South Africa at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

South Africa sent athletes to the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Canada. In total they sent 39 athletes to Toronto, twenty nine male and ten female.[1] They won twenty six medals in total: six golds, nine silvers and eleven bronze.[2]

This was South Africa's last paralympics due to South Africa's policy of apartheid. The Netherlands, as hosts of the 1980 Games, declared South Africa's further participation "undesirable".[3][4] South Africa was subsequently absent from the Paralympic Games until 1992.[5]

References

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