Canada at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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At the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv | ||||||||||||
Competitors | ||||||||||||
Medals Rank: 12 |
Gold 6 |
Silver 6 |
Bronze 7 |
Total 19 |
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Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] The team finished twelfth in the medal table and won a total of nineteen medals; six gold, six silver and seven bronze.[2] The Canadian team contained twenty-five athletes; eighteen men and seven women.[3][n 1]
This was Canada's first appearance at a Paralympic Games.[4]
Medalists
- Gold: Eugene Reimer (2)
- Silver: W. Dann, Eugene Reimer
See also
Notes
- ↑ Data is taken from the International Paralympic Committee website and is based on information contained/sourced in the original hardcopy final results publications. Some information from earlier Paralympic Games (ie 1960 - 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes
References
- ↑ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ↑ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ↑ "Paralympics mean pinnacle of success Only difference between games is that Olympics better publicized". Toronto Star. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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