Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the II Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Dates	8 - 12 November 1964
Competitors	82 from 15 nations
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of 42 events, 24 for men and 18 for women.

Participating nations[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	18	18	12	48
2	Italy (ITA)	6	4	2	12
3	South Africa (RSA)	4	4	2	10
4	Great Britain (GBR)	4	2	6	12
5	West Germany (FRG)	3	0	2	5
6	Rhodesia (RHO)	2	3	2	7
7	Australia (AUS)	2	3	0	5
8	Israel (ISR)	2	0	3	5
9	Argentina (ARG)	1	6	9	16
10	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
11	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
12	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		42	42	40	124

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wheelchair dash above T10	Gary Hooper  Australia	United States	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Wheelchair dash below T10	Ron Stein  United States	United States	United States
Wheelchair relay above T10	United States (USA)	Australia (AUS)	None
Wheelchair relay below T10	United States (USA)	Argentina (ARG)	None
Club throw A	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	United States
Club throw B	West Germany	D. Pickering  Great Britain	Borghese  Italy
Club throw C	H. Smith  United States	Roberto Marson  Italy	R. Rowe  Great Britain
Club throw D	Ron Stein  United States	Argentina	United States
Discus throw A	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	C. Sandglass  United States	United States
Discus throw B	J. Meyer  South Africa	United States	Rhodesia
Discus throw C	Roberto Marson  Italy	United States	Benincasa  Italy
Discus throw D	Ron Stein  United States	United States	Argentina
Javelin throw A	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	United States
Javelin throw B	West Germany	J. Meyer  South Africa	United States
Javelin throw C	Roberto Marson  Italy	United States	Rhodesia
Javelin throw D	Ron Stein  United States	Argentina	United States
Shot put A	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	I. Rose  West Germany
Shot put B	West Germany	J. Meyer  South Africa	United States
Shot put C	Benincasa  Italy	United States	United States
Shot put D	Ron Stein  United States	United States	Argentina
Slalom open	United States	Roberto Marson  Italy	France
Pentathlon 1	United States	United States	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Pentathlon 2	United States	Rhodesia	Argentina
Pentathlon special class	Ron Stein  United States	United States	Argentina

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wheelchair dash below T10	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	L. Patterson  United States	Christa Welger  United States
Club throw A	Elaine Schreiber  Australia	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	J. Laughton  Great Britain
Club throw B	Rhodesia	Argentina	R. Harvey  Great Britain
Club throw C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	J. Waterman  United States	Argentina
Club throw D	Christa Welger  United States	Patterson  United States	Argentina
Discus throw A	Barressi  United States	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Carol Giesse  United States
Discus throw B	M. Forty  South Africa	Rhodesia	Argentina
Discus throw C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	J. Waterman  United States	Valerie Forder  Great Britain
Discus throw D	Irene Monaco  Italy	Argentina	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel
Javelin throw A	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Elaine Schreiber  Australia	Carol Giesse  United States
Javelin throw B	Rhodesia	Argentina	M. Forty  South Africa
Javelin throw C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Marion O'Brien  Australia	Argentina
Javelin throw D	Batia Mishani  Israel	Christa Welger  United States	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel
Shot put A	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	I. Driessler  Austria	I. Strecker  West Germany
Shot put B	Argentina	Rhodesia	M. Forty  South Africa
Shot put C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	J. Waterman  United States	Argentina
Shot put D	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Patterson  United States	Batia Mishani  Israel
Slalom open	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Netherlands	E. O'Brien  Netherlands

References[]

• Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics (Tokyo) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)