1968 Summer Paralympics

See also: 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic Games to be held. They were originally planned to be held alongside the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but in 1966, the Mexican government decided against it, due to difficulties. The Israeli government then offered to host the games in Tel Aviv.
Games of the III Paralympics
Nations participating29
Athletes participating750
Events181 in 10 sports
Opening ceremoniesNovember 4, 1968
Closing ceremoniesNovember 13, 1968
Officially opened byYigal Allon
Rank NPC Name bgcolor="gold" | Gold   bgcolor="silver" |Silver bgcolor="CC9966" |Bronze Total 
||United States||33||27||39||99
||Great Britain||27||21||20||68
||Israel||17||21||25||63
||Australia||15||16||7||38
||France||14||9||9||32
||Italy||13||10||15||38
||West Germany||12||12||11||35
||Netherlands||12||4||4||20
||Argentina||11||10||10||31
0 South Africa 9 10 7 26
1 Canada 6 6 7 19
2 Rhodesia 5 8 7 20
3 Norway 5 3 1 9
4 Jamaica 3 1 1 5
5 Austria 2 6 11 19
6 Japan 2 2 8 12
7 Sweden 1 6 4 11
8 Ireland 1 5 5 11
9 New Zealand 1 2 1 4
0 Spain 0 4 0 4
1 Belgium 0 3 3 6
2 Switzerland 0 2 6 8

 

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