Spain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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
IPC code	ESP
NPC	Spanish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpicos.es (in Spanish)
in Tel Aviv
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances
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Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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

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 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

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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

• Spain at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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. "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
2. "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
3. "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
4. "Athlete Search Results Spain 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
5. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Men's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
6. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Athletics Men's Precision Javelin open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
7. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
8. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
9. "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle class 3 complete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.