Canada at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Canada at the Paralympic Games

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IPC code  CAN
NPC Canadian Paralympic Committee
At the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 12		 Gold
6		 Silver
6		 Bronze
7		 Total
19
Paralympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] The team finished twelfth in the medal table and won a total of nineteen medals; six gold, six silver and seven bronze.[2] The Canadian team contained twenty-five athletes; eighteen men and seven women.[3][n 1]

This was Canada's first appearance at a Paralympic Games.[4]

Medalists

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 (ie 1960 - 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Paralympics mean pinnacle of success Only difference between games is that Olympics better publicized". Toronto Star. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2011.