Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 68 events, 34 for men and 34 for women.

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	13	7	8	28
2	United States (USA)	12	10	8	30
3	Netherlands (NED)	9	2	4	15
4	Rhodesia (RHO)	6	6	4	16
5	France (FRA)	6	4	4	14
6	West Germany (FRG)	5	4	6	15
7	Australia (AUS)	4	5	1	10
8	Norway (NOR)	3	1	1	5
9	Italy (ITA)	3	1	0	4
10	Israel (ISR)	2	8	5	15
11	Canada (CAN)	1	2	3	6
12	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	2	5
13	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
14	Jamaica (JAM)	1	1	0	2
15	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
16	Austria (AUT)	0	3	6	9
17	Spain (ESP)	0	3	1	4
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	4	6
19	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
20	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
21	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
21	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (22 entries)		68	66	63	197

Participating nations

Argentina (10)
Australia (14)
Austria (17)
Belgium (4)
Canada (15)
Denmark (3)
France (13)
Great Britain (29)
India (3)
Ireland (3)
Israel (19)
Italy (12)
Jamaica (3)
Japan (6)
Netherlands (12)
New Zealand (6)
Norway (10)
Rhodesia (11)
South Africa (3)
Spain (4)
Sweden (5)
Switzerland (9)
United States (33)
West Germany (20)

