South Africa at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

South Africa at the Paralympic Games
Flag of South Africa IPC code  RSA NPC South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
At the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto
Competitors	39 in 7 sports
Medals Rank: 19	Gold 6	Silver 9	Bronze 11	Total 26
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1976–1994 1998 2002 2006 2010

South Africa took part in the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Canada. The country was represented by 39 athletes, twenty-nine male and ten female.^[1] South Africans competed in archery, athletics, dartchery, lawn bowls, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball.^[2] They won twenty six medals in total: six golds, nine silvers and eleven bronze.^[3]

These were South Africa's last Paralympics for sixteen years due to South Africa's policy of apartheid. The Netherlands, as hosts of the 1980 Games, declared South Africa's further participation "undesirable".^[4][5] South Africa was subsequently absent from the Paralympic Games until 1992.^[6]

References

1. Participation Numbers Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games IPC 12 June 2011
2. Results: South Africa at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, IPC
3. Medal Standings Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games IPC 12 June 2011
4. "'The Netherlands against Apartheid' - 1970s", International Institute of Social History
5. South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
6. South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee