United States at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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United States at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code USA
(EUA used at these Games)
NPC United States Paralympic Committee
Website www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics
in Tel Aviv
Competitors82 in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
33
Silver
27
Bronze
39
Total
99
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

The United States competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. [1] The team finished first out of the twenty-eight competing nations in the medal table and won ninety-nine medals: thirty-three gold, twenty-seven silver and thirty-nine bronze. [2] Eighty-two American athletes took part; fifty-three men and twenty-nine women. [3] [n 1]

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Ed Owen won medals in six different sports; nine golds and a bronze in athletics, two golds in swimming and a silver in wheelchair basketball. [4] [5]

Disability classifications

The Paralympics groups athletes' disabilities into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. [6] [7] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. [8]

Medalists

The following United States athletes won medals at the Games; [9]

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg GoldArballo Archery Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
Gold medal icon.svg GoldClasson
Reno Levis
O'Donnell
Archery Men's Columbia round team open
Gold medal icon.svg GoldGeissinger
Kelderhouse
Klemens
Archery Men's Albion round team open
Gold medal icon.svg GoldBranum
Chess
Gary Odorowski
Roman
Athletics Men's 4x40 m relay open
Gold medal icon.svg GoldE. Cox
C. Giesse
Keyser
Stratman
Athletics Women's 4x40 m relay open
Gold medal icon.svg GoldC. Geisse Athletics Women's 60 m wheelchair A
Gold medal icon.svg GoldC. Giesse Athletics Women's slalom A
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rosalie Hixson Athletics Women's javelin throw B
Gold medal icon.svg GoldKirn Athletics Women's javelin throw A
Gold medal icon.svg GoldKirn Athletics Women's shot put A
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gary Odorowski Athletics Men's 100 m wheelchair C
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ed Owen Athletics Men's club throw special class
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ed Owen Athletics Men's discus throw special class
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ed Owen Athletics Men's pentathlon special class
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ed Owen Athletics Men's shot put special class
Gold medal icon.svg GoldRoman Athletics Men's Novices 60 m wheelchair Dash C
Gold medal icon.svg GoldH. Smith Athletics Men's club throw C
Gold medal icon.svg GoldH. Smith Athletics Men's pentathlon incomplete
Gold medal icon.svg Gold David Williamson Athletics Men's javelin throw B
Gold medal icon.svg GoldGeissinger
Kelderhouse
Dartchery Mixed Pairs open
Gold medal icon.svg GoldAiles Swimming Women's 50 m breaststroke class 4 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldAiles Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle class 4 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldBranum Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle open
Gold medal icon.svg GoldChrysler Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke class 3 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldChrysler Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldCrase Swimming Men's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldFoust Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle class 4 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldGorman Swimming Women's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldKaminski Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke class 4 complete
Gold medal icon.svg GoldMoore Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ed Owen Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke open
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ed Owen Swimming Men's 50 m breaststroke special class
Gold medal icon.svg GoldDunn
McNichol
Table tennis Men's doubles A1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Reno Levis Archery Men's Columbia round open
Silver medal icon.svg SilverSoulek Archery Women's Columbia round open
Silver medal icon.svg SilverWebb Archery Women's Albion round open
Silver medal icon.svg SilverBranum Athletics Men's 100 m wheelchair C
Silver medal icon.svg SilverBranum Athletics Men's pentathlon special class
Silver medal icon.svg SilverCameron Athletics Men's javelin throw special class
Silver medal icon.svg SilverDemorest Athletics Men's discus throw special class
Silver medal icon.svg SilverGianino Athletics Men's slalom cervical class
Silver medal icon.svg SilverGurman Athletics Women's slalom cervical class
Silver medal icon.svg SilverKeyser Athletics Women's 60 m wheelchair C
Silver medal icon.svg SilverKirn Athletics Women's 60 m wheelchair A
Silver medal icon.svg SilverH. Smith Athletics Men's discus throw C
Silver medal icon.svg Silver David Williamson Athletics Men's 100 m wheelchair B
Silver medal icon.svg Silver David Williamson Athletics Men's club throw B
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rosalie Hixson
Marilyn Warren Woods
Lawn bowls Women's Pairs
Silver medal icon.svg SilverSoulek Lawn bowls Women's singles
Silver medal icon.svg SilverBranum Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke special class
