Argentina at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Argentina at the Paralympic Games
Flag of Argentina IPC code  ARG NPC Comité Paralimpico Argentino
At the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo
Competitors	19 in 3 sports
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 6	Silver 15	Bronze 16	Total 37
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1976-2006 2010 2014

Argentina was one of the nineteen nations that competed at the Summer Paralympic Games in 1964 held in Tokyo, Japan from November 3 to 12, 1964.^[1] The team finished eighth in the medal table with a total of thirty seven medals, six gold, fifteen silver and sixteen bronze.^[2] The Argentinian team consisted of nineteen athletes, thirteen male and six female.^{[1][n 1]}

Disability classifications

Athletes at the Paralympics in 1964 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.^[3] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; 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.^[4][5] 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.^[6]

Track and field (athletics)

Argentina entered nine of its nineteen athletes in the athletic events, four male and five female.^[7] They won fifteen medals, one gold, six silver and eight bronze. Six individual competitors won a medal, with Olarte and Diz winning four medals each.^[8]

Swimming

Argentina entered eight of its nineteen athletes in the swimming events, five male and three female.^[9] They won sixteen medals, four gold, six silver and six bronze. All eight individual competitors won a medal, with Cochetti, Faloco and Mier winning three medals each.^[10]

Table tennis

Argentina entered three of its nineteen athletes in the table tennis event, all male.^[11] They won 2 medals, all silver. Each competitor won one medal.^[12]

Weightlifting

Argentina entered three of its nineteen athletes in the weightlifting event, all male.^[13] They won two medals, one gold and one bronze. Bartelli and Brandoni won one medal each.^[14]

Notes

1. Data is taken from the International Paralympic Committee website and is based on information contained/sourced in the original hardcopy final results publications. Some information from earlier Paralympic Games (ie 1960 - 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes. Additionally some athletes whose gender could not be clearly identified from the source information are registered as 'x' based on their participation in mixed events.^[1]

References

1. "Participation Numbers Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
2. "Japan 1964 Summer Paralympics Past Medals". Altius Directory. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
3. "Paralympic Games Rome 1960 IPC Celebrates 50 Years After Rome". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
4. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
5. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
6. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
7. "Participation Numbers Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
8. "Medals Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
9. "Participants Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
10. "Medals Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Swimming". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
11. "Participants Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
12. "Medals Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Table Tennis". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
13. "Participants Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Weightlifting". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
14. "Medals Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games Weightlifting". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 27 May 2011.