Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
| Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | GBR |
| NPC | British Paralympic Association |
| Website | www |
| in Rome | |
| Competitors | 31 in 6 sports |
| Medals Ranked 2nd |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, competing as Great Britain, participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. The 1960 Paralympics, now considered to have been the first Paralympic Games, were initially known as the ninth Stoke Mandeville Games, Games for athletes with disabilities founded in Great Britain in 1948.[1][2]
Great Britain fielded the second largest delegