Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.

Governing bodyIWBF
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
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Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
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Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.

Events

In the first two Paralympic games, there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968, there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.

Current events

  • Men's team
  • Women's team

Qualification

  • 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
  • 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification

Medalists

Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:

Men's team

Class A

More information Year, Gold ...
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
United States
Great Britain
Israel
1964 Tokyo
United States
Great Britain
Israel
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Class B

More information Year, Gold ...
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
United States
Netherlands
Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
United States
Argentina
Israel
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Men's team

More information Year, Gold ...
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv
Israel
United States
Great Britain[1]
1972 Heidelberg
United States
Israel
Argentina[2]
1976 Toronto
United States
Israel
France [3]
1980 Arnhem
Israel
Netherlands
United States [4]
1984 Stoke Mandeville
France
Netherlands
Sweden[5]
1988 Seoul
United States
Netherlands
France [6]
1992 Barcelona
Netherlands
Germany
France[7]
1996 Atlanta
Australia
Great Britain
United States [8]
2000 Sydney
Canada
Netherlands
United States [9]
2004 Athens
Canada
Australia
Great Britain
2008 Beijing
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
2012 London
Canada
Australia
United States
2016 Rio
United States
Spain
Great Britain
2020 Tokyo
United States
Japan
Great Britain
2024 Paris
United States
Great Britain
Germany
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Women's team

More information Year, Gold ...
Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv
Israel
Argentina
United States
1972 Heidelberg
Argentina
Jamaica
Israel
1976 Toronto
Israel
West Germany
Argentina
1980 Arnhem
West Germany
Israel
United States
1984 Stoke Mandeville
West Germany
Israel
Japan
1988 Seoul
United States
West Germany
Netherlands
1992 Barcelona
Canada
United States
Netherlands
1996 Atlanta
Canada
Netherlands
United States
2000 Sydney
Canada
Australia
Japan
2004 Athens
United States
Australia
Canada
2008 Beijing
United States
Germany
Australia
2012 London
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
2016 Rio
United States
Germany
Netherlands
2020 Tokyo
Netherlands
China
United States
2024 Paris
Netherlands
United States
China
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Medals

Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)

More information Rank, Nation ...
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4004
2 Great Britain0213
3 Argentina0101
 Netherlands0101
5 Israel0033
Totals (5 entries)44412
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Men (1968–2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States61411
2 Canada3104
3 Australia2204
 Israel2204
5 Netherlands1405
6 France1034
7 Great Britain0257
8 Germany0112
9 Japan0101
 Spain0101
11 Argentina0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (12 entries)15151545
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Women (1968–2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States42410
2 Germany3407
3 Canada3014
4 Israel2215
5 Netherlands2147
6 Argentina1113
7 Australia0314
8 China0112
9 Jamaica0101
10 Japan0022
Totals (10 entries)15151545
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Total (1960–2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)143825
2 Canada (CAN)6118
3 Israel (ISR)44412
4 Netherlands (NED)36413
5 Germany (GER)3519
6 Australia (AUS)2518
7 Argentina (ARG)1225
8 France (FRA)1034
9 Great Britain (GBR)04610
10 Japan (JPN)0123
11 China (CHN)0112
12 Jamaica (JAM)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
14 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (14 entries)343434102
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Nations

1960–1964

Men Class A

More information Year, 1st ...
Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th
1960 USA GBR ISR NED AUT
1964 USA GBR ISR FRA BEL PHI JPN
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Men Class B

More information Year, 1st ...
Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
1960 USA NED GBR ARG AUS BEL FRA ITA MLT  SUI
1964 USA ARG ISR ITA GBR JPN
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1968–Ongoing

