Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
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Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of 62 events, 31 for men, 30 for women and 1 mixed.
The wrong reports[]
Since at the dawn of the Paralympic Games there was no precision in reporting the results of the competitions, the Israeli athlete Michal Escapa was indicated with the Italian nationality and without prename (and so she is mentioned in the International Paralympic Committee[1] of the Italian Paralympic Committee[2] web sites) for the reports of the Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics where she won two bronze medals, simply reported as Escapa and not as Michal Escapa.[3][4] However, as can be seen from a 1968 Israeli newspaper reporting an interview with the athlete, she was the same athlete who had won medals in swimming and table tennis in Tokyo 1964.[5]
Participating nations[]
Argentina (8)
Australia (8)
Austria (4)
France (1)
Great Britain (13)
Israel (5)
Italy (14)
Japan (6)
Netherlands (4)
Rhodesia (3)
South Africa (3)
West Germany (4)
United States (25)
Results[]
Men's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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25 m freestyle prone complete class 1 |
Roy Fowler![]() |
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Stefan Florescu![]() |
25 m freestyle prone complete class 2 |
David Ellis![]() |
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W. Brenken![]() |
25 m freestyle prone incomplete class 1 |
R. Rosenbaum![]() |
Samuel Goldstein![]() |
S. Miles![]() |
25 m freestyle prone incomplete class 2 |
Sedlacek![]() |
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Renzo Rogo![]() |
50 m freestyle prone cauda equina |
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Franco Rossi![]() |
50 m freestyle prone complete class 3 |
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50 m freestyle prone complete class 4 |
G. Conn![]() |
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S. Makioka![]() |
50 m freestyle prone incomplete class 3 |
H. Burkett![]() |
G. Williams![]() |
Michael Dow![]() |
50 m freestyle prone incomplete class 4 |
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Ed Owen![]() |
50 m freestyle prone special class |
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P. Newman![]() |
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25 m freestyle supine complete class 1 |
Roy Fowler![]() |
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Stefan Florescu![]() |
25 m freestyle supine complete class 2 |
David Ellis![]() |
Trevor French![]() |
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Frank Ponta![]() | |||
25 m freestyle supine incomplete class 1 |
R. Rosenbaum![]() |
Samuel Goldstein![]() |
S. Miles![]() |
25 m freestyle supine incomplete class 2 |
Renzo Rogo![]() |
Sedlacek![]() |
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50 m freestyle supine complete class 3 |
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W. Thornton![]() |
W. Johnson![]() |
50 m freestyle supine complete class 4 |
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G. Conn![]() |
B. Dickinson![]() |
50 m freestyle supine complete class 5 |
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50 m freestyle supine incomplete class 3 |
Michael Dow![]() |
H. Burkett![]() |
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50 m freestyle supine incomplete class 4 |
Ed Owen![]() |
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50 m freestyle supine special class |
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L. Halford![]() |
25 m breaststroke junior class |
Jacob Ben-Arie![]() |
None | None |
25 m breaststroke complete class 1 |
Roy Fowler![]() |
Stefan Florescu![]() |
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25 m breaststroke complete class 2 |
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David Ellis![]() |
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25 m breaststroke incomplete class 1 |
R. Rosenbaum![]() |
S. Miles![]() |
Samuel Goldstein![]() |
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2 |
Renzo Rogo![]() |
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None |
50 m breaststroke complete class 3 |
W. Thornton![]() |
W. Johnson![]() |
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50 m breaststroke complete class 4 |
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B. Dickinson![]() |
G. Conn![]() |
50 m breaststroke complete class 5 |
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Ignesias![]() |
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50 m breaststroke incomplete class 3 |
Michael Dow![]() |
H. Burkett![]() |
Aimé Planchon![]() |
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 4 |
Ed Owen![]() |
G. Popperwell![]() |
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50 m breaststroke special class |
Baruch Hagai![]() |
