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.^[1] Argentinian competitors won four medals, two silver and two bronze to finish sixty-second in the medal table.^[2]

Argentina at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ARG
NPC	Argentine Paralympic Committee
Website	www.coparg.org.ar
in Athens
Competitors	55 in 10 sports
Medals Ranked 62nd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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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 Rodriguez 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		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pablo Astoreca	T11	Marathon	—				3:30:37	10
Ernesto Margni	T35	100m	15.67	9	Did not advance
		200m	—				34.32	6
Alejandro Maldonado	T54	100m	15.16	14	Did not advance
		200m	27.54	17	Did not advance
Gaston Torres	T37	800m	DNS		Did not advance
		1500m	—				5:15.51	11

Men's field

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

Women's track

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

Women's field

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

Boccia

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

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

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Patricio Guglialmelli	Mixed individual championship test grade III	63.600	10
	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 Rodriguez
• Silvio Velo

Tournament

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

Swimming

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Betiana Basualdo	S2	50m freestyle	—		1:33.11	4
		100m freestyle	—		3:17.93
		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
Alejandra Perezlindo	S2	50m freestyle	—		1:48.61	6
		100m freestyle	—		3:40.11	6
		50m backstroke	—		1:48.66	6

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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
Carlos Maslup		Launonen (FIN) L 0-3	Kang (KOR) L 0-3	Zumkehr (SUI) L 1-3	4	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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

Wheelchair fencing

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

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			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

See also

• Argentina at the Paralympics
• Argentina at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.