Wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernandez has been chosen to carry the nation's flag at the opening ceremony.

[5][6] With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, Argentina qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.

[7][8] Argentina qualified for the Paralympics by finishing second the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada and the IBSA Blind Football World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

The competitions took place at the Carioca Arena 3 Argentina earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation.

Lucas Nicolas Diaz earned the spot for Argentina after finishing fourth in the men's KL1 event.

Argentina has qualified one athlete to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Jose David Coronel previously competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games in the 75 kg category.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage One pathway for qualifying for Rio involved having a boat have top seven finish at the 2015 Combined World Championships in a medal event where the country had not already qualified through via the 2014 IFDS Sailing World Championships.

[29] Argentina qualified three competitors in the men's single event, Ezequiel Casco, Gustavo Fernandez and Agustin Ledesma.