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Women's events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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25 m freestyle prone complete class 1 |
Evelyn Mulry![]() |
None | None |
25 m freestyle prone complete class 2 |
R. Kuhnel![]() |
Susan Masham![]() |
None |
25 m freestyle prone incomplete class 1 |
Janet Little![]() |
A. Somerset![]() |
N. Thesen![]() |
25 m freestyle prone incomplete class 2 |
S. Simmons![]() |
Anna Maria Toso![]() |
Michal Escapa![]() |
50 m freestyle prone cauda equina |
Batia Mishani![]() |
Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum![]() |
None |
50 m freestyle prone complete class 3 |
J. Slade![]() |
Valerie Forder![]() |
I. Driessler![]() |
50 m freestyle prone complete class 4 |
Pauline Foulds![]() |
None | None |
50 m freestyle prone complete class 5 |
Elizabeth Edmondson![]() |
Daphne Ceeney![]() |
Christa Welger![]() |
50 m freestyle prone incomplete class 3 |
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J. Howe![]() |
50 m freestyle prone incomplete class 4 |
Rosalie Hixson![]() |
Irene Monaco![]() |
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50 m freestyle prone special class |
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25 m freestyle supine complete class 1 |
Evelyn Mulry![]() |
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None |
25 m freestyle supine complete class 2 |
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Susan Masham![]() |
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25 m freestyle supine incomplete class 1 |
Janet Little![]() |
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25 m freestyle supine incomplete class 2 |
Anna Maria Toso![]() |
S. Simmons![]() |
None |
50 m freestyle supine cauda equina |
Elizabeth Edmondson![]() |
Christa Welger![]() |
Daphne Ceeney![]() |
50 m freestyle supine complete class 3 |
Valerie Forder![]() |
J. Laughton![]() |
I. Driessler![]() |
50 m freestyle supine complete class 4 |
P. Foulds![]() |
None | None |
50 m freestyle supine incomplete class 3 |
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J. Howe![]() |
50 m freestyle supine incomplete class 4 |
Rosalie Hixson![]() |
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Irene Monaco![]() |
50 m freestyle supine special class |
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25 m breaststroke complete class 2 |
R. Kuhnel![]() |
Susan Masham![]() |
None |
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 1 |
A. Somerset![]() |
Janet Little![]() |
None |
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2 |
S. Simmons![]() |
Anna Maria Toso![]() |
Michal Escapa![]() |
50 m breaststroke cauda equina |
E. Edmondson![]() |
Christa Welger![]() |
M. Gibbs![]() |
50 m breaststroke complete class 3 |
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Valerie Forder![]() |
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50 m breaststroke complete class 4 |
Pauline Foulds![]() |
None | None |
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 3 |
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J. Howe![]() |
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 4 |
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Rosalie Hixson![]() |
Irene Monaco![]() |
50 m breaststroke special class |
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Mixed events[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Medley relay open |
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![]() Jacob Ben-Arie Baruch Hagai |
Medal table[]
Source and with the displacement of two bronze medals from Italy to Israel due to the Michal Escapa case documented in the first section of this article.[6]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 22 | 18 | 14 | 54 |
2 | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
6 | ![]() | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 |
7 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (13 nations) | 63 | 57 | 50 | 170 |
References[]
- ^ "Swimming - Women's 25 m Breaststroke Incomplete class 2". paralympic.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Media Guide Tokyo 2020" (PDF). comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian). Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Michael Escapa - Profile". paralympic.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Escapa - Profile". paralympic.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Michal Escapa - Hi whose mistake?". nli.org.il (in Hebrew). 27 September 1968. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
... but at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, she came to the place of success precisely. And she brought an additional Israeli team trophy as well as two sports for me
- ^ "TOKYO 1964 Paralympic Games 08 - 12 November - Medal Standings". paralympic.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
External links[]
- 1964 Summer Paralympics events
- Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
- 1964 in swimming