1960 Summer Paralympics

The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games,

retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics I Paralympic Games
(Italian: Giochi paralimpici estivi del 1960),[1] were the first
international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke
Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under
the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games
Federation.[2] The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984,[1] while the
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.

The Games were held in Rome, Italy from September 18 to 25, Host city Rome, Italy
1960, with the 1960 Summer Olympics. The only disability Nations 23
included in these Paralympics was spinal cord injury. There were
Athletes ~400
400 athletes from 23 countries.[1][3][4][5][6]
Events 57 in 8 sports
Opening 18 September
Sports
Closing 25 September
Archery Opened by Camillo Giardina
Athletics
Stadium Aqua Acetosa
Dartchery
Snooker 1960 Summer Olympics
Swimming
Table tennis
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair fencing

Medal table
The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Italy, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (Italy)

 Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

1  Italy* 29 28 23 80

2  Great Britain 20 15 20 55

3  West Germany 15 6 9 30

4  Austria 11 8 11 30

5  United States 11 7 7 25

6  Norway 9 3 4 16

7  Australia 3 6 1 10

8  Netherlands 3 6 0 9

9  France 3 3 1 7

10  Argentina 2 3 1 6

Totals (10 entries) 106 85 77 268

Participating delegations
The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.[7][8] Canada, Cyprus,
Denmark, Egypt, Greece, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Portugal, Turkey and Uruguay sent only officials.

 Argentina (9)
 Australia (12)
 Austria (19)
 Belgium (12)
 Canada
 Cyprus
 Denmark
 Egypt
 Finland (1)
 France (11)
 Great Britain (50)[9]
 Greece
 India
 Ireland (1)
 Israel (7)
 Italy (27)
 Lebanon
 Malta (6)
 Netherlands (18)[9]
 Norway (11)
 Pakistan
 Portugal
 Rhodesia (1)
  Sweden (3)
 Switzerland (6)
 Turkey
 Uruguay
 United States (23)
 West Germany (9)

References
1. Rome 1960 (http://www.paralympic.org/Paralympic_Games/Past_Games/Rome_1960/index.
html), International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
2. "Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992" (https://archive.today/20121216142613/http://w
ww.iwasf.com/iwasf/index.cfm/about-iwas/history/paralympic-games-1960-1992/), IWAS
3. "Beijing Paralympics factsheet" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/
7293990.stm), BBC, July 11, 2008
4. "Participation Numbers: Rome 1960 Paralympic Games" (http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/R
esults/reports.html?type=participation&games=1960PG&sport=all), International Paralympic
Committee
5. IPC searchable database (http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/index.html?type=event#r
eport)
6. "Paralympic Games History" (http://paralympics.channel4.com/latest-stories/paralympic-histo
ry), Channel Four Paralympics
7. Paralympic Games Open At Rome Olympics Site (https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r
z5SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DHkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7385,4722170&dq=wheelchair+basketball+196
0+rome&hl=en), St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1960, Google News Archive Search
8. https://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/participantNumbers/rome-1960
9. "Gevonden in Delpher - Trouw" (https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Estafette&pa
ge=1&sortfield=datedesc&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2215-09-1960%22%29&cql%5
B%5D=%28date+_lte_+%2230-09-1960%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&identifier=ABCD
DD:010817413:mpeg21:a0213&resultsidentifier=ABCDDD:010817413:mpeg21:a0213&row
id=6).

The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on
sources which does not present all information from earlier paralympic games (1960-1984),
such as relay and team members.[1] (http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?t
ype=multi&sport=28&gender=all) (Per Apr.17, 2011)

External links
Video clip from the 1960 Summer Paralympics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7JUeen
5Mpo) on YouTube on ParalympicSport.tv's Official site on YouTube
Video clip Australian team at the 1960 Summer Paralympics (https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=HuT4BDZ2-K8) on YouTube on Australian Paralympic Committee's Official site on
YouTube

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