Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body IWBF
Events 2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004
2008
Medalists

Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.

Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.

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Men's results

Year Host Class  Gold  Silver  Bronze
1960 Rome A  United States  Great Britain  Israel
B  United States  Netherlands  Great Britain
1964 Tokyo A  United States  Great Britain  Israel
B  United States  Argentina  Israel
1968 Tel Aviv --  Israel  United States  Great Britain
1972 Heidelberg --  United States  Israel  Argentina
1976 Toronto --  United States  Israel  France
1980 Arnheim --  Israel  Netherlands  United States
1984 New York
Stoke Mandeville
--  France  Netherlands  Sweden
1988 Seoul --  United States  Netherlands  France
1992 Barcelona --  Netherlands  Germany  France
1996 Atlanta --  Australia  Great Britain  United States
2000 Sydney --  Canada  Netherlands  United States
2004 Athens --  Canada  Australia  Great Britain
2008 Beijing --  Australia  Canada  Great Britain
2012 London --

Women's results

Year Host Class  Gold  Silver  Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv --  Israel  Argentina  United States
1972 Heidelberg --  Argentina  Jamaica  Israel
1976 Toronto --  Israel  West Germany  Argentina
1980 Arnheim --  West Germany  Israel  United States
1984 New York
Stoke Mandeville
--  West Germany  Israel  Japan
1988 Seoul --  United States  West Germany  Netherlands
1992 Barcelona --  Canada  United States  Netherlands
1996 Atlanta --  Canada  Netherlands  United States
2000 Sydney --  Canada  Australia  Japan
2004 Athens --  United States  Australia  Canada
2008 Beijing --  United States  Germany  Australia
2012 London --

See also

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