Canada at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Canada at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC code CAN
NPC Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.ca
in Tel Aviv
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
6
Silver
6
Bronze
7
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] The team finished twelfth in the medal table and won a total of nineteen medals; six gold, six silver and seven bronze.[2] The Canadian team contained twenty-five athletes; eighteen men and seven women.[3][n 1]

This was Canada's first appearance at a Paralympic Games.[4]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldPattersonAthleticsMen's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
 GoldWilsonAthleticsMen's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 GoldEugene ReimerAthleticsMen's club throw B
 GoldEugene ReimerAthleticsMen's discus throw B
 GoldHilda Mae BinnsAthleticsWomen's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 GoldHilda Mae BinnsSwimmingWomen's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
 SilverWalter DannAthleticsMen's novices 60m wheelchair dash C
 SilverNeaultAthleticsMen's club throw D
 SilverEugene ReimerAthleticsMen's javelin throw B
 SilverHilda Mae BinnsAthleticsWomen's slalom B
 SilverMcPhersonSwimmingWomen's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete
 SilverMillerSwimmingWomen's 50m backstroke class 4 complete
 BronzeBourneAthleticsMen's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 BronzeSeeleyAthleticsWomen's club throw C
 BronzeSeeleyAthleticsWomen's javelin throw C
 BronzeWalter SchmidLawn bowlsMen's singles
 BronzeGustav SchusterSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete
 BronzeMcPhersonSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke class 3 incomplete
 BronzeMcPhersonSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke open

See also

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

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Paralympics mean pinnacle of success Only difference between games is that Olympics better publicized". Toronto Star. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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