Sweden at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Sweden at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SWE
NPC	Swedish Parasports Federation
in Tel Aviv
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 6 4 11
Summer Paralympics appearances
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Sweden was one of twenty-eight nations that sent a delegation to the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.^[1][2] The team finished seventeenth in the medal table and won eleven medals: one gold, six silver and four bronze.^[3] Thirty-two Swedish athletes took part in the Games; twenty-seven men and five women.^{[1][n 1]}

Disability classifications

The Paralympics groups athletes' disabilities into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.^[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.^[6]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Lindström	Table tennis	Women's singles C
02 ! Silver	Johansson	Archery	Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
02 ! Silver	Nilsson	Table tennis	Men's singles A2
02 ! Silver	Benny Nilsson	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
02 ! Silver	Rodaster	Archery	Women's FITA round open
02 ! Silver	Söderberg	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina)
02 ! Silver	M. Tufuesson	Swimming	Women's 50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete
03 ! Bronze	M. Eden	Swimming	Men's 50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete
03 ! Bronze	Olfson	Swimming	Men's 50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)
03 ! Bronze	Söderberg	Swimming	Men's 50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina)
03 ! Bronze	M. Tufuesson	Swimming	Women's 3x25 m individual medley open

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Table tennis	1	1	0	2
Swimming	0	2	4	6
Archery	0	2	0	2
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Total	1	6	4	11

Archery

Sweden sent nine athletes to compete in archery. Two medals were won by Swedish archers; Johansson won silver in the St. Nicholas round for paraplegic women and Rodaster won silver in the women's FITA round open.^[7][8]

Dartchery

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which had a knockout tournament format. Two Swedish pairs entered; Luks and Andersson lost in the first round to the Australians Roy Fowler and Kevin Bawden; Johansson and Hansson also lost in the first round to Belgian pair Schelfaut and Desal.^[9]

Swimming

Swedish swimmers won two silver and four bronze medals in Tel Aviv.^[8] Two athletes won multiple medals; Soderberg won a silver in the men's 50 metres breaststroke class 5 cauda equina and a bronze in the 50 metres freestyle; Tufuesson won a bronze in the open 3×25 metres individual medley and a silver in the women's 50 metres backstroke class 4 incomplete.^[8] Further bronze medals were won by Eden in the men's 50 metres breaststroke class 4 incomplete and by Olfson in men's 50 metres backstroke class 5 cauda equina.^[8]

Table tennis

Weightlifting

One man entered weightlifting events for Sweden, Benny Nilsson in the featherweight division.^[8] He lifted 120 kg to win the silver medal. Gold was won by Dumont of France whose lift of 125 kg was a new world record.^[10]

Wheelchair basketball

Sweden entered a team into the men's wheelchair basketball. The competition featured a pool stage followed by a knockout competition. Sweden lost both their pool matches, 8–26 to Belgium and 15–35 to Canada, and did not advance to the quarterfinals.^[11]

See also

• Sweden at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Notes

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