Men

https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf

  1. 1968: 13 Teams
  2. 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
  3. 1976: 21 Teams
  4. 1980: 17 Teams
  5. 1984: 18 Teams
  6. 1988: 17 Teams
  7. 1992: 12 Teams
  8. 1996: 12 Teams
  9. 2000: 12 Teams
  10. 2004: 12 Teams
  11. 2008: 12 Teams
  12. 2012: 12 Teams
  13. 2016: 12 Teams
  14. 2020: 12 Teams
  15. 2024: 8 Teams
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YearsTeams
1960 United States -  United Kingdom -  Israel -  Netherlands
1964 United States -  United Kingdom -  Israel -  Argentina
1968 United States -  United Kingdom -  West Germany -  Switzerland -  Israel -  France -  Netherlands -  Belgium -  Canada -  Sweden -  Italy -  Argentina -  Australia
1972 Argentina -  United Kingdom -  Sweden -  Netherlands -  Italy -  United States -  Israel -  France -  Australia -  Belgium -  Spain -  Canada -  Portugal -  Switzerland -  West Germany -  Brazil -  Jamaica -  Yugoslavia -  Ireland
1976 Israel -  Netherlands -  Mexico -  Italy -  Colombia -  France -  Canada -  Switzerland -  Finland -  South Africa -  Argentina -  United Kingdom -  West Germany -  Spain -  Denmark -  United States -  Sweden -  Belgium-  Brazil -  Japan -  Australia
1980 United States -  Japan -  Spain -  Australia -  Italy -  Israel -  Argentina -  Belgium -  West Germany -  Netherlands -  Canada -  Denmark -  Brazil -  France -  Sweden -  United Kingdom -  Egypt
1984 Canada -  United States -  Italy -  Switzerland -  Finland -  Israel -  West Germany -  Mexico -  Spain -  United Kingdom -  France -  Australia -  Japan -  Egypt -  Sweden -  Netherlands -  Yugoslavia -  Denmark
1988 United States -  Sweden -  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  France -  West Germany -  Australia-  Argentina -  Morocco -  Netherlands -  Israel -  Spain -  South Korea -  Canada  Japan -  Belgium -  Mexico
1992 Netherlands -  France -  Germany -  Sweden -  Australia -  Israel -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Canada -  Spain -  Japan -  Argentina
1996 Spain -  Australia -  United Kingdom -  Canada -  Mexico -  Argentina -  United States -  France -  Netherlands -  Japan -  Sweden
2000 Canada -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Germany -  Mexico -  South Africa -  Netherlands -  France -  Australia -  Sweden-  Japan -  South Korea
2004 Canada -  Australia -  Italy  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  France -  Netherlands -  United States -  Germany -  Japan -  Iran -  Greece
2008 Canada -  Germany -  Iran -  Japan -  South Africa -  Sweden -  Australia -  United Kingdom -  United States -  Israel -  Brazil -  China
2012 Australia -  Canada -  Colombia -  Germany -  United Kingdom -  Italy -  Japan -  Spain -  Poland -  Turkey -  United States -  South Africa
2016 Spain -  Turkey -  Australia -  Netherlands -  Japan -  Canada -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  Germany -  Iran -  Algeria
2020
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Women

More information Year, 1st ...
Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
1972 ARG JAM ISR GER CAN GBR YUG
1976 ISR GER ARG CAN USA
1980 GER ISR USA ARG
1984 GER ISR JPN CAN USA NED
1988 USA GER NED CAN JPN ISR SWE ARG GBR
1992 CAN USA AUS NED GER GBR JPN FRA ISR ESP
1996 CAN NED USA AUS JPN GBR GER BRA
2000 CAN AUS JPN NED USA MEX GER GBR
2004 CAN USA GER AUS NED JPN MEX FRA
2008 USA GER AUS JPN CAN NED CHN GBR MEX BRA
2012 GER AUS NED USA CHN CAN GBR MEX GER FRA
2016 USA GER NED GBR CAN CHN BRA FRA ARG ALG
2020 NED CHN USA GER CAN JPN GBR ESP AUS ALG
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See also

External links

Ranking

Complete Results

  1. https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball
  2. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball
  3. https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball
  4. https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball
  5. https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball
  6. https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball
  7. https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball
  8. https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball
  9. https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball
  10. https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball
  11. https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball
  12. https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball
  13. https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball
  14. https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball
  15. https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball
  16. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball

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