Savant-Aira (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance			=9
María Constanza Garrone	Women's individual C1-2	Tapola (FIN) W 3–0	Rossi (ITA) L 0–3	Did not advance		=5
Elías Romero Gabriel Copola	Men's doubles MD8	Ozturk / Turan (TUR) L 1–3	Did not advance			=9
Elías Romero María Constanza Garrone	Mixed doubles XD7	Kim J-g / Yoon J-y (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance			=9

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Argentina entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Miguel Issac Galeano and Juan Samorano qualified for the games in men's under 58 kg and 70 kg events, after winning the gold medal in his class, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Repechage	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Miguel Issac Galeano	Men's −58 kg	Kaenkham (THA) L 10–12	Did not advance				=9
Juan Samorano	Men's −70 kg	Sotthiset (THA) W 14–10	Kudo (JPN) L 2–4	Nikoladze (GEO) W 15–3	—	Alikulov (UZB) W 6–5

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Repechage 1	Quarterfinals	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Semifinals	Repechage 4	Final / BM
		Opposition	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hugo Alderete	Men's épée B	Castro (RPT) L DNS	Did not advance
	Men's foil B	—	Massa (ITA) L 2-15	Chavez (BRA) L10-15	Did not advance
	Men's sabre B	—	Tarjanyi (HUN) L 8–15	Hanssen (USA) L 5–15	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Argentina entered one player into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results at the 2023 Parapan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gustavo Fernández	Men's singles	Bye	Cattanéo (FRA) W 6–1, 6–4	Cataldo (CHI) W 6–0, 6–1	Reid (GBR) W 6–0, 7–6 (7-5)	Oda (JPN) L 2–6, 5–7	de la Puente (ESP) W 6–1, 6–2
Ezequiel Casco	Men's singles	Parker (AUS) W (7–5, 6–4)	de la Puente (ESP) L (2–6, 0–6)	Did not advance				=17
Maria Florencia Moreno	Women's singles	—	Takamuro (JPN) L (1–6, 0–6)	Did not advance				=17
Gustavo Fernández Ezequiel Casco	Men's doubles	—	Ratzlaff / Stroud (USA) W (6–3, 6–4)	Spaargaren / ter Hofte (NED) L (5–7, 3–6)	Did not advance			=9

See also

• Argentina at the 2023 Parapan American Games
• Argentina at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Argentina at the Paralympics

Notes

1. Vázquez's time was 17.8 seconds, however he was disqualified for false starting (0.097s).