Silver medal icon.svg SilverCornett Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle class 2 complete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverCrase Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverGorman Swimming Women's 25 m backstroke class 1 complete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverGorman Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverMoore Swimming Women's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverMoore Swimming Women's 25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverPollock Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverSoulek Swimming Women's 25 m backstroke class 2 complete
Silver medal icon.svg SilverVincent Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke class 2 complete
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Wheelchair basketball Men
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCornett Archery Women's Columbia round open
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeGeissinger
Kelderhouse
Klemens
Archery Men's FITA round team open
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeKlemens Archery Men's Albion round open
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeMoore Archery Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeWebb Archery Women's FITA round open
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeArballo Athletics Men's discus throw C
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeBindley Athletics Women's discus throw B
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCameron Athletics Men's club throw special class
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeChrysler Athletics Men's shot put C
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCornett Athletics Women's 60 m wheelchair A
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCornett Athletics Women's pentathlon complete
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCornett Athletics Women's slalom A
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeDunn Athletics Men's slalom cervical class
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFeltes Athletics Men's Novices 60 m wheelchair Dash C
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rosalie Hixson Athletics Women's Precision javelin throw open
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rosalie Hixson Athletics Women's shot put B
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeKirn Athletics Women's club throw A
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeKirn Athletics Women's discus throw A
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reno Levis Athletics Men's javelin throw C
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reno Levis Athletics Men's Precision javelin throw open
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ed Owen Athletics Men's javelin throw special class
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rosalie Hixson Lawn bowls Women's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeLionetti Lawn bowls Men's singles
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeC. Sandglass
Vincent
Lawn bowls Men's Pairs
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Swimming Men's 3x50 m medley relay open
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeBranum Swimming Men's 3x25 m individual medley open
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCornett Swimming Women's 25 m breaststroke class 2 complete
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeDunn Swimming Men's 25 m backstroke class 1 complete
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeFiorello Swimming Men's 50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeStratman Swimming Women's 50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeVincent Swimming Men's 25 m breaststroke class 2 complete
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeVincent Swimming Men's 25 m freestyle class 2 complete
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeCrase
Donaldson
Table tennis Men's doubles A1
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeGorman
Moore
Table tennis Women's doubles A2
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeMcNichol Table tennis Men's singles A1
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeMoore Table tennis Women's singles A1
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeJensen Weightlifting Men's Middleweight
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeRossini Weightlifting Men's Heavyweight
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Wheelchair basketball Women

Dartchery

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. The United States was represented by Geissinger and Kelderhouse; the pair beat athletes from Jamaica, Italy and Australia to set up a semi-final meeting with Tanaka and Matsumoto of Japan. The Americans won the match and went on to defeat a second Australian pair in the final round to win the gold medal. [10]

Wheelchair basketball

America entered teams in both the men's and women's wheelchair basketball events and won medals in each. The women's event took the form of a single pool stage with medals awarded to the top three teams. The USA team won two matches and lost two matches, scoring 31 points and conceding 30, to finish in third place and take the bronze medal. [11] The men's event featured a pool stage followed by a knockout competition. The USA men beat Great Britain and the Switzerland and Germany to advance to the quarterfinals. They then beat Argentina and Great Britain again to reach the gold medal match. Facing the hosts Israel, USA lost 47–37 and had to settle for the silver medals. [12]

See also

Notes

  1. Data is taken from the International Paralympic Committee website and is based on information contained/sourced in the original hardcopy final results publications. Some information from earlier Paralympic Games (i.e. 1960 – 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes

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