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==Medalists== ==Medalists==
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* Gold: Eugene Reimer (2)
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* Silver: W. Dann, Eugene Reimer
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| {{gold medal}} || Patterson || ] || Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
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| {{gold medal}} || Wilson || ] || Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
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| {{gold medal}} || ] || ] || Men's club throw B
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| {{gold medal}} || ] || ] || Men's discus throw B
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| {{gold medal}} || ] || ] || Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
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| {{gold medal}} || ] || ] || Women's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
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| {{silver medal}} || ] || ] || Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash C
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| {{silver medal}} || Neault || ] || Men's club throw D
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| {{silver medal}} || ] || ] || Men's javelin throw B
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| {{silver medal}} || ] || ] || Women's slalom B
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| {{silver medal}} || McPherson || ] || Women's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete
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| {{silver medal}} || Miller || ] || Women's 50m backstroke class 4 complete
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| {{bronze medal}} || Bourne || ] || Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
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| {{bronze medal}} || Seeley || ] || Women's club throw C
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| {{bronze medal}} || Seeley || ] || Women's javelin throw C
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| {{bronze medal}} || ] || ] || Men's singles
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| {{bronze medal}} || ] || ] || Men's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete
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| {{bronze medal}} || McPherson || ] || Women's 50m breaststroke class 3 incomplete
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| {{bronze medal}} || McPherson || ] || Women's 100m breaststroke open
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==See also== ==See also==

Revision as of 09:29, 24 July 2018

Sporting event delegation
Canada at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
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IPC codeCAN
NPCCanadian Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ca
in Tel Aviv
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
6
Silver
6
Bronze
7
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished twelfth in the medal table and won a total of nineteen medals; six gold, six silver and seven bronze. The Canadian team contained twenty-five athletes; eighteen men and seven women.

This was Canada's first appearance at a Paralympic Games.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Patterson Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
 Gold Wilson Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 Gold Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's club throw B
 Gold Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's discus throw B
 Gold Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 Gold Hilda Mae Binns Swimming Women's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
 Silver Walter Dann Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash C
 Silver Neault Athletics Men's club throw D
 Silver Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's javelin throw B
 Silver Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's slalom B
 Silver McPherson Swimming Women's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete
 Silver Miller Swimming Women's 50m backstroke class 4 complete
 Bronze Bourne Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
 Bronze Seeley Athletics Women's club throw C
 Bronze Seeley Athletics Women's javelin throw C
 Bronze Walter Schmid Lawn bowls Men's singles
 Bronze Gustav Schuster Swimming Men's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete
 Bronze McPherson Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke class 3 incomplete
 Bronze McPherson Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke open

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 (ie 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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  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. "Paralympics mean pinnacle of success Only difference between games is that Olympics better publicized". Toronto Star. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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