1968 Summer Paralympics
{{Short description|Multi-parasport event in Tel Aviv, Israel}}
{{Infobox Olympic games|1968|Summer|Paralympics|
| image = Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympics.jpg
| host_city = Tel Aviv, IsraelAlthough officially called the Tel Aviv Paralympics, the opening ceremony was conducted in Jerusalem and the games took place in Ramat Gan.
| nations = 28
| athletes = 750
| opened_by = Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon
| opening = 4 November 1968
| closing = 13 November 1968
| events = 181 in 10 sports
| stadium = Hebrew University Stadium
| prev = Tokyo 1964
| next = Heidelberg 1972
}}
The 1968 Summer Paralympics ({{langx|he|המשחקים הפאראלימפיים בקיץ 1968}}) were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time.[https://archive.today/20121216142613/http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/about-iwas/history/paralympic-games-1960-1992/ Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992]. International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Retrieved on 2011-05-07. The games were originally planned to be held alongside the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but in 1966, the Mexican government decided against it due to difficulties.{{cite web|title=1968 Tel Aviv|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/history/paralympics/1968-tel-aviv|website=insidethegames.biz|publisher=Dunsar Media Company|access-date=11 October 2015}} The Israeli government offered to host the games in Tel Aviv, a suggestion that was accepted.
The opening ceremony took place in the Hebrew University stadium at the Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem and the games took place in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled. The closing ceremony took place in the Tel Aviv Trade Center. Therefore, these games were the first in Paralympic history to not be held concurrently with the Olympic Games.
Sports
File:Ora Goldstein paralympics 1968.JPG receiving Gold Medal|250px|right]]
Lawn bowls was included in the program for the first time. In wheelchair basketball, a women's team event was added, as was a 100 m wheelchair race for men in athletics.{{cite web |title=Tel Aviv 1968 |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=2008 |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Tel_Aviv_1968/ |access-date=2011-07-12 }}
Medal table
{{Main|1968 Summer Paralympics medal table}}
The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Israel, is highlighted.
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| event = 1968 Summer
| team =
| gold_USA = 33 | silver_USA = 27 | bronze_USA = 39
| gold_GBR = 29 | silver_GBR = 20 | bronze_GBR = 20
| gold_ISR = 18 | silver_ISR = 21 | bronze_ISR = 23 | host_ISR = yes
| gold_AUS = 15 | silver_AUS = 16 | bronze_AUS = 7
| gold_FRA = 13 | silver_FRA = 10 | bronze_FRA = 9
| gold_FRG = 12 | silver_FRG = 12 | bronze_FRG = 11
| gold_ITA = 12 | silver_ITA = 10 | bronze_ITA = 17
| gold_NED = 12 | silver_NED = 4 | bronze_NED = 4
| gold_ARG = 10 | silver_ARG = 10 | bronze_ARG = 10
| gold_RSA = 9 | silver_RSA = 10 | bronze_RSA = 7
}}
Participating delegations
Twenty-eight delegations took part in the Tel Aviv Paralympics.{{cite web |title= Medal Standings - Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=2008 |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1968PG |access-date=2011-07-12}}{{cite web|url=https://db.ipc-services.org/hira/paralympics/participants/code/PG1968|title=Participation Numbers in 1968 Paralympic Games |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |accessdate=September 10, 2024}} Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Korea and Spain took part in the Summer Paralympics for the first time.
Having made its Paralympic Games début four years earlier, South Africa continued to compete at the Paralympics, by sending a delegation to the Tel Aviv Games. It was, at the time, banned from the Olympic Games due to its policy of apartheid, but it was not banned from the Paralympics until 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem.[http://www.iisg.nl/collections/anti-apartheid/history/jaren70-5.php "'The Netherlands against Apartheid' - 1970s"], International Institute of Social History[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=RSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all South Africa at the Paralympics], International Paralympic Committee
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- {{flagIPC|ARG|1968 Summer|21}}
- {{flagIPC|AUS|1968 Summer|35}}
- {{flagIPC|AUT|1968 Summer|31}}
- {{flagIPC|BEL|1968 Summer|26}}
- {{flagIPC|CAN|1968 Summer|25}}
- {{flagIPC|DEN|1968 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIPC|ETH|1968 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIPC|FIN|1968 Summer|2}}
- {{flagIPC|FRA|1968 Summer|54}}
- {{flagIPC|GBR|1968 Summer|74}}
- {{flagIPC|IND|1968 Summer|10}}
- {{flagIPC|IRL|1968 Summer|7}}
- {{flagIPC|ISR|1968 Summer|54}}
- {{flagIPC|ITA|1968 Summer|38}}
- {{flagIPC|JAM|1968 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIPC|JPN|1968 Summer|47}}
- {{flagIPC|MLT|1968 Summer|6}}
- {{flagIPC|NED|1968 Summer|35}}
- {{flagIPC|NZL|1968 Summer|18}}
- {{flagIPC|NOR|1968 Summer|28}}
- {{flagIPC|RHO|1968 Summer|14}}
- {{flagIPC|RSA|1968 Summer|8}}
- {{flagIPC|KOR|1968 Summer|5}}
- {{flagIPC|ESP|1968 Summer|11}}
- {{flagIPC|SWE|1968 Summer|32}}
- {{flagIPC|SUI|1968 Summer|34}}
- {{flagIPC|USA|1968 Summer|82}}
- {{flagIPC|FRG|1968 Summer|58}}
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References
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| title = Summer Paralympics
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| before = Tokyo
| after = Heidelberg
| years = III Paralympic Summer Games (1968)
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Category:Multi-sport events in Israel
Category:Summer Paralympic Games by year