| Table tennis at the I Paralympic Games | |
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 Paralympic Table tennis | |
Table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven events, six for men and five for women.
| Table tennis at the I Paralympic Games | |
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| Paralympic Table tennis | |
Table tennis at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven events, six for men and five for women.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy (ITA) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 |  Austria (AUT) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 |  West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Malta (MLT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles A | Tommy Taylor  Great Britain | Domenico Cascella  Italy | M. Beck Great Britain |
| Singles B | Engelbert Rangger  Austria | Francesco Scalzo Italy | Federico Zarilli Italy |
| Singles C | Giovanni Berghella Italy | Moses Azzopardi  Malta | Federico Zarilli Italy |
| Doubles A | Great Britain (GBR) M. Beck Tommy Taylor | Netherlands (NED) Gerard Jacobs Piet van Aart | Austria (AUT) Hans Paulhart Heinz Schneider |
| Doubles B | Italy (ITA) Giovanni Ferraris Federico Zarilli | Australia (AUS) Bill Mather-Brown Bruno Moretti | Great Britain (GBR) Ronnie Foster Phillips |
| Doubles C | Italy (ITA) Franco Rossi Aroldo Ruschioni | Italy (ITA) Giovanni Ferraris Federico Zarilli | Great Britain (GBR) Phillips George Swindlehurst |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singles A | Anderson Great Britain | Mati Angel  Israel | Tora Lysoe  Norway |
| Singles B | Marlene Muhlendyck  West Germany | Manette Berger-Waldenegg Austria | Anna Maria Toso Italy |
| Singles C | Yvette Alloo  Belgium | Ilse Scharf Austria | Diane Gubbin Great Britain |
| Doubles B | Austria (AUT) Manette Berger-Waldenegg Rosa Kuhnel | Italy (ITA) Maria Scutti Anna Maria Toso | Great Britain (GBR) Froggart Susan Masham |
| Doubles C | Austria (AUT) Manette Berger-Waldenegg Ilse Scharf | Great Britain (GBR) Edwards Diane Gubbin | West Germany (FRG) Marlene Muhlendyck Christa Zander |
The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation. The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984, while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.
The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
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