Argentina at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
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| Argentina at the 1964 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ARG |
| NPC | Argentine Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo | |
| Competitors | 24 in 3 sports |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
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. The team finished eighth in the medal table with a total of thirty seven medals, six gold, fourteen silver and sixteen bronze. The Argentinian team consisted of twenty four athletes, eighteen male and six female.
The Argentinian team consisted of twenty four athletes, eighteen male and six female.[1][n 1] The team included Noemi Tortul and Susana Beatriz Olarte. In 2014, the pair would become one of the first two Argentine para-athletes to be recognized by the Congress of Sport and Tourism in Rosario, Argentina.[2]
Medals
Track and field (athletics)
Argentina entered nine of its twenty four athletes in the athletic events, four male and five female.[3] 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.[4]
Noemi Tortul won a pair of bronze medals at these Games in the shot put and javelin.[2] Susana Beatriz Olarte won four medals, including a gold in the shot put, silver in javelin and discus, and bronze in the speed race.[2]