Snooker at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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VenueHayarkon Scouts Club, Tel Aviv
Dates5–12 November 1968
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Snooker
at the III Paralympic Games
VenueHayarkon Scouts Club, Tel Aviv
Dates5–12 November 1968
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Shelton  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Gibson  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Newton  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aroldo Ruschioni  Italy
1964
1972

Snooker at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's event. It was held at the Hayarkon Scouts Club, Tel Aviv[1] from 5 to 12 November 1968.[2]

There were eight competitors, from six countries: two each from Italy and Great Britain, and one each from Australia, Austria, the Republic of Ireland and Rhodesia.[2]

Michael Shelton won the gold medal, as he had in 1964.[3][4]

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