Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the III Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Dates	5–13 November 1968
Competitors	423 from 26 nations
←1964 1972→

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 70 events, 35 for men and 35 for women.

Participating nations[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	16	11	16	43
2	Israel (ISR)*	9	11	12	32
3	Argentina (ARG)	9	8	8	25
4	Australia (AUS)	7	7	5	19
5	South Africa (RSA)	5	7	4	16
6	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	4	14
7	Italy (ITA)	5	4	5	14
8	Canada (CAN)	5	4	3	12
9	West Germany (FRG)	3	5	2	10
10	Jamaica (JAM)	2	0	0	2
11	Japan (JPN)	1	2	5	8
12	Rhodesia (RHO)	1	1	2	4
13	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
14	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
15	Austria (AUT)	0	4	2	6
16	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		70	70	70	210

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash A	Patterson  Canada	West Germany	Japan
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash B	Wilson  Canada	West Germany	Bourne  Canada
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash C	United States	Walter Dann  Canada	United States
100 m wheelchair A details	Gary Hooper  Australia	Bruno Moretti  Australia	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
100 m wheelchair B details	Kevin Munro  Australia	United States	West Germany
100 m wheelchair C details	United States	United States	Japan
4×40 m relay open	United States (USA) Chess	Australia (AUS) Gary Hooper John Martin Bruno Moretti Kevin Munro	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Carranza
Club throw A	Vic Renalson  Australia	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Italy
Club throw B	Eugene Reimer  Canada	United States	Nel  South Africa
Club throw C	H. Smith  United States	Italy	Italy
Club throw D	Roberto Marson  Italy	Neault  Canada	West Germany
Club throw special class	Ed Owen  United States	Argentina	Cameron  United States
Discus throw A details	Vic Renalson  Australia	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Italy
Discus throw B	Eugene Reimer  Canada	Germishuizen  South Africa	J. Meyer  South Africa
Discus throw C	Israel	H. Smith  United States	Arballo  United States
Discus throw D	Roberto Marson  Italy	Israel Even-Sahav  Israel	Amnon Weiss  Israel
Discus throw special class	Ed Owen  United States	Demorest  United States	Argentina
Javelin throw A	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Vic Renalson  Australia	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Javelin throw B	United States	Eugene Reimer  Canada	J. Meyer  South Africa
Javelin throw C	West Germany	Italy	United States
Javelin throw D	Roberto Marson  Italy	Great Britain	Amnon Weiss  Israel
Javelin throw special class	Argentina	Cameron  United States	Ed Owen  United States
Precision javelin throw open	Jamaica	Austria	United States
Shot put A	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Goll  Austria	Vic Renalson  Australia
Shot put B	J. Meyer  South Africa	Gary Hooper  Australia	Germishuizen  South Africa
Shot put C	Benincasa  Italy	West Germany	United States
Shot put D	West Germany	Amnon Weiss  Israel	Roberto Marson  Italy
Shot put special class	Ed Owen  United States	Argentina	Argentina
Slalom A	Bruno Moretti  Australia	Bill Mather-Brown  Australia	Japan
Slalom B	Robert McIntyre  Australia	John Martin  Australia	Japan
Slalom C	Japan	Japan	Japan
Slalom cervical class	Allan McLucas  Australia	Gianino  United States	Dunn  United States
Pentathlon complete	West Germany	West Germany	Rhodesia
Pentathlon incomplete	H. Smith  United States	Clark  Great Britain	Tommy Taylor  Great Britain
Pentathlon special class	Ed Owen  United States	United States	Argentina

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash A	Thibaut  France	Argentina	Lorraine Dodd  Australia
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash B	Hilda Binns  Canada	Great Britain	Israel
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash C	Batia Mishani  Israel	Austria	Israel
60 m wheelchair A	United States	Kirn  United States	Cornett  United States
60 m wheelchair B	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Israel	Ora Goldstein  Israel
60 m wheelchair C details	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	United States	Daphne Hilton  Australia
4×40 m relay open	United States (USA)	Israel (ISR) Batia Mishani	Argentina (ARG)
Club throw A	Argentina	Great Britain	Kirn  United States
Club throw B	Hattingh  South Africa	Argentina	Italy
Club throw C	Argentina	Le Roux  South Africa	Seeley  Canada
Club throw D	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Batia Mishani  Israel	Israel
Club throw special class	Israel	Argentina	Israel
Discus throw A	Argentina	Great Britain	Kirn  United States
Discus throw B	Hattingh  South Africa	Argentina	Bindley  United States
Discus throw C	Argentina	Le Roux  South Africa	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand
Discus throw D	Irene Monaco  Italy	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Israel
Discus throw special class	Argentina	Israel	Israel
Javelin throw A	Kirn  United States	Austria	Galindez  Argentina
Javelin throw B	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Hattingh  South Africa	Argentina
Javelin throw C	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Rhodesia	Seeley  Canada
Javelin throw D	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Batia Mishani  Israel	Austria
Javelin throw special class	Israel	Israel	Argentina
Precision javelin throw open	Baracatt  Jamaica	Italy	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Shot put A	Kirn  United States	Argentina	Austria
Shot put B	Jacqueline Thompson  Rhodesia	Hattingh  South Africa	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Shot put C	Argentina	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Ora Goldstein  Israel
Shot put D	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Batia Mishani  Israel	Rhodesia
Shot put special class	Argentina	Israel	Israel
Slalom A	United States	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Cornett  United States
Slalom B	Israel	Binns  Canada	Israel
Slalom C	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Japan	Marion O'Brien  Australia
Slalom cervical class	Argentina	Gurman  United States	Ireland
Pentathlon complete	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Italy	Cornett  United States
Pentathlon incomplete	Great Britain	West Germany	Carol Bryant  Great Britain
Pentathlon special class	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Argentina	Daphne Hilton  Australia

References[]

• Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (Tel Aviv) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)