Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the III Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Medalists
Israel (ISR) (men)  Israel (ISR) (women)  United States (USA) (men)  Argentina (ARG) (women)  Great Britain (GBR) (men)  United States (USA) (women)
←1964 1972→

Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.

The original wheelchair basketball classification system in 1966 had 5 classes: A, B, C, D, S. Each class was worth so many points. A was worth 1, B and C were worth 2. D and S were worth 3 points. A team could have a maximum of 12 points on the floor. This system was the one in place for the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Class A was for T1-T9 complete. Class B was for T1-T9 incomplete. Class C was for T10-L2 complete. Class D was for T10-L2 incomplete. Class S was for Cauda equina paralysis.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team details	Israel (ISR) Aryeh Beizam Jacob Ben-Arie Zvi Ben-Zvi Shmuel Ben-Zakai Israel Even-Zahav Yitzhak Galitzki Aryeh Gantz Israel Globus Baruch Hagai Avraham Keftelovitch Zvi Potashnik Danny Shahar (captain) Avraham Tshuva Amnon Weiss Coach: Reuven Heller	United States (USA) Kim Pollock	Great Britain (GBR)
Women's team details	Israel (ISR) Ruth Biton Michal Escapa Neora Even-Zahav Malka Halfon Ayala Malhan Mali Mezin Batia Mishani Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum (captain) Shoshana Sharabi Batia Shweiki Geula Siri	Argentina (ARG) Silvia Cochetti Estela Fernández Dina Galíndez Susana Masciotra Amelia Mier Susana Olarte Noemí Tortul[2]	United States (USA)

Source: Paralympic.org ^[3]

See also

• Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References

• Wheelchair Basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (Tel Aviv) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

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