| India at the 1968 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | IND |
| NPC | Paralympic Committee of India |
| Website | Paralympic India |
| in Tel Aviv November 4, 1968 – November 13, 1968 | |
| Competitors | 10 in 6 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
India competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics held in Tel Aviv from 4 to 13 November 1968. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Games. India sent a contingent consisting of ten athletes for the Games and did not win a medal.
The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960 and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the 1968 Games. [1] India made its Paralympics debut in the 1968 Games. [2] India sent ten competitors including eight males and two females. [3] [4] The team did not win any medals. [5]
The Indian contingent for the Games consisted of ten athletes who competed across six sports. [6]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
 Archery | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Athletics | 7 | 2 | 9 |
 Dartchery | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ganesh | Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic [7] | 65 | 27 |
| Jeena | Men's Columbia round open [8] | 45 | 40 |
| Laxman | 49 | 39 | |
| Patel | Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic [9] | 61 | 13 |
Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase
| Athlete/Team | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ganesh Jeena | Mixed pairs open [26] |  South / Conn (AUS)Lost | Did not advance | |||
| Kumar Laxman |  Koten / Sala (ITA)Lost | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jeena | Men's 50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete [27] | 58.50 | 2 | Did not qualify | |
| Kumar | Men's 50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete [28] | 2:04.90 | 5 | ||
| Shehrnaz Kermani | Women's 50 m freestyle special class [29] | 1:38.30 | 4 | Did not qualify | |
| Women's 50 m backstroke special class [30] | 1:34.50 | 4 | |||
| Women's 50 m breaststroke special class [31] | 1:47.60 | 6 | |||
| Women's 100 m breaststroke open [32] | — | 3:57.20 | 4 | ||
| Athlete/Team | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Murlikant Petkar | Men's singles C [33] |  Telsnig (AUT)Lost | Did not advance | ||||
| Patel | Women's singles B [34] | — |  Schweiger (FRG)Won |  Ramousse (FRA)Lost | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makandi | Men's featherweight [35] | 90 | 11 |
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