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Snooker at the I Paralympic Games
Venue	Tre Fontane Sports Ground, Rome
Medalists
Cliff Keaton  Great Britain Michael Shelton  Great Britain Giovanni Ferraris  Italy George Portelli  Malta
1964→

Snooker at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's event. It was held at the Tre Fontane Sports Ground, Rome. There were four competitors, from three different countries: two from Great Britain, and one each from Italy and Malta. Cliff Keaton won the gold medal. The event was played outdoors, in a covered area of a running track, on a table brought over from Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's paraplegics - open	Cliff Keaton  Great Britain	Michael Shelton  Great Britain	Giovanni Ferraris  Italy
			George Portelli  Malta

References

1. ^ Brittain, Ian (2012). From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games (PDF). Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1-86335-988-7.
2. "Snooker - Medal Standings (1960)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
3. "Snooker (1960)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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