United States at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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]

United States at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeUSA
NPCUnited States Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.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

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]

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldArballoArcheryMen's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
 GoldClasson
Reno Levis
O'Donnell		ArcheryMen's Columbia round team open
 GoldGeissinger
Kelderhouse
Klemens		ArcheryMen's Albion round team open
 GoldBranum
Chess
Gary Odorowski
Roman		AthleticsMen's 4x40 m relay open
 GoldE. Cox
C. Giesse
Keyser
Stratman		AthleticsWomen's 4x40 m relay open
 GoldC. GeisseAthleticsWomen's 60 m wheelchair A
 GoldC. GiesseAthleticsWomen's slalom A
 GoldRosalie HixsonAthleticsWomen's javelin throw B
 GoldKirnAthleticsWomen's javelin throw A
 GoldKirnAthleticsWomen's shot put A
 GoldGary OdorowskiAthleticsMen's 100 m wheelchair C
 GoldEd OwenAthleticsMen's club throw special class
 GoldEd OwenAthleticsMen's discus throw special class
 GoldEd OwenAthleticsMen's pentathlon special class
 GoldEd OwenAthleticsMen's shot put special class
 GoldRomanAthleticsMen's Novices 60 m wheelchair Dash C
 GoldH. SmithAthleticsMen's club throw C
 GoldH. SmithAthleticsMen's pentathlon incomplete
 GoldDavid WilliamsonAthleticsMen's javelin throw B
 GoldGeissinger
Kelderhouse		DartcheryMixed Pairs open
 GoldAilesSwimmingWomen's 50 m breaststroke class 4 complete
 GoldAilesSwimmingWomen's 50 m freestyle class 4 complete
 GoldBranumSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle open
 GoldChryslerSwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke class 3 complete
 GoldChryslerSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete
 GoldCraseSwimmingMen's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
 GoldFoustSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle class 4 complete
 GoldGormanSwimmingWomen's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
 GoldKaminskiSwimmingWomen's 50 m backstroke class 4 complete
 GoldMooreSwimmingWomen's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
 GoldEd OwenSwimmingMen's 100 m breaststroke open
 GoldEd OwenSwimmingMen's 50 m breaststroke special class
 GoldDunn
McNichol		Table tennisMen's doubles A1
 SilverReno LevisArcheryMen's Columbia round open
 SilverSoulekArcheryWomen's Columbia round open
 SilverWebbArcheryWomen's Albion round open
 SilverBranumAthleticsMen's 100 m wheelchair C
 SilverBranumAthleticsMen's pentathlon special class
 SilverCameronAthleticsMen's javelin throw special class
 SilverDemorestAthleticsMen's discus throw special class
 SilverGianinoAthleticsMen's slalom cervical class
 SilverGurmanAthleticsWomen's slalom cervical class
 SilverKeyserAthleticsWomen's 60 m wheelchair C
 SilverKirnAthleticsWomen's 60 m wheelchair A
 SilverH. SmithAthleticsMen's discus throw C
 SilverDavid WilliamsonAthleticsMen's 100 m wheelchair B
 SilverDavid WilliamsonAthleticsMen's club throw B
 SilverRosalie Hixson
Woods		Lawn bowlsWomen's Pairs
 SilverSoulekLawn bowlsWomen's singles
 SilverBranumSwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke special class
 SilverCornettSwimmingWomen's 25 m freestyle class 2 complete
 SilverCraseSwimmingMen's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
 SilverGormanSwimmingWomen's 25 m backstroke class 1 complete
 SilverGormanSwimmingWomen's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
 SilverMooreSwimmingWomen's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
 SilverMooreSwimmingWomen's 25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete
 SilverPollockSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete
 SilverSoulekSwimmingWomen's 25 m backstroke class 2 complete
 SilverVincentSwimmingMen's 25 m backstroke class 2 complete
 SilverWheelchair basketballMen
 BronzeCornettArcheryWomen's Columbia round open
 BronzeGeissinger
Kelderhouse
Klemens		ArcheryMen's FITA round team open
 BronzeKlemensArcheryMen's Albion round open
 BronzeMooreArcheryWomen's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
 BronzeWebbArcheryWomen's FITA round open
 BronzeArballoAthleticsMen's discus throw C
 BronzeBindleyAthleticsWomen's discus throw B
 BronzeCameronAthleticsMen's club throw special class
 BronzeChryslerAthleticsMen's shot put C
 BronzeCornettAthleticsWomen's 60 m wheelchair A
 BronzeCornettAthleticsWomen's pentathlon complete
 BronzeCornettAthleticsWomen's slalom A
 BronzeDunnAthleticsMen's slalom cervical class
 BronzeFeltesAthleticsMen's Novices 60 m wheelchair Dash C
 BronzeRosalie HixsonAthleticsWomen's Precision javelin throw open
 BronzeRosalie HixsonAthleticsWomen's shot put B
 BronzeKirnAthleticsWomen's club throw A
 BronzeKirnAthleticsWomen's discus throw A
 BronzeReno LevisAthleticsMen's javelin throw C
 BronzeReno LevisAthleticsMen's Precision javelin throw open
 BronzeEd OwenAthleticsMen's javelin throw special class
 BronzeRosalie HixsonLawn bowlsWomen's singles
 BronzeLionettiLawn bowlsMen's singles
 BronzeC. Sandglass
Vincent		Lawn bowlsMen's Pairs
 BronzeSwimmingMen's 3x50 m medley relay open
 BronzeBranumSwimmingMen's 3x25 m individual medley open
 BronzeCornettSwimmingWomen's 25 m breaststroke class 2 complete
 BronzeDunnSwimmingMen's 25 m backstroke class 1 complete
 BronzeFiorelloSwimmingMen's 50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete
 BronzeStratmanSwimmingWomen's 50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)
 BronzeVincentSwimmingMen's 25 m breaststroke class 2 complete
 BronzeVincentSwimmingMen's 25 m freestyle class 2 complete
 BronzeCrase
Donaldson		Table tennisMen's doubles A1
 BronzeGorman
Moore		Table tennisWomen's doubles A2
 BronzeMcNicholTable tennisMen's singles A1
 BronzeMooreTable tennisWomen's singles A1
 BronzeJensenWeightliftingMen's Middleweight
 BronzeRossiniWeightliftingMen's Heavyweight
 BronzeWheelchair basketballWomen

Dartchery
Main article: Dartchery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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

References
  1. "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  2. "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. "Tel Aviv 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. Results for ed owen from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)
  6. "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  7. "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  8. "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  9. United States at the Paralympics on paralympic.org
  10. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  11. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Wheelchair Basketball Women". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  12. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Wheelchair Basketball Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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