Snooker at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
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{{Infobox Paralympic event
|event = Snooker
|games = 1976 Summer
|image = IPC logo (2019).svg
|caption =
|venue = Seneca School
|dates = August 1976
|competitors = 18
|nations = 6
|prev = 1972
|next = 1984
}}
Snooker at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's events. The competitions were held at the Seneca School{{cite book |last=Brittain |first=Ian |date=2012 |title=From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games |url=https://pure.coventry.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/3976727/fromstoke1.pdf |location=Champaign, Illinois |publisher=Common Ground Publishing LLC |pages=103–104 |isbn=978-1-86335-988-7}} in August 1972.
There were eighteen competitors, from six countries: five each from Canada and the United States, four from Great Britain, two from Brazil, and one each from Australia and the Republic of Ireland.{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/snooker/participants|title=Snooker – Participants (1976) |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=31 December 2019}}
Dean Mellway won the gold medal in the Men 2–5 event, and Tommy Taylor won gold in the Men's A-C competition.
Medal summary
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Men 2–5{{cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/snooker |title=Snooker (1976) |website=paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee|access-date=31 December 2019}} {{DetailsLink|Snooker at the 1976 Summer Paralympics - Men 2-5}} | {{flagIPCmedalist|Dean Mellway|CAN|1976 Summer}} | {{flagIPCmedalist|Brian Faulkner|GBR|1976 Summer}} | {{flagIPCmedalist|Michael Shelton|GBR|1976 Summer}} |
Men A-C {{DetailsLink|Snooker at the 1976 Summer Paralympics - Men A-C}} | {{flagIPCmedalist|Tommy Taylor|GBR|1976 Summer}} | {{flagIPCmedalist|Rod Vleiger|USA|1976 Summer}} | {{flagIPCmedalist|Peter Haslam|GBR|1976 Summer}} |
References
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{{Paralympic Games Snooker}}