Argentina at the Paralympics

Argentina at the Paralympics
IPC code	ARG
NPC	Argentine Paralympic Committee
Website	www.coparg.org.ar
Medals	Gold 30 Silver 59 Bronze 57 Total 146
Summer appearances
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2010 2014 2018 2022

Argentina participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, with a delegation consisting in five swimmers, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. The country made its Winter Paralympics début in 2010, with a two-man delegation in alpine skiing.

Argentines have won a total of 146 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 30 gold, 59 silver and 57 bronze. All of these medals were won at the Summer Games. This places Argentina 30th on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Argentines won two gold medals in swimming in 1960. In 1964, four of their six gold medals also came through swimming, the other two being obtained in athletics (women's shot put) and weightlifting. In 1968, in a reversal of this trend, Argentines won ten gold medals, of which nine in athletics and only one in swimming (H. Aresca in the men's 25m freestyle). These nine athletics medals were all won in javelin, shot put, club throw or discus events, and eight of them were won by women. In 1972, the Argentine delegation was much less successful, with just one gold medal in athletics (in the men's javelin), and one in women's wheelchair basketball. In 1976, Cristina Benedetti won Argentina's only athletics gold, in the slalom, while Gustavo Galindez took two gold medals in swimming. In 1980, it was once again swimming which brought Argentina all four of its gold medals. The only time that Argentina did not win medals was in 1984, and won 7 silvers and 2 bronze in 1988, when the country sent only small delegations, to compete in track and field. In 1992 the country's only Paralympic champion was Horacio Bascioni, in the men's javelin. In 1996, Nestor Suarez won the men's 100m sprint in the T46 category, while swimmer Betiana Basualdo won the women's 100m freestyle in the S2 category, thus providing their country with two gold medals. These are Argentina's most recent Paralympic gold medals; since 1996, Argentines have won only silver and bronze.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1960 Rome	2	3	1	6
1964 Tokyo	6	15	16	37
1968 Tel-Aviv	10	10	10	30
1972 Heidelberg	2	4	3	9
1976 Toronto	3	4	7	14
1980 Arnhem	4	5	6	15
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York	0	0	0	0
1988 Seoul	0	7	2	9
1992 Barcelona	1	1	0	2
1996 Atlanta	2	5	2	9
2000 Sydney	0	2	3	5
2004 Athens	0	2	2	4
2008 Beijing	0	1	5	6
2012 London	0	1	4	5
2016 Rio de Janeiro	1	1	2	4
Totals (15 entries)	31	61	63	155

Source:

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	14	30	27	71
Swimming	14	23	22	59
Wheelchair basketball	1	2	2	5
Weightlifting	1	0	1	2
Table tennis	0	2	1	3
Judo	0	1	2	3
Football 5-a-side	0	1	1	2
Cycling	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)	30	59	57	146

