Spain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Sporting event delegation
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Spain was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1][2] The team finished twenty-first in the medal table and won four medals: three silver and one bronze, all in swimming events.[1] The Spanish team contained eleven athletes; nine men and two women.[3][n 1]
Ranked 21st
- Gold
- 0
- Silver
- 3
- Bronze
- 1
- Total
- 4
Archery
Athletics
Dartchery
Swimming
Four Spanish swimmers competed at the Games, two men and two women. All of Spain's medals were won in swimming events.[4] Riu won silver medals in both the women's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete and 50 m breaststroke class 3 complete, finishing behind Forder of Great Britain in both events.[8][9] In men's events Carol won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke open and a silver in the 50 m breaststroke special class.[4]
Table tennis
Two athletes played table tennis for Spain at the Games. Bellon entered the men's singles B event for Spain and also teamed up with Llorens in the men's doubles C event but failed to advance beyond the second round in either.[4]
See also
Notes
- 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 (i.e. 1960 – 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes