Argentina was one of the seventeen nations that competed at the inaugural Summer Paralympic Games in 1960 held in Rome, Italy, from September 19 to 24, 1960.

[1][n 1] Athletes at the first Paralympics in 1960 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.

[5][6] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition.

[8] Argentina's other gold medal was won by Perazzo in the women's 50 metres crawl incomplete class 3.