France at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

France at the Paralympic Games
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At the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv
Competitors
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 13	Silver 10	Bronze 9	Total 32
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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France competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.^[1] The team finished fifth in the medal table and won a total of thirty-two medals; thirteen gold, ten silver and nine bronze.^[2] The French team contained fifty-five athletes; forty-one men and fourteen women.^{[3][n 1]}

Archery

Twelve French archers, ten men and two women, competed at the Games winning seven medals; two gold, one silver and four bronze.^[4] In the men's St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics France won two medals; Nadal won silver and Guesnon bronze, the gold medal was won by Arballo of United States with a new world record score of 730 points.^[5]

See also

• France at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Notes

1. 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

1. "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
3. "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
4. "Athlete Search Results France 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
5. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Men's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.