Spain was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1][2] The team finished twenty-first in the medal table and won four medals: three silver and one bronze, all in swimming events.[1] The Spanish team contained eleven athletes; nine men and two women.[3][n 1]
| Spain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | ESP |
| NPC | Spanish Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Tel Aviv | |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Archery edit
Three Spanish men competed in archery, none won a medal in the sport.[4] The best result was achieved by Bellon in the St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics.[5]
Athletics edit
Spain entered four men into athletics events; no medals were won.[4] The best placed Spanish athlete was Llorens in the men's precision javelin; he finished the qualification round in eleventh position but did not advance to the final round.[6]
Dartchery edit
The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. The Spanish pair of Llorens and Lorente defeated a team from Ireland in the first round but was eliminated by British pair Robertson and Todd in the second round.[7]
Swimming edit
Four Spanish swimmers competed at the Games, two men and two women. All of Spain's medals were won in swimming events.[4] Riu won silver medals in both the women's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete and 50 m breaststroke class 3 complete, finishing behind Forder of Great Britain in both events.[8][9] In men's events Carol won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke open and a silver in the 50 m breaststroke special class.[4]
Table tennis edit
Two athletes played table tennis for Spain at the Games. Bellon entered the men's singles B event for Spain and also teamed up with Llorens in the men's doubles C event but failed to advance beyond the second round in either.[4]
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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 edit
- ^ a b "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "Athlete Search Results Spain 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Men's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Athletics Men's Precision Javelin open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.