Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC code GBR
NPC British Paralympic Association
Website www.paralympics.org.uk
in Tel Aviv
Competitors 75 in 10 sports
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
29
Silver
20
Bronze
20
Total
69
Summer Paralympics appearances

Great Britain was one of twenty-eight nations to send athletes to the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1][2] The team finished second in the medal table and won sixty-nine medals: twenty-nine gold, twenty silver and twenty bronze.[3] Athletes from the whole United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, were able to compete for the team. Seventy-five British athletes took part in the Games; fifty-one men and twenty-four women.[1]

Disability classifications

The Paralympics groups athletes' disabilities into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; 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.[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent on the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[6]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldDerek NicholsonArcheryMen's St. Nicholas round cervical
 GoldRuth BrooksArcheryWomen's St. Nicholas round cervical
 GoldValerie ForderAthleticsWomen's 60m wheelchair B
 GoldCarol BryantAthleticsWomen's 60m wheelchair C
 GoldCarol BryantAthleticsWomen's slalom C
 GoldValerie ForderAthleticsWomen's pentathlon complete
 GoldMargaret GibbsAthleticsWomen's pentathlon incomplete
 GoldWilliam Easton
George Monoghan		Lawn bowlsMen's pairs
 GoldGwen Buck
Janet Laughton		Lawn bowlsWomen's pairs
 GoldGwen BuckLawn bowlsWomen's singles
 GoldMichael SheltonSnookerMen's open
 GoldJohn BrittonSwimmingMen's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
 GoldDavid EllisSwimmingMen's 25m backstroke class 2 complete
 GoldDavid EllisSwimmingMen's 25m breaststroke class 2 complete
 GoldW. ThorntonSwimmingMen's 50m breaststroke class 3 complete
 GoldValerie ForderSwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle class 3 complete
 GoldDavina IngramsSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke class 1 incomplete
 GoldGwen BuckSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke class 2 incomplete
 GoldValerie ForderSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke class 3 complete
 GoldKaren HillSwimmingWomen's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete
 GoldBellamySwimmingWomen's 50m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)
 GoldValerie ForderSwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke class 3 complete
 GoldBellamySwimmingWomen's 50m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina)
 GoldMargaret GibbsSwimmingWomen's 3x25m individual medley open
 GoldPaul LyallTable tennisMen's singles B
 GoldStephen Bradshaw
Tommy Taylor		Table tennisMen's doubles A2
 GoldBarnard
Carol Bryant		Table tennisWomen's doubles C
 GoldT. PalmerWeightliftingMen's middleweight
 GoldShelagh Finnegan
Valerie Forder
Sally Haynes		Wheelchair fencingWomen's foil team
 SilverTony Potter
John Robertson
Dennis Slough		ArcheryMen's albion round team open
 SilverTony Potter
John Robertson
Dennis Slough		ArcheryMen's FITA round team open
 SilverRuss ScottAthleticsMen's javelin throw D
 SilverClarkAthleticsMen's pentathlon incomplete
 SilverJanet SwannAthleticsWomen's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 SilverMaggie MarrAthleticsWomen's club throw A
 SilverMaggie MarrAthleticsWomen's discus throw A
 SilverJohn BrittonLawn bowlsMen's singles
 SilverDavid EllisSwimmingMen's 25m freestyle class 2 complete
 SilverW. ThorntonSwimmingMen's 50m freestyle class 3 complete
 SilverJohn WattsSwimmingMen's 100m freestyle open
 SilverA. WestSwimmingMen's 25m backstroke class 1 complete
 SilverBrian DickinsonSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke class 4 complete
 SilverJohn BrittonSwimmingMen's 25m breaststroke class 2 incomplete
 SilverCarol BryantSwimmingWomen's 100m breaststroke open
 SilverPaul Lyall
George Monoghan		Table tennisMen's doubles B
 SilverCarol BryantTable tennisWomen's singles C
 SilverRuth Brooks
Levers		Table tennisWomen's doubles A2
 SilverGwen Buck
Susan Masham		Table tennisWomen's doubles B
 SilverR. RoweWeightliftingMen's heavyweight
 BronzeStephen BradshawArcheryMen's St. Nicholas round cervical
 BronzeDick ThompsonAthleticsMen's 100m wheelchair A
 BronzeDick ThompsonAthleticsMen's javelin throw A
 BronzeTommy TaylorAthleticsMen's pentathlon incomplete
 BronzeCarol BryantAthleticsWomen's pentathlon incomplete
 BronzeA. WestSwimmingMen's 25m freestyle class 1 complete
 BronzeJohn BrittonSwimmingMen's 25m backstroke class 2 incomplete
 BronzeW. ThorntonSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke class 3 complete
 BronzeGerry KinsellaSwimmingMen's 50m backstroke class 4 incomplete
 BronzeBellamySwimmingWomen's 50m freestyle class 5 cauda equina
 BronzeMargaret GibbsSwimmingWomen's 100m freestyle open
 BronzeS. JonesSwimmingWomen's 25m backstroke class 2 complete
 BronzeWomen's teamSwimmingWomen's 3x50m medley relay open
 BronzeGeorge MonoghanTable tennisMen's singles B
 BronzeSusan MashamTable tennisWomen's singles B
 BronzeShelagh Finnegan
Janet Swann		Table tennisWomen's doubles B
 BronzeMen's teamWheelchair basketballMen's tournament
 BronzeJohn Clark
Brian Dickinson
Terry Willett		Wheelchair fencingMen's épée team
 BronzeJohn Clark
Joe Slattery
Cyril Thomas		Wheelchair fencingMen's foil team
 BronzeSally HaynesWheelchair fencingWomen's foil individual

Dartchery

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. Two British pairs entered the competition: Nicholson [n 1] and Taylor beat a team from Jamaica in the first round but lost in the second round to the Swiss pair; Robertson and Todd reached the third round where they lost to Italians Francesco Deiana and Raimondo Longhi.[7]

Snooker

One snooker event was contested at the Games, the men's open event. Keaton was eliminated in the first round by Jimmy Gibson of Ireland. Michael Shelton had wins over Goll, of Austria, and Newton from Australia to earn a place in the final against Gibson. Shelton defeated Gibson to take gold and the Irishman won the silver medal.[8]

Swimming

Twenty-nine British swimmers competed at the Games winning twenty-eight medals: thirteen gold, seven silver and eight bronze.[9] Forder won three gold medals in women's 50 m class 3 complete events, finishing first in the backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.[10][11][12] Six other swimmers won multiple medals for Great Britain; Bellamy won two gold medals and a bronze in the women's class 5 (cauda equina); Britton, a gold, silver and bronze in men's class 2 incomplete events; Ellis, two golds and a silver in men's class 2 complete; Gibbs who won gold in the women's 3×25 m individual medley open and bronze in the 100 m freestyle open; Thornton who took a gold, silver and bronze in men's class 3 complete events; and West who won backstroke silver and freestyle bronze for men's class 1 complete events.[9] Ingrams won gold in the women's 25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete in a world record time; White and Rosaleen Gallagher of Ireland won the silver and bronze medals in the event.[13]

Table tennis

Twenty five British players entered table tennis events and won ten medals; three gold, 4 silver and four bronze.[9] In the women's doubles C event Bryant and Barnard won the gold medal after beating pairs from the United States, Jamaica, Belgium and Australia.[14]

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 (i.e. 1960–1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes

References

  1. 1 2 "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Snooker Men's Snooker Event open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Backstroke class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 25 m Backstroke class 1 incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  14. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Table Tennis Women's Doubles C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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