Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair basketball
at the III Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Israel (ISR) (men)
 Israel (ISR) (women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States (USA) (men)
 Argentina (ARG) (women)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain (GBR) (men)
 United States (USA) (women)
←1964
1972→

Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.

The original wheelchair basketball classification system in 1966 had 5 classes: A, B, C, D, S. Each class was worth so many points. A was worth 1, B and C were worth 2. D and S were worth 3 points. A team could have a maximum of 12 points on the floor. This system was the one in place for the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Class A was for T1-T9 complete. Class B was for T1-T9 incomplete. Class C was for T10-L2 complete. Class D was for T10-L2 incomplete. Class S was for Cauda equina paralysis.[1]

Medal summary[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
  Israel (ISR)


Jacob Ben-Arie


Israel Even-Zahav




Baruch Hagai


(captain)
Avraham Tshuva
Amnon Weiss
Coach:

 United States (USA)


 Great Britain (GBR)
Women's team
  Israel (ISR)


Michal Escapa




Batia Mishani
Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum (captain)


 Argentina (ARG)


Estela Fernández

Susana Masciotra
Amelia Mier

Noemí Tortul[2]

 United States (USA)

Source: Paralympic.org [3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Thiboutot, Armand; Craven, Philip. The 50th Anniversary of Wheelchair Basketball. Waxmann Verlag. ISBN 9783830954415.
  2. ^ "Historia de las medallas paralímpicas". Periodismo Deportivo. Retrieved 25 September 2008.
  3. ^ "Medallists, 1968 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1968. Retrieved 2012-11-02.
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