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1968 Summer Paralympics

Multi-parasport event in Tel Aviv, Israel

Field	Value
image	Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympics.jpg
host_city	Tel Aviv, Israel
nations	29
athletes	750
opened_by	Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon
opening	4 November 1968
closing	13 November 1968
events	181 in 10 sports
stadium	Hebrew University Stadium
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The 1968 Summer Paralympics () were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time. The games were originally planned to be held alongside the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but in 1966, the Mexican government decided against it due to difficulties. The Israeli government offered to host the games in Tel Aviv, a suggestion that was accepted.

The opening ceremony took place in the Hebrew University stadium at the Givat Ram campus in Jerusalem and the games took place in Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, at the Israel Sports Center for the Disabled. The closing ceremony took place in the Tel Aviv Trade Center. Therefore, these games were the first in Paralympic history to not be held concurrently with the Olympic Games.

Sports

Lawn bowls was included in the program for the first time. In wheelchair basketball, a women's team event was added, as was a 100 m wheelchair race for men in athletics.

Archery
Dart archery
Athletics
Lawn bowls
Snooker
Swimming
Table tennis
Weightlifting
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing

Medal table

Main article: 1968 Summer Paralympics medal table

The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Israel, is highlighted.

Participating delegations

Twenty-eight delegations took part in the Tel Aviv Paralympics. Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, South Korea and Spain took part in the Summer Paralympics for the first time.

Having made its Paralympic Games début four years earlier, South Africa continued to compete at the Paralympics, by sending a delegation to the Tel Aviv Games. It was, at the time, banned from the Olympic Games due to its policy of apartheid, but it was not banned from the Paralympics until 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem.

References

Tel Aviv

References

Although officially called the Tel Aviv Paralympics, the opening ceremony was conducted in [[Jerusalem]] and the games took place in [[Ramat Gan]].
"SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES OVERVIEW". International Paralympic Committee.
[https://archive.today/20121216142613/http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/about-iwas/history/paralympic-games-1960-1992/ Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992]. International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation. Retrieved on 2011-05-07.
"1968 Tel Aviv". Dunsar Media Company.
(2008). "Tel Aviv 1968". [[International Paralympic Committee]].
(2008). "Medal Standings - Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". [[International Paralympic Committee]].
"Participation Numbers in 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee.
[http://www.iisg.nl/collections/anti-apartheid/history/jaren70-5.php "'The Netherlands against Apartheid' - 1970s"], International Institute of Social History
[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=RSA&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=all South Africa at the Paralympics], [[International Paralympic Committee]]

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