| Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | GBR |
| NPC | British Paralympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo | |
| Competitors | 39 in 9 sports |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Great Britain sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Its athletes finished second in the gold and overall medal count. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's club throw A |
| Gold | Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's javelin throw A |
| Gold | Carol Bryant | Athletics | Women's wheelchair dash below T10 |
| Gold | Carol Bryant | Athletics | Women's slalom open |
| Gold | Michael Shelton | Snooker | Men's paraplegics open |
| Gold | David Ellis | Swimming | Men's 25m freestyle prone complete class 2 |
| Gold | David Ellis | Swimming | Men's 25m freestyle supine complete class 2 |
| Gold | W. Thornton | Swimming | Men's 50m breaststroke complete class 3 |
| Gold | Pauline Foulds | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle prone complete class 4 |
| Gold | Valerie Forder | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle supine complete class 3 |
| Gold | Pauline Foulds | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle supine complete class 4 |
| Gold | Pauline Foulds | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 4 |
| Gold | Tommy Taylor | Table tennis | Men's singles A2 |
| Gold | Paul Lyall | Table tennis | Men's singles B |
| Gold | Michael Beck Tommy Taylor | Table tennis | Men's doubles A2 |
| Gold | Gwen Buck Susan Masham | Table tennis | Women's doubles B |
| Gold | J. Redgwick | Weightlifting | Men's featherweight |
| Gold | Cyril Thomas | Wheelchair fencing | Men's foil novice individual |
 Silver | Valerie Forder | Archery | Women's Albion round open |
| Silver | Daphne Legge-Willis | Archery | Women's Columbia round open |
| Silver | D. Pickering | Athletics | Men's club throw B |
| Silver | Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's shot put A |
| Silver | G. Williams | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 3 |
| Silver | P. Newman | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle prone special class |
| Silver | W. Thornton | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle supine complete class 3 |
| Silver | David Ellis | Swimming | Men's 25m breaststroke complete class 2 |
| Silver | S. Miles | Swimming | Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 1 |
| Silver | Brian Dickinson | Swimming | Men's 50m breaststroke complete class 4 |
| Silver | Susan Masham | Swimming | Women's 25m freestyle prone complete class 2 |
| Silver | Valerie Forder | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle prone complete class 3 |
| Silver | Susan Masham | Swimming | Women's 25m freestyle supine complete class 2 |
| Silver | Janet Laughton | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle supine complete class 3 |
| Silver | Susan Masham | Swimming | Women's 25m breaststroke complete class 2 |
| Silver | Valerie Forder | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 3 |
| Silver | Michael Beck | Table tennis | Men's singles A2 |
| Silver | Jimmy Gibson Ginger Swindlehurst | Table tennis | Men's doubles C |
| Silver | Susan Masham | Table tennis | Women's singles B |
| Silver | Marjorie Cooper Diana Thompson [2] | Table tennis | Women's doubles C |
| Silver | T. Palmer | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight |
| Silver | Men's team | Wheelchair basketball | Men's class A complete |
| Silver | Valerie Forder Shelagh Jones Diana Thompson [3] | Wheelchair fencing | Women's foil team |
 Bronze | Carol Tetley | Archery | Women's Columbia round open |
| Bronze | R. Irvine | Archery | Women's FITA round open |
| Bronze | Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's wheelchair dash above T10 |
| Bronze | Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's Pentathlon 1 |
| Bronze | R. Rowe | Athletics | Men's club throw C |
| Bronze | Janet Laughton | Athletics | Women's club throw A |
| Bronze | R. Harvey | Athletics | Women's club throw B |
| Bronze | Valerie Forder | Athletics | Women's discus throw C |
| Bronze | Leo Halford | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle supine special class |
| Bronze | S. Miles | Swimming | Men's 25m freestyle prone incomplete class 1 |
| Bronze | S. Miles | Swimming | Men's 25m freestyle supine incomplete class 1 |
| Bronze | Brian Dickinson | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle supine complete class 4 |
| Bronze | M. Gibbs | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke cauda equina |
| Bronze | Janet Laughton | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 3 |
| Bronze | Jimmy Gibson | Table tennis | Men's singles C |
| Bronze | Paul Lyall Hugh Stewart | Table tennis | Men's doubles B |
| Bronze | Shelagh Jones Carol Tetley | Table tennis | Women's doubles B |
| Bronze | D. Pickering | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight |
| Bronze | R. Rowe | Weightlifting | Men's heavyweight |
| Bronze | Brian Dickinson James Shipman Cyril Thomas | Wheelchair fencing | Men's épée team |
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| Table Tennis | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Athletics | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Wheelchair Fencing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Snooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Archery | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Wheelchair Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 18 | 23 | 20 | 61 |
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