Football 7-a-side at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

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Football 7-a-side at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of two events for men.

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At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, the first cerebral palsy only sports were added to the program with the inclusion of CP football and boccia. [1]

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's CPFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Chris Hampshire
David Chalmers
Darren Rabin
Robert Bebbington
Paul Taylor
Andrew Ferguson
Anthony Griffin
Gerard McConnell
Gordon Robertson
Men's wheelchairFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Paul McGinty
Steven Varden
Norman Burns
Anne Trotman
Susan Stevenson
Carol Johnson
Anthony Honour
Alyn Haskey

Men's CP

Six teams competed in the men's CP football 7-a-side competition, Belgium won the gold medal against Ireland while Great Britain won the bronze medals after beating Portugal. [2]

Preliminaries

Group A
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)8 – 0Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)10 – 0Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)3 – 1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Group B
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0 – 0Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)7 – 0Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)3 – 0Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)

Bronze medal match

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)3 – 1Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal  (POR)

Gold medal match

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1 – 0Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)

Men's wheelchair

Three teams competed in the men's wheelchair football competition, the United States won the gold medal after winning against Canada and Great Britain who got the silver and bronze medals respectively. [3]

Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)6 – 4Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)6 – 1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)4 – 1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)

References

  1. ↑ Whyte, Gregory; Loosemore, Mike; Williams, Clyde (2015-07-27). ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781118777503.
  2. ↑ "Football 7-a-side - Men's Tournament CP 1984". International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Football 7-a-side - Men's Tournament Wheelchair 1984". International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2022.
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