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Canada at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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]

Canada at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Tel Aviv
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
6
Silver
6
Bronze
7
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Gord Patterson Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
  Gold Doug Wilson[5] Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
  Gold Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's club throw B
  Gold Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's discus throw B
  Gold Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
  Gold Hilda Mae Binns Swimming Women's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
  Silver Walter Dann Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash C
  Silver Neault Athletics Men's club throw D
  Silver Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's javelin throw B
  Silver Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's slalom B
  Silver Karen McPherson[6] Swimming Women's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete
  Silver Miller Swimming Women's 50m backstroke class 4 complete
  Bronze Bourne Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
  Bronze Glendine Seeley[5] Athletics Women's club throw C
  Bronze Glendine Seeley Athletics Women's javelin throw C
  Bronze Walter Schmid Lawn bowls Men's singles
  Bronze Gustav Schuster Swimming Men's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete
  Bronze Karen McPherson Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke class 3 incomplete
  Bronze Karen McPherson Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke open

See also edit

Notes edit

  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 edit

  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.
  5. ^ a b "Paralympic Team Gets Rousing Welcome Home". Vancouver Sun. November 22, 1968. p. 10. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Karen Captures Silver, Bronze". The Vancouver Sun. November 8, 1968. p. 19. Retrieved January 28, 2020.


  

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