Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics | |
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Governing body | IWBF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Games | |
Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.
Events edit
In the first two Paralympic games, there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968, there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.
Current events
- Men's team
- Women's team
Qualification edit
- 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
- 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification
Medalists edit
Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:
Men's team edit
Class A edit
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1960 Rome | United States |
Great Britain |
Israel |
1964 Tokyo | United States |
Great Britain |
Israel |
Class B edit
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1960 Rome | United States |
Netherlands |
Great Britain |
1964 Tokyo | United States |
Argentina |
Israel |
Men's team edit
Women's team edit
Medals edit
Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964) edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men (1968–2020) edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
6 | France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Women (1968–2020) edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
2 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
6 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Total (1960–2020) edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Israel (ISR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
6 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
7 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (14 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
Nations edit
1960–1964 edit
Men Class A edit
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | USA | GBR | ISR | NED | AUT | ||
1964 | USA | GBR | ISR | FRA | BEL | PHI | JPN |
Men Class B edit
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | USA | NED | GBR | ARG | AUS | BEL | FRA | ITA | MLT | SUI | ||
1964 | USA | ARG | ISR | ITA | GBR | JPN |
1968–Ongoing edit
Men edit
- 1968: 13 Teams
- 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
- 1976: 21 Teams
- 1980: 17 Teams
- 1984: 18 Teams
- 1988: 17 Teams
- 1992: 12 Teams
- 1996: 12 Teams
- 2000: 12 Teams
- 2004: 12 Teams
- 2008: 12 Teams
- 2012: 12 Teams
- 2016: 12 Teams
- 2020: 12 Teams
- 2024: 8 Teams
Women edit
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | ARG | JAM | ISR | GER | CAN | GBR | YUG | |||
1976 | ISR | GER | ARG | CAN | USA | |||||
1980 | GER | ISR | USA | ARG | ||||||
1984 | GER | ISR | JPN | CAN | USA | NED | ||||
1988 | USA | GER | NED | CAN | JPN | ISR | SWE | ARG | GBR | |
1992 | CAN | USA | AUS | NED | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ISR | ESP |
1996 | CAN | NED | USA | AUS | JPN | GBR | GER | BRA | ||
2000 | CAN | AUS | JPN | NED | USA | MEX | GER | GBR | ||
2004 | CAN | USA | GER | AUS | NED | JPN | MEX | FRA | ||
2008 | USA | GER | AUS | JPN | CAN | NED | CHN | GBR | MEX | BRA |
2012 | GER | AUS | NED | USA | CHN | CAN | GBR | MEX | GER | FRA |
2016 | USA | GER | NED | GBR | CAN | CHN | BRA | FRA | ARG | ALG |
2020 | NED | CHN | USA | GER | CAN | JPN | GBR | ESP | AUS | ALG |
See also edit
External links edit
Ranking edit
- https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/events/paralympic-games/past-results/
- https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf
- https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results
Complete Results edit
- https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Barcelona 1992 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Atlanta 1996 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Sydney 2000 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.[1] (Per 17 April 2011)
- Paralympics - Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- World History of Wheelchair Basketball, British Wheelchair Basketball