South Africa at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

South Africa at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeRSA
(SAF used at these Games)
NPCSouth African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sascoc.co.za
in Tel Aviv
Competitors8
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
9
Silver
10
Bronze
7
Total
26
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

South Africa was one of twenty-eight nations that sent athletes to compete at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from 4 to 13 November 1968.[1][2] The team finished tenth in the medal table and won a total of twenty-six medals; nine gold, ten silver and seven bronze.[1] Eight South African athletes competed at the Games; five men and three women.[3]

At the time, South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games because of the policy of apartheid but was invited to the Paralympics.[4]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Three archers from South Africa appeared at the Games. Le Roux[n 1] finished ninth out of ten athletes women's Columbia round open and J. Meyer finished fifteenth in the men's FITA round open event.[5] Margaret Harriman, who had previously competed in the Paralympic Games for Rhodesia won two gold medals; one in the women's albion round and one in the women's FITA round open event.[5] Mayer and Harriman also competed in athletics and dartchery.[5]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Eight South Africans took part in athletics events and won sixteen medals. Daniel Erasmus won two gold medals and two silver medals in men's throwing events and Hattingh did the same in women's events. Germishuizen won a bronze in shot put and a silver in discus. Nel took bronze in the men's club throw B. Le Roux won two silver medals and J. Meyer a gold and two bronze medals.[5]

Dartchery

Main article: Dartchery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. Meyer and Harriman entered for South Africa and defeated a team from New Zealand in the first round, but lost in the second round to the Great Britain pair.[6]

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Daniel Erasmus won the gold medal in the men's singles and teamed up with Germishuizen to win another silver in the men's pairs.[5]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

In men's class 2 incomplete events Nel won three medals; gold in backstroke, silver in freestyle and bronze in breaststroke. Lewis won silver in freestyle and bronze in breaststroke for men's class 4 complete classification.[5]

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Hattingh and Le Roux competed in women's singles events; Hattingh won a bronze medal in the A2 classification.[5] Nel took part in the men's A2 and beat American's Sheridan and Duval in the first two rounds before losing to Sharav of Israel.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ 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 (ie 1960 - 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes

References

  1. ^ a b "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  4. ^ "The Netherlands against Apartheid – 1970s". International Institute of Social History. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  6. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Table Tennis Men's Singles A2". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

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