Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the III Paralympic Games
Host stadium (shown in 2023)
Dates	5–13 November 1968
Competitors	423 from 26 nations

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 70 events, 35 for men and 35 for women.

Participating nations

•  Argentina (18)
•  Australia (22)
•  Austria (20)
•  Belgium (10)
•  Canada (22)
•  Ethiopia (2)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (12)
•  Great Britain (33)
•  India (9)
•  Ireland (2)
•  Israel (26)
•  Italy (22)
•  Jamaica (7)
•  Japan (38)
•  Malta (6)
•  Netherlands (14)
•  New Zealand (12)
•  Norway (8)
•  Rhodesia (7)
•  South Africa (8)
•  South Korea (2)
•  Spain (5)
•  Switzerland (16)
•  United States (61)
•  West Germany (39)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	16	11	16	43
2	Israel (ISR)*	9	11	12	32
3	Argentina (ARG)	9	8	8	25
4	Australia (AUS)	7	7	5	19
5	South Africa (RSA)	5	7	4	16
6	Great Britain (GBR)	5	5	4	14
7	Italy (ITA)	5	4	5	14
8	Canada (CAN)	5	4	3	12
9	West Germany (FRG)	3	5	2	10
10	Jamaica (JAM)	2	0	0	2
11	Japan (JPN)	1	2	5	8
12	Rhodesia (RHO)	1	1	2	4
13	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
14	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
15	Austria (AUT)	0	4	2	6
16	Ireland (IRL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		70	70	70	210

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash A details	Patterson  Canada	Walter Hertle  West Germany	Mitsuaki Sakonju  Japan
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash B details	Wilson  Canada	Hans Jung  West Germany	Bourne  Canada
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash C details	Ariel Roman  United States	Walter Dann  Canada	Richard Feltes  United States
100 m wheelchair A details	Gary Hooper  Australia	Bruno Moretti  Australia	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
100 m wheelchair B details	Kevin Munro  Australia	David Williamson  United States	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany
100 m wheelchair C details	Gary Odorowski  United States	Denver Branum  United States	Taketoshi Miyazawa  Japan
4×40 m relay open details	United States (USA) Denver Branum Chess Gary Odorowski Ariel Roman	Australia (AUS) Gary Hooper John Martin Bruno Moretti Kevin Munro	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Carranza Jorge Diz Hugo Loto Bautista Rubio
Club throw A details	Vic Renalson  Australia	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Antonio Arizzi  Italy
Club throw B details	Eugene Reimer  Canada	David Williamson  United States	Nel  South Africa
Club throw C details	H. Smith  United States	Germano Pecchenino  Italy	Emilio Porto  Italy
Club throw D details	Roberto Marson  Italy	Neault  Canada	Horst Gotthelf  West Germany
Club throw special class details	Ed Owen  United States	Jorge Diz  Argentina	Cameron  United States
Discus throw A details	Vic Renalson  Australia	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Antonio Arizzi  Italy
Discus throw B details	Eugene Reimer  Canada	Germishuizen  South Africa	J. Meyer  South Africa
Discus throw C details	Yitzhak Galitzki  Israel	H. Smith  United States	Arballo  United States
Discus throw D details	Roberto Marson  Italy	Israel Even-Sahav  Israel	Amnon Weiss  Israel
Discus throw special class details	Ed Owen  United States	Demorest  United States	Miguel Ángel González  Argentina
Javelin throw A details	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Vic Renalson  Australia	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Javelin throw B details	David Williamson  United States	Eugene Reimer  Canada	J. Meyer  South Africa
Javelin throw C details	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany	Germano Pecchenino  Italy	Reno Levis  United States
Javelin throw D details	Roberto Marson  Italy	Russ Scott  Great Britain	Amnon Weiss  Israel
Javelin throw special class details	Miguel Ángel González  Argentina	Cameron  United States	Ed Owen  United States
Precision javelin throw open details	Vincent Excell  Jamaica	Engelbert Rangger  Austria	Reno Levis  United States
Shot put A details	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Goll  Austria	Vic Renalson  Australia
Shot put B details	J. Meyer  South Africa	Gary Hooper  Australia	Germishuizen  South Africa
Shot put C details	Benincasa  Italy	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany	Leonard Chrysler  United States
Shot put D details	Horst Gotthelf  West Germany	Amnon Weiss  Israel	Roberto Marson  Italy
Shot put special class details	Ed Owen  United States	Miguel Ángel González  Argentina	Jorge Diz  Argentina
Slalom A details	Bruno Moretti  Australia	Bill Mather-Brown  Australia	Mitsuaki Sakonju  Japan
Slalom B details	Robert McIntyre  Australia	John Martin  Australia	Makio Suga  Japan
Slalom C details	Hisashi Furukawa  Japan	Mikio Egawa  Japan	Teruyoshi Tsuchiya  Japan
Slalom cervical class details	Allan McLucas  Australia	Gianino  United States	Dunn  United States
Pentathlon complete details	Johann Schuhbauer  West Germany	Heinz Simon  West Germany	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia
Pentathlon incomplete details	H. Smith  United States	Clark  Great Britain	Tommy Taylor  Great Britain
Pentathlon special class details	Ed Owen  United States	Denver Branum  United States	Jorge Diz  Argentina

