Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
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| At the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 65[1] | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 1 |
Gold 29 |
Silver 28 |
Bronze 23 |
Total 80 |
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| Paralympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
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Italy was the host country of the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. The country fielded the largest delegation at the Games, with twenty-seven athletes (twenty-three men and four women) competing in athletics, snooker, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.[2]
Medals
27 of Italy's competitors won medals, in 6 sports, enabling the country to top the medal chart with 29 gold medals, 28 silver and 23 bronze.[3]
Multiple medallists
These are official report of International Paralympic Committee. [4]
| # | Athlete |  |
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| 1 | Maria Scutti | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Anna Maria Toso | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Enzo Santini | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Franco Rossi | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Giovanni Ferraris | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | Carlo Jannucci | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Renzo Rogo | 2 | 0 | 0 |
See also
References
- ↑ Paralympic Games Open At Rome Olympics Site, St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1960, Google News Archive Search
- ↑ Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ↑ "Multi-Medallists". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members. (Per Apr.17, 2011)
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