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Sweden competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] The team finished seventeenth in the medal table and won a total of eleven medals; one gold, six silver and four bronze.[2] Thirty-two Swedish athletes took part in the Games; twenty-seven men and five women.[3][n 1]

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependant upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[6]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Sweden sent nine athletes to compete in archery. Two medals were won by Swedish archers; Johansson won silver in the St. Nicholas round for paraplegic women and Rodaster won silver in the women's FITA round open.[7][8]

Dartchery

Main article: Dartchery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which which had a knockout tournament format. Two Swedish pairs entered; Luks and Andersson lost in the first round to the Australians Fowler and Bawden; Johansson and Hansson also lost in the first round to Belgian pair Schelfaut and Desal.[9]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Swedish swimmers won to silver and four bronze medals in Tel Aviv.[8] Two athletes won multiple medals; Soderberg won a silver in the men's 50 metres breaststroke class 5 cauda equina and a bronze in the 50 metres freestyle; Tufuesson won a bronze in the open 3×25 metres individual medley and a silver in the women's 50 metres backstroke class 4 incomplete.[8] Further bronze medals were won by Eden in the men's 50 metres breaststroke class 4 incomplete and by Olfson in men's 50 metres backstroke class 5 cauda equina.[8]

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

One man entered weightlifting events for Sweden, Benny Nilsson in the featherweight division.[8] He lifted 120 kg to win the silver medal. Gold was won by Dumont of France whose lift of 125 kg was a new world record.[10]

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Sweden entered a team into the men's wheelchair basketball. The competition featured a pool stage followed by a knockout competition. Sweden lost both their pool matches, 8–26 to Belgium and 15–35 to Canada, and did not advance to the quarterfinals.[11]

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. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  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 categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  6. ^ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Women's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Athlete Search Results Sweden 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  9. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  10. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Weightlifting Men's Featherweight". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Wheelchair Basketball Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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