1968 Summer Paralympics medal table

none The 1968 Summer Paralympics was an international multi-sport event held in Tel Aviv, Israel, from November 4 to 13, 1968, in which athletes with physical disabilities competed against one another.Paralympic Games History – Summer http://www.paralympic.org.au/games-amp-events/paralympic-games-history-summer/paralympic-games-history-summer Australian Paralympic Committee 13 May 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110605061121/http://www.paralympic.org.au/games-amp-events/paralympic-games-history-summer/paralympic-games-history-summer 5 June 2011 Paralympic Games http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/ International Paralympic Committee 15 May 2011 5 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110605163005/http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/ live The Paralympics are run in parallel with the Olympic Games; these Games were originally planned to be held alongside the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but two years prior to the event the Mexican government pulled out due to technical difficulties.Tel Aviv 1968 http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Tel_Aviv_1968/index.html International Paralympic Committee 28 April 2011 19 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120119073149/http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Tel_Aviv_1968/index.html live At the time, the event was known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games.Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992 http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/about-iwas/history/paralympic-games-1960-1992/ https://archive.today/20121216142613/http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/about-iwas/history/paralympic-games-1960-1992/ dead 16 December 2012 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation 13 May 2011 Irish Set Issued https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OlwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9aAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1879,1271031 13 May 2011 Reading Eagle 17 November 1968 93 27 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221227094043/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OlwlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9aAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1879,1271031 live The Stoke Mandeville Games were a forerunner to the Paralympics first organized by Sir Ludwig Guttmann in 1948. This medal table ranks the competing National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes. A total of 576 medals were awarded in 10 sports. Athletes from 22 of the 28 competing NPCs won at least one medal with the United States taking both the most gold, with 33, and most in total, with 99.Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1968PG&sport=all International Paralympic Committee 28 April 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015342/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1968PG&sport=all live Host nation Israel won 62 medals at the Games, 18 gold, 21 silver and 23 bronze. Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum won gold medals in the club throw, javelin, shot put and pentathlon and a silver medal in the discus for the host nation.https://www.paralympic.org/zipora-rubin-rosenbaum Zipora Rubin Rosenbaum Paralympic.org International Paralympic Committee 2022-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20221227094040/https://www.paralympic.org/zipora-rubin-rosenbaum live South Africa, who were banned from the Olympic Games because of the policy of apartheid, were invited to the Paralympics and won a total of 26 medals.The Netherlands against Apartheid – 1970s http://www.iisg.nl/collections/anti-apartheid/history/jaren70-5.php International Institute of Social History 28 April 2011 20 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111020215407/http://www.iisg.nl/collections/anti-apartheid/history/jaren70-5.php live Italian athlete Roberto Marson, who had previously won two gold medals in athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, was proclaimed the outstanding athlete of the Games. He won ten gold medals, three in athletics field events, three in swimming and four in wheelchair fencing. Ed Owen of the United States won medals in three different sports; four golds and a bronze in athletics, two golds in swimming and a silver in wheelchair basketball.https://www.paralympic.org/ed-owen Ed Owen Paralympic.org International Paralympic Committee 2022-12-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20221227095545/https://www.paralympic.org/ed-owen live Medal table Olympic medal table The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code. Two bronze medals were awarded in each dartchery, snooker, table tennis and lawn bowls event.Medallists Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=7 International Paralympic Committee 12 May 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015349/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=7 live Medallists Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Snooker http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=19 International Paralympic Committee 12 May 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015356/https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical?criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=19&type=event live Medallists Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Table Tennis http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=21 International Paralympic Committee 12 May 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015404/https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical?criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=21&type=event live Medallists Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Lawn Bowls http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=14 International Paralympic Committee 12 May 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015410/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=14 live Some swimming events did not award silver or bronze medals.Medallists Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=20 International Paralympic Committee 12 May 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015416/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=event&criteria=0&games=1968PG&sport=20 live ISR flagIPC 1968 Summer 33 27 39 29 20 20 18 21 23 yes 15 16 7 13 10 9 12 12 11 12 10 17 12 4 4 10 10 10 9 10 7 6 7 7 6 6 7 5 3 1 3 1 1 2 7 10 2 2 8 1 6 4 1 2 1 0 4 5 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 2 6 See also 1968 Summer Olympics medal table References Medal Standings – Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games International Paralympic Committee http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1968PG&sport=all 26 April 2011 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212015342/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1968PG&sport=all live Specific 1968 Paralympic Medal Table