France at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

France at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  FRA
NPC Fédération Française Handisport
At the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome
Competitors 6 in 4 sports
Medals
Rank: 9
Gold
3
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
7
Paralympic history (summary)
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France competed at the inaugural Summer Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. France's six athletes competed in four sports: archery, athletics, dartchery and swimming. All of France's athletes obtained medals in every event they competed in.[1]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Trouverie Archery Men's Columbia round open
 Gold Barbier Athletics Men's club throw B
 Gold Jarrige Swimming Men's 25 metre crawl juniors incomplete class 2
 Silver Delapietra Archery Men's Columbia round open
 Silver Figoni Archery Men's St. Nicholas round open
 Silver Jarrige Swimming Men's 25 metre backstroke juniors incomplete class 2
 Bronze Bernabei & Trouverie Dartchery Mixed pairs open

Archery

France entered three competitors in archery.

Athletics

France's only entry in athletics was Barbier, who took gold in the Men's club throw (category B) with a throw of 38.24m.[3]

Dartchery

Bernabei and Trouverie, France's representatives in dartchery, finished third in the Mixed pairs open and took bronze.[4]

Swimming

Jarrige was France's only entry in swimming, and competed in two events:

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