Table tennis at the II Paralympic Games | |
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Table tennis at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events, eight for men and four for women.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
4 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
8 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 21 | 45 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Singles B | Rosa Kuhnel Austria | Susan Masham Great Britain | Michal Escapa Israel |
Elaine Schreiber Australia | |||
Singles C | Yvette Alloo Belgium | Batia Mishani Israel | Marion O'Brien Australia |
Marlene Muhlendyck Germany | |||
Doubles B | Great Britain (GBR) Gwen Buck Susan Masham | Italy (ITA) Silvana Martino Anna Maria Toso | Great Britain (GBR) Sheelagh Jones Carol Tetley |
Austria (AUT) I. Driessler Rosa Kuhnel | |||
Doubles C | Australia (AUS) Daphne Ceeney Marion O'Brien | Great Britain (GBR) Marjorie Cooper Dick Thompson | Israel (ISR) Batia Mishani Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum |
Japan (JPN) Chiyono Inoue Fumiyo Ogasawara |
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