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash A details	Thibaut  France	Dina Galindez  Argentina	Lorraine Dodd  Australia
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash B details	Hilda Binns  Canada	Janet Swann  Great Britain	Batia Shviki  Israel
Novices 60 m wheelchair dash C details	Batia Mishani  Israel	Karin Sammerhofer  Austria	Geula Siri  Israel
60 m wheelchair A details	Carol Geisse  United States	Kirn  United States	Cornett  United States
60 m wheelchair B details	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Neora Even-Zahav  Israel	Ora Goldstein  Israel
60 m wheelchair C details	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Jo Ann Keyser  United States	Daphne Hilton  Australia
4×40 m relay open details	United States (USA) Ella Chafee Carol Giesse Jo Ann Keyser Linda Stratman	Israel (ISR) Neora Even-Zahav Batia Mishani Shoshana Sharabi Geula Siri	Argentina (ARG) Silvia Cochetti Amelia Mier Susana Olarte Noemi Tortul
Club throw A details	Dina Galindez  Argentina	Maggie Marr  Great Britain	Kirn  United States
Club throw B details	Hattingh  South Africa	Noemi Tortul  Argentina	Gabriella Monaco  Italy
Club throw C details	Susana Olarte  Argentina	Le Roux  South Africa	Seeley  Canada
Club throw D details	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Batia Mishani  Israel	Shoshana Sharabi  Israel
Club throw special class details	Malka Halfon  Israel	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina	Geula Siri  Israel
Discus throw A details	Dina Galindez  Argentina	Maggie Marr  Great Britain	Kirn  United States
Discus throw B details	Hattingh  South Africa	Noemi Tortul  Argentina	Bindley  United States
Discus throw C details	Susana Olarte  Argentina	Le Roux  South Africa	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand
Discus throw D details	Irene Monaco  Italy	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Ruth Biton  Israel
Discus throw special class details	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina	Malka Halfon  Israel	Geula Siri  Israel
Javelin throw A details	Kirn  United States	Ingrid Voboril  Austria	Galindez  Argentina
Javelin throw B details	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Hattingh  South Africa	Noemi Tortul  Argentina
Javelin throw C details	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Gesina Smit  Rhodesia	Seeley  Canada
Javelin throw D details	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Batia Mishani  Israel	Karin Sammerhofer  Austria
Javelin throw special class details	Malka Halfon  Israel	Geula Siri  Israel	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina
Precision javelin throw open details	Baracatt  Jamaica	Silvana Martino  Italy	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Shot put A details	Kirn  United States	Dina Galindez  Argentina	Ingrid Voboril  Austria
Shot put B details	Jacqueline Thompson  Rhodesia	Hattingh  South Africa	Rosalie Hixson  United States
Shot put C details	Susana Olarte  Argentina	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	Ora Goldstein  Israel
Shot put D details	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Batia Mishani  Israel	Avril Davis  Rhodesia
Shot put special class details	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina	Malka Halfon  Israel	Geula Siri  Israel
Slalom A details	Carol Giesse  United States	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Cornett  United States
Slalom B details	Batia Shviki  Israel	Binns  Canada	Neora Even-Zahav  Israel
Slalom C details	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Kayoko Arai  Japan	Marion O'Brien  Australia
Slalom cervical class details	Susana Masciotra  Argentina	Gurman  United States	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland
Pentathlon complete details	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Elena Monaco  Italy	Cornett  United States
Pentathlon incomplete details	Margaret Gibbs  Great Britain	Marga Floer  West Germany	Carol Bryant  Great Britain
Pentathlon special class details	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina	Daphne Hilton  Australia

References

• Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (Tel Aviv) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)