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle class 1 complete details	Sparsa France	Crase United States	A. West Great Britain
25 m freestyle class 1 incomplete details	Daniel Jeannin France	Manfred Emmel West Germany	David Holland Rhodesia
25 m freestyle class 2 complete details	Helvio Aresca Argentina	David Ellis Great Britain	Vincent United States
25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete details	John Britton Great Britain	Nel South Africa	Claude Sugny France
50 m freestyle class 3 complete details	Leonard Chrysler United States	W. Thornton Great Britain	Safer Austria
50 m freestyle class 3 incomplete details	Harald Gunnerup Norway	Johann Igel Austria	Gustav Schuster Canada
50 m freestyle class 4 complete details	Foust United States	Lewis South Africa	Arimura Japan
50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete details	Koyachi Japan	Kim Pollock United States	Avraham Keftelovitch Israel
50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina) details	Roberto Marson Italy	Carlos Carranza Argentina	Soderberg Sweden
50 m freestyle special class details	Piet Makkes Netherlands	Cestier France	John van der Starre Netherlands
100 m freestyle open details	Branum United States	John Watts Great Britain	Eduard de Anta Switzerland
25 m backstroke class 1 complete details	Sparsa France	A. West Great Britain	Dunn United States
25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete details	Daniel Jeannin France	Manfred Emmel West Germany	Glynn Griffiths Rhodesia
25 m backstroke class 2 complete details	David Ellis Great Britain	Vincent United States	Frank Ponta Australia
25 m backstroke class 2 incomplete details	Nel South Africa	Claude Sugny France	John Britton Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 3 complete details	Leonard Chrysler United States	Eskild Hansen Norway	W. Thornton Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete details	Paul Jacobsen Norway	Peter Goldhawk Rhodesia	Fiorello United States
50 m backstroke class 4 complete details	Leslie Manson-Bishop Rhodesia	B. Dickinson Great Britain	Harald Gerhard West Germany
50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete details	Moshe Levy Israel	Andrew James Scott Rhodesia	Gerry Kinsella Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Roberto Marson Italy	Bernard Boulens Switzerland	Olfson Sweden
50 m backstroke special class details	Piet Makkes Netherlands	Branum United States	Cestier France
25 m breaststroke class 1 complete details	Crase United States	Sparsa France	Walter Sailer Austria
25 m breaststroke class 1 incomplete details	Manfred Emmel West Germany	Glynn Griffiths Rhodesia	Daniel Jeannin France
25 m breaststroke class 2 complete details	David Ellis Great Britain	Francesco Deiana Italy	Vincent United States
25 m breaststroke class 2 incomplete details	Walter Hertle West Germany	John Britton Great Britain	Nel South Africa
50 m breaststroke class 3 complete details	W. Thornton Great Britain	Jeff Simmonds Australia	Willi Brinkmann West Germany
50 m breaststroke class 3 incomplete details	Harald Gunnerup Norway	Don Watts Australia	Johann Igel Austria
50 m breaststroke class 4 complete details	Leslie Manson-Bishop Rhodesia	Harald Gerhard West Germany	Lewis South Africa
50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete details	Andrew James Scott Rhodesia	Jacob Ben-Arie Israel	M. Eden Sweden
50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Roberto Marson Italy	Soderberg Sweden	Carlos Carranza Argentina
50 m breaststroke special class details	Ed Owen United States	Carol Spain	Arieh Rubin Israel
100 m breaststroke open details	Ed Owen United States	Arieh Rubin Israel	Carol Spain
3×25 m individual medley open details	Sestier France	Arieh Rubin Israel	Branum United States
3×50 m medley relay open details	Netherlands (NED)	Israel (ISR) Arieh Beizam Arieh Rubin Moshe Levy	United States (USA)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle class 1 complete details	Evelyn Mulry Moore United States	Gorman United States	None
25 m freestyle class 1 incomplete details	Sandra Coppard Rhodesia	None	None
25 m freestyle class 2 complete details	Lorraine Dodd Australia	Cornett United States	Ruth Lamsbach West Germany
25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete details	Hilda Mae Binns Canada	Evelyn Mulry Moore United States	Virginia Tomlinson Rhodesia
50 m freestyle class 3 complete details	Valerie Forder Great Britain	Riu Spain	Elke Lange West Germany
50 m freestyle class 3 incomplete details	Marga Floer West Germany	Jacqueline Thompson Rhodesia	Cardon France
50 m freestyle class 4 complete details	Ailes United States	Eve M. Rimmer New Zealand	None
50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete details	Elizabeth Edmondson Australia	Meikle Jamaica	Wil Verschoor Netherlands
50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina) details	Jardine France	Daphne Hilton Australia	Bellamy Great Britain
50 m freestyle special class details	Ingrid van der Benden Netherlands	Rachel Shalom Israel	Silvia Cochetti Argentina
100 m freestyle open details	Elizabeth Edmondson Australia	Jardine France	M. Gibbs Great Britain
25 m backstroke class 1 complete details	Aria Noordam Netherlands	Gorman United States	Caroline Troxler-Kung Switzerland
25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete details	Davina Ingrams Great Britain	White Ireland	Rosaleen Gallagher Ireland
25 m backstroke class 2 complete details	Lorraine Dodd Australia	Soulek United States	S. Jones Great Britain
25 m backstroke class 2 incomplete details	Gwen Buck Great Britain	Lamb Australia	Margit Schweiger West Germany
50 m backstroke class 3 complete details	Valerie Forder Great Britain	Ilse Driessler Austria	Elke Lange West Germany
50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete details	Karen Hill Great Britain	McPherson Canada	Jacqueline Thompson Rhodesia
50 m backstroke class 4 complete details	Kaminski United States	Miller Canada	Fischer Austria
50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete details	Wil Verschoor Netherlands	Elizabeth Edmondson Australia	Birgith Reklev Norway
50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Bellamy Great Britain	Avril Davis Rhodesia	Linda Stratman United States
50 m backstroke special class details	Janneke Minholtz Netherlands	Ingrid van der Benden Netherlands	Mali Mezin Israel
25 m breaststroke class 1 complete details	Gorman United States	Moore United States	Mati Angel Israel
25 m breaststroke class 1 incomplete details	Sandra Coppard Rhodesia	None	None
25 m breaststroke class 2 complete details	Lorraine Dodd Australia	Ruth Lamsbach West Germany	Cornett United States
25 m breaststroke class 2 incomplete details	Margit Schweiger West Germany	Virginia Tomlinson Rhodesia	Jenneke van Driel Netherlands
50 m breaststroke class 3 complete details	Valerie Forder Great Britain	Riu Spain	Rosi Kuhnel Austria
50 m breaststroke class 3 incomplete details	Marga Floer West Germany	Sonja Graveland Netherlands	McPherson Canada
50 m breaststroke class 4 complete details	Ailes United States	Heidemarie Fischer Austria	Waltraud Vetschera Austria
50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete details	Meikle Jamaica	M. Tufuesson Sweden	Ora Goldstein Israel
50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Bellamy Great Britain	Lampo Belgium	None
50 m breaststroke special class details	Ingrid van der Benden Netherlands	Malka Halfon Israel	Janneke Minholtz Netherlands
100 m breaststroke open details	Ora Goldstein Israel	Carol Bryant Great Britain	McPherson Canada
3×25 m individual medley open details	M. Gibbs Great Britain	Mali Mezin Israel	M. Tufuesson Sweden
3×50 m medley relay open details	Netherlands (NED) Janneke Minholtz (backstroke) Wil Verschoor (Breaststroke) Ingrid van der Benden (freestyle)	Israel (ISR) Ora Goldstein Malka Halfon Zipora Rosenbaum	Great Britain (GBR)

References

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

v t e Events at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (Tel Aviv)
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