Spain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Spain at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  ESP
NPC Comité Paralímpico Español
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 21
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
4
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Spain was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1][2] The team finished twenty-first in the medal table and won four medals: three silver and one bronze, all in swimming events.[1] The Spanish team contained eleven athletes; nine men and two women.[3][n 1]

Contents

Archery

Three Spanish men competed in archery, none won a medal in the sport.[4] The best result was achieved by Bellon in the St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics.[5]

Athletics

Spain entered four men into athletics events; no medals were won.[4] The best placed Spanish athlete was Llorens in the men's precision javelin; he finished the qualification round in eleventh position but did not advance to the final round.[6]

Dartchery

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. The Spanish pair of Llorens and Lorente defeated a team from Ireland in the first round but was eliminated by British pair Robertson and Todd in the second round.[7]

Swimming

Four Spanish swimmers competed at the Games, two men and two women. All of Spain's medals were won in swimming events.[4] Riu won silver medals in both the women's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete and 50 m breaststroke class 3 complete, finishing behind Forder of Great Britain in both events.[8][9] In men's events Carol won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke open and a silver in the 50 m breaststroke special class.[4]

Table tennis

Two athletes played table tennis for Spain at the Games. Bellon entered the men's singles B event for Spain and also teamed up with Llorens in the men's doubles C event but failed to advance beyond the second round in either.[4]

See also

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 (i.e. 1960 – 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes

References

  1. ^ a b "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=medalstandings&games=1968PG&sport=all. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  2. ^ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org.au/games-amp-events/paralympic-games-history-summer/paralympic-games-history-summer. Retrieved 13 May 2011. 
  3. ^ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=participation&games=1968PG&sport=all. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
  4. ^ a b c d e "Athlete Search Results Spain 1968". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?npc=ESP&gender=all&medal=all&sport=all&games=1968PG. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  5. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Men's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/results.html?eclass=paraplegic&sport=archery&competition=1968PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=St.%20Nicholas%20Round. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  6. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Athletics Men's Precision Javelin open". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/results.html?eclass=open&sport=athletics&competition=1968PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=Precision%20Javelin. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  7. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/results.html?eclass=open&sport=dartchery&competition=1968PG&gender=x&discipline=&event=Pairs. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
  8. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/results.html?eclass=class%203%20complete&sport=swimming&competition=1968PG&gender=f&discipline=&event=50%20m%20Breaststroke. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  9. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/results.html?eclass=class%203%20complete&sport=swimming&competition=1968PG&gender=f&discipline=&event=50%20m%20Freestyle. Retrieved 18 May 2011.