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Juan Sznitowski	1960 Rome	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke complete class 5
Gold	Beatriz Perazzo	1960 Rome	Swimming	Women's 50m crawl incomplete class 3
Silver	Juan Sznitowski	1960 Rome	Swimming	Men's 50m crawl complete class 5
Silver	Amelia Mier	1960 Rome	Swimming	Women's 50m crawl complete class 5
Bronze	Beatriz Galán	1960 Rome	Swimming	Women's 50m crawl incomplete class 4
Gold	Susana Olarte	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's shot put B
Gold	Juan Sznitowski	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 4
Gold	Silvia Cochetti	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle prone special class
Gold	Silvia Cochetti	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle supine special class
Gold	Silvia Cochetti	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke special class
Gold	Fernando Bustelli	1964 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Silver	Men's relay team	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's wheelchair relay below T10
Silver	Jorge Diz	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's club throw D
Silver	Jorge Diz	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's javelin throw D
Silver	Susana Olarte	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's club throw B
Silver	Silvia Cochetti	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's discus throw D
Silver	Susana Olarte	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's javelin throw B
Silver	Helvio Aresca	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 25m freestyle prone incomplete class 2
Silver	Jorge Diz	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 4
Silver	Ignesias	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 50m breaststroke complete class 5
Silver	Estela Falocco	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle prone special class
Silver	Estela Falocco	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle supine special class
Silver	Estela Falocco	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke special class
Silver	Honorio Romero	1964 Tokyo	Table tennis	Men's singles B
Silver	Helvio Aresca Honorio Romero	1964 Tokyo	Table tennis	Men's doubles B
Bronze	Alberto Ocampo	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's discus throw D
Bronze	Jorge Diz	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's shot put D
Bronze	Juan Sznitowski	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's pentathlon 2
Bronze	Jorge Diz	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Men's pentathlon special class
Bronze	Noemi Tortul	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's club throw C
Bronze	Silvia Cochetti	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's club throw D
Bronze	Susana Olarte	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's discus throw B
Bronze	Noemi Tortul	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's javelin throw C
Bronze	Noemi Tortul	1964 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's shot put C
Bronze	Helvio Aresca	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 25m freestyle supine incomplete class 2
Bronze	Dante Tosi	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle supine incomplete class 3
Bronze	Juan Sznitowski	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle supine incomplete class 4
Bronze	Amelia Mier	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle prone special class
Bronze	Amelia Mier	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle supine special class
Bronze	Amelia Mier	1964 Tokyo	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke special class
Bronze	Hector Brandoni	1964 Tokyo	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
Gold	Miguel Ángel González	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's javelin throw special class
Gold	Dina Galindez	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's club throw A
Gold	Susana Olarte	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's club throw C
Gold	Dina Galindez	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's discus throw A
Gold	Susana Olarte	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's discus throw C
Gold	Silvia Cochetti	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's discus throw special class
Gold	Susana Olarte	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's shot put C
Gold	Silvia Cochetti	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's shot put special class
Gold	Susana Masciotra	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's slalom cervical class
Gold	Helvio Aresca	1968 Tel Aviv	Swimming	Men's 25m freestyle class 2 complete
Silver	Jorge Diz	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's club throw special class
Silver	Miguel Ángel González	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's shot put special class
Silver	Dina Galindez	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
Silver	Noemi Tortul	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's club throw B
Silver	Silvia Cochetti	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's club throw special class
Silver	Noemi Tortul	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's discus throw B
Silver	Dina Galindez	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's shot put A
Silver	Silvia Cochetti	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's pentathlon special class
Silver	Carlos Carranza	1968 Tel Aviv	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle class (cauda equina)
Silver	Silvia Cochetti Estela Fernandez Dina Galindez Susana Masciotra Amelia Mier Susana Olarte Noemi Tortul	1968 Tel Aviv	Wheelchair basketball	Women's tournament
Bronze	Carlos Carranza Jorge Diz Hugo Loto Bautista Rubio	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's 4x40m relay open
Bronze	Miguel Ángel González	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's discus throw special class
Bronze	Jorge Diz	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's shot put special class
Bronze	Jorge Diz	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Men's pentathlon special class
Bronze	Silvia Cochetti Amelia Mier Susana Olarte Noemi Tortul	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's 4x40m relay open
Bronze	Dina Galindez	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's javelin throw A
Bronze	Noemi Tortul	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's javelin throw B
Bronze	Silvia Cochetti	1968 Tel Aviv	Athletics	Women's javelin throw special class
Bronze	Carlos Carranza	1968 Tel Aviv	Swimming	Men's 50m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina)
Bronze	Silvia Cochetti	1968 Tel Aviv	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle special class
Gold	Rubén Ferrari	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 5
Gold	Women's team	1972 Heidelberg	Wheelchair basketball	Women's tournament
Silver	Raúl Di Paolo	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 1B
Silver	Olga Ricchetti	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's discus throw 1A
Silver	Olga Ricchetti	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's slalom 1A
Silver	Cristina Benedetti	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's slalom 2
Bronze	Olga Ricchetti	1972 Heidelberg	Athletics	Women's javelin throw 1A
Bronze	Olga Ricchetti	1972 Heidelberg	Swimming	Women's 25m breaststroke 1A
Bronze	Men's team	1972 Heidelberg	Wheelchair basketball	Men's tournament
Gold	Cristina Benedetti	1976 Toronto	Athletics	Women's slalom 2
Gold	Gustavo Galindez	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 25m butterfly 3
Gold	Gustavo Galindez	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 75m individual medley 3
Silver	Parra Gonzalez	1976 Toronto	Athletics	Women's shot put 1A
Silver	Gustavo Galindez	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle 3
Silver	Gustavo Galindez	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 50m backstroke 3
Silver	Raul Langhi	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 25m breaststroke 1A
Bronze	Luis Grieb	1976 Toronto	Athletics	Men's discus throw 4
Bronze	Honorio Romero	1976 Toronto	Athletics	Men's precision javelin throw 1C-5
Bronze	Gustavo Galindez	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 50m breaststroke 3
Bronze	Luis Perez	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Men's 25m butterfly 3
Bronze	Marcella Rizzotto	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Women's 25m butterfly 3
Bronze	Marcella Rizzotto	1976 Toronto	Swimming	Women's 75m individual medley 3
Bronze	Women's team	1976 Toronto	Wheelchair basketball	Women's tournament
Gold	Eugenia Garcia	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m breaststroke 1A
Gold	Monica Lopez	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m breaststroke 1B
Gold	Marcella Rizzotto	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke 3
Gold	Marcella Rizzotto	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle 3
Silver	Luis Grieb	1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Men's discus throw 4
Silver	Monica Lopez	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m backstroke 1B
Silver	Marcella Rizzotto	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m butterfly 3
Silver	Monica Lopez	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m freestyle 1B
Silver	Eugenia Garcia Monica Lopez Susana Masciotra	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 3x25m freestyle 1A-1C
Bronze	Eugenia Garcia	1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's club throw 1A
Bronze	Eugenia Garcia	1980 Arnhem	Athletics	Women's discus throw 1A
Bronze	Eugenia Garcia	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m backstroke 1A
Bronze	Eugenia Garcia	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 25m freestyle 1A
Bronze	Marcella Rizzotto	1980 Arnhem	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke 3
Silver	Jose Daniel Haylan	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's club throw 1A
Silver	Jose Daniel Haylan	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's discus throw 1A
Silver	Jose Daniel Haylan	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's shot put 1A
Silver	Carlos Maslup	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's slalom 1A
Silver	Carlos Maslup	1988 Seoul	Swimming	Men's 25m breaststroke 1A
Silver	Carlos Maslup	1988 Seoul	Swimming	Men's 75m individual medley 1A
Bronze	Carlos Maslup	1988 Seoul	Athletics	Men's discus throw 1A
Bronze	Beatriz Greco	1988 Seoul	Swimming	Women's 200m individual medley 6
Gold	Horacio Bascioni	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's javelin throw THW2
Silver	Horacio Bascioni	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's shot put THW2
Gold	Suarez Nestor	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's 100m T34
Gold	Betiana Basualdo	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S2
Silver	Horacio Bascioni	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Men's discus throw F51
Silver	Maria Angelica Rodriguez	1996 Atlanta	Athletics	Women's discus throw F34-35
Silver	Fabian Ramirez	1996 Atlanta	Judo	Men's -78kg
Silver	Betiana Basualdo	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 50m freestyle S2
Silver	Alejandra Perezlindo	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S2
Bronze	Betiana Basualdo	1996 Atlanta	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke S2
Bronze	Jose Daniel Haylan	1996 Atlanta	Table tennis	Men's singles 1
Silver	Jorge Godoy	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw F11
Silver	Horacio Bascioni	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
Bronze	Elisabel Delgado	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's 100m T20
Bronze	Claudia Rut Vignatti	2000 Sydney	Athletics	Women's javelin throw F37
Bronze	Guillermo Marro	2000 Sydney	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S7
Silver	Gonsalo Abbas Hachache Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Carlos Ivan Figueroa Dario Lencina Antonio Mendoza Oscar Moreno Julio Ramirez Lucas Rodriguez Silvio Velo	2004 Athens	Football 5-a-side	Men's team
Silver	Guillermo Marro	2004 Athens	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S7
Bronze	Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	2004 Athens	Cycling	Men's bicycle road race/time trial CP 3
Bronze	Betiana Basualdo	2004 Athens	Swimming	Women's 100m freestyle S2
Silver	Sebastian Baldassarri	2008 Beijing	Athletics	Men's discus throw F11/12
Bronze	Gonzalo Abbas Hachache Diego Cerega Eduardo Diaz Ivan Figueroa Jose Luis Jiminez Dario Aldo Lencina Gustavo Maidana Antonio Mendoza Lucas Rodriguez Silvio Mauricio Velo	2008 Beijing	Football 5-a-side	Men's team
Bronze	Fabian Ramirez	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's -73kg
Bronze	Jorge Lencina	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's -81kg
Bronze	Guillermo Marro	2008 Beijing	Swimming	Men's 100m backstroke S7
Silver	Jose David Effron	2012 London	Judo	Men's -81kg
Bronze	Hernan Barreto	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 200m T35
Bronze	Rodrigo Fernando Lopez	2012 London	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit C1
Bronze	Jorge Lencina	2012 London	Judo	Men's -90kg
Bronze	Nadia Baez	2012 London	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke SB11
Gold	Yanina Andrea Martinez	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Women's 100m T36
Silver	Hernan Emanuel Urra	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's shot put F35
Bronze	Hernan Barreto	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 100m T35
Bronze	Hernan Barreto	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Athletics	Men's 200m T35
Bronze	Darío Lencina Ángel Deldo Federico Accardi Froilán Padilla Silvio Velo Lucas Rodríguez David Peralta Nicolás Véliz Germán Muleck Maximiliano Espinillo	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Football 5-a-side	Men's team

See also

• Argentina at the Olympics