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Wheelchair basketball
at the I Paralympic Games
Wheelchair basketball pictogram (Paralympics).svg
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
Medalists
Gold medal 
Silver medal 
Bronze medal 
  1964»

Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.[1][2]

Contents

Medal summary [edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's class A
details
 United States (USA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Israel (ISR)
Men's class B
details
 United States (USA)  Netherlands (NED)  Great Britain (GBR)

Source: Paralympic.org [3]

Class A (incomplete) [edit]

  • Monday: USA 32 - 10 Austria[4][5]
  • Tuesday: USA 17 - 8 Israel[4]

Rosters A [edit]

Class B (incomplete) [edit]

Rosters B [edit]

Participating nations A, B (incomplete) [edit]

  • Australia[7]
  • Austria[5]
  • Belgium[7][8][9]
  • Great Britain
  • Israel
  • Netherlands (Holland)
  • USA[5]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ 1960 Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball, by Michael C. Bryce, spitfirechallenge.ca
  2. ^ U.S. Wheel Chair Archer Victor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, September 22, 1960
  3. ^ "Medallists, Rome 1960 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 1960. Retrieved 2012-11-02. 
  4. ^ a b U.S. Paraplegics Post 2nd Win, The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 21, 1960, Google News Archive Search
  5. ^ a b c d e U.S. Cagers Are Class Of Paralympics, St. Petersburg Times, September 20, 1960, Google News
  6. ^ Wheel Chair Player Home With 3 Olympic Medals, The Evening Independent, September 29, 1960, Google News Archive Search
  7. ^ a b Easy Win in Basketball at Paralympics, The Age, September 21, 1960, Google News Archive Search
  8. ^ Wheelchair Cage Team Posts Win, Lewiston Morning Tribune, September 20, 1960, Google News
  9. ^ Yanks Roll To 2 Wins, The Milwaukee Sentinel, September 20, 1960, Google News Archive Search

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