Argentina at the Paralympics explained

Npc:	ARG
Npcname:	Argentine Paralympic Committee
Games:	Paralympics
Rank:	40
Gold:	33
Silver:	69
Bronze:	76

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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, 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. The only time that Argentina did not win medals was in 1984. 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.^[3]

Medals

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
	5	2	3	1	6	10
	24	6	15	16	37	8
	21	10	10	10	30	9
	21	2	4	3	9	20
	20	3	4	7	14	23
	11	4	5	6	15	24
	6	0	0	0	0	44
	35	0	7	2	9	39
	27	1	1	0	2	44
	56	2	5	2	9	38
	43	0	2	3	5	54
	55	0	2	2	4	64
	42	0	1	5	6	58
	63	0	1	4	5	62
	82	1	1	3	5	54
	55	0	5	4	9	63
	72	2	3	8	13	37
Total		33	69	76	178	40

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
	did not participate
Geilo 1980
Innsbruck 1984
Innsbruck 1988
Albertville 1992
Lillehammer 1994
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Turin 2006
	2	0	0	0	0	−
	3	0	0	0	0	−
	2	0	0	0	0	−
	2	0	0	0	0	−
Total		0	0	0	0	−

Medals by Winter Sport

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
				Men's 50m backstroke complete class 5
				Women's 50m crawl incomplete class 3
				Men's 50m crawl complete class 5
				Women's 50m crawl complete class 5
				Women's 50m crawl incomplete class 4
				Women's shot put B
				Men's 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 4
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's 50m freestyle prone special class
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's 50m freestyle supine special class
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's 50m breaststroke special class
				Men's lightweight
	Men's relay team			Men's wheelchair relay below T10
				Men's club throw D
				Men's javelin throw D
				Women's club throw B
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's discus throw D
				Women's javelin throw B
				Men's 25m freestyle prone incomplete class 2
				Men's 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 4
	Ignesias			Men's 50m breaststroke complete class 5
				Women's 50m freestyle prone special class
				Women's 50m freestyle supine special class
				Women's 50m breaststroke special class
				Men's singles B
				Men's doubles B
				Men's discus throw D
				Men's shot put D
				Men's pentathlon 2
				Men's pentathlon special class
				Women's club throw C
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's club throw D
				Women's discus throw B
				Women's javelin throw C
				Women's shot put C
				Men's 25m freestyle supine incomplete class 2
				Men's 50m freestyle supine incomplete class 3
				Men's 50m freestyle supine incomplete class 4
				Women's 50m freestyle prone special class
				Women's 50m freestyle supine special class
				Women's 50m breaststroke special class
				Men's featherweight
				Men's javelin throw special class
				Women's club throw A
				Women's club throw C
				Women's discus throw A
				Women's discus throw C
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's discus throw special class
				Women's shot put C
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's shot put special class
				Women's slalom cervical class
				Men's 25m freestyle class 2 complete
				Men's club throw special class
				Men's shot put special class
				Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
				Women's club throw B
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's club throw special class
				Women's discus throw B
				Women's shot put A
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's pentathlon special class
				Men's 50m freestyle class (cauda equina)
				Women's tournament
				Men's 4x40m relay open
				Men's discus throw special class
				Men's shot put special class
				Men's pentathlon special class
				Women's 4x40m relay open
				Women's javelin throw A
				Women's javelin throw B
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's javelin throw special class
				Men's 50m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina)
	Silvia Cochetti			Women's 50m freestyle special class
				Men's javelin throw 5
	Women's team			Women's tournament
				Men's javelin throw 1B
				Women's discus throw 1A
				Women's slalom 1A
				Women's slalom 2
				Women's javelin throw 1A
				Women's 25m breaststroke 1A
	Men's team			Men's tournament
				Women's slalom 2
				Men's 25m butterfly 3
				Men's 75m individual medley 3
				Women's shot put 1A
				Men's 50m freestyle 3
				Men's 50m backstroke 3
				Men's 25m breaststroke 1A
				Men's discus throw 4
				Men's precision javelin throw 1C-5
				Men's 50m breaststroke 3
				Men's 25m butterfly 3
				Women's 25m butterfly 3
				Women's 75m individual medley 3
	Women's team			Women's tournament
				Women's 25m breaststroke 1A
				Women's 25m breaststroke 1B
				Women's 50m breaststroke 3
				Women's 50m freestyle 3
				Men's discus throw 4
				Women's 25m backstroke 1B
				Women's 25m butterfly 3
				Women's 25m freestyle 1B
				Women's 3x25m freestyle 1A-1C
				Women's club throw 1A
				Women's discus throw 1A
				Women's 25m backstroke 1A
				Women's 25m freestyle 1A
				Women's 50m backstroke 3
				Men's club throw 1A
				Men's discus throw 1A
				Men's shot put 1A
				Men's slalom 1A
				Men's 25m breaststroke 1A
				Men's 75m individual medley 1A
				Men's discus throw 1A
				Women's 200m individual medley 6
				Men's javelin throw THW2
				Men's shot put THW2
				Men's 100m T34
				Women's 100m freestyle S2
				Men's discus throw F51
				Women's discus throw F34-35
				Men's -78 kg
				Women's 50m freestyle S2
				Women's 100m freestyle S2
				Women's 50m backstroke S2
				Men's singles 1
				Men's discus throw F11
				Men's discus throw F52
				Women's 100m T20
				Women's javelin throw F37
				Men's 100m backstroke S7
				Men's team
				Men's 100m backstroke S7
				Men's bicycle road race/time trial CP 3
				Women's 100m freestyle S2
				Men's discus throw F11/12
				Men's team
				Men's -73 kg
				Men's -81 kg
				Men's 100m backstroke S7
				Men's -81 kg
				Men's 200m T35
				Men's individual pursuit C1
				Men's -90 kg
				Women's 100m breaststroke SB11
				Women's 100m T36
				Men's shot put F35
				Men's 100m T35
				Men's 200m T35
				Men's team

See also

• Argentina at the Olympics

Notes and References

1. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ARG&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Argentina at the Paralympics
2. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ARG&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Argentina at the Paralympics
3. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ARG&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all Argentina at the Paralympics