Netherlands at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Netherlands at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
Flag of the Netherlands
IPC code	NED (NLD used at these Games)
NPC	Nederlands Olympisch Comité * Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Website	paralympisch.nl  (in Dutch)
in Tokyo
Competitors	11 (7 men, 4 women) [1] [2]
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 4 Total 14
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Netherlands competed at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. The team included 8 athletes, 5 men and 3 women. ^[3] Competitors from Netherlands won 14 medals, including 4 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze to finish 10th in the medal table. ^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Elka Gaarlandt [5]	Swimming	Women's 50 m Breaststroke complete class 3
Gold	Cor Prins	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone special class
Gold	Cor Prins	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle Supine special class
Gold	Gerard Jacobs Marion de Groot	Table tennis	Men's Doubles A1
Silver	Peter Blanker	Archery	Men's Albion Round open
Silver	Peter Blanker [6]	Archery	Men's FITA Round open
Silver	Elka Gaarlandt [7] [8]	Athletics	Women's Slalom open
Silver	Marion de Groot	Swimming	Women's 25 m Freestyle Supine complete class 1
Silver	Dik Kruidenier	Swimming	Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone cauda equina
Silver	Gerard Jacobs	Table tennis	Men's Singles A1
Bronze	E. O'Brien	Athletics	Women's Slalom open
Bronze	Marion de Groot	Swimming	Women's 25 m Freestyle Supine incomplete class 1
Bronze	Dik Kruidenier	Swimming	Men's 50 m Breaststroke complete class 5
Bronze	Marion de Groot	Table tennis	Men's Singles A1

Source: www.paralympic.org ^[9] & www.olympischstadion.nl ^[10]

Competitors

A team of 7 men and 3 women were announced in the newspaper on 23 October 1964. ^[11] In the newspaper of 20 November (after the Paralympics) was written "ten became eleven".

The name of the 11th person was not named.

Men

• Popke Popkema
• Peter Blanker
• Gerard Jacobs
• Piet Imming
• Dik Kruidenier
• Cor Prins
• Yap Soem Lie

Women

• Marion de Groot
• Elka Gaarlandt
• Cissy Morel

Archery

The Dutch team consisted of three archers. ^[12]

• 2x Peter Blanker
• Popke Popkema
• 7th - Geert Imming

See also

• Netherlands at the Paralympics
• Netherlands at the 1964 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het vrije volk : Democratisch-socialistisch dagblad".
2. "Gevonden in Delpher - de waarheid".
3. "Participation Numbers Stoke Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
4. "Medal Standings Stoke Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
5. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het Parool".
6. "Gevonden in Delpher - de Volkskrant".
7. "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuwsblad van het Noorden".
8. "Gevonden in Delpher - Trouw".
9. "Dutch Medal winners 1964 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
10. "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
11. "Gevonden in Delpher - Het vrije volk : Democratisch-socialistisch dagblad".
12. "Geert Imming (80) uit Weiteveen deed mee aan de Paralympics in 1964. 'Nee, ik vraag me niet af waarom ik twee keer een ernstig ongeluk kreeg'". Dagblad van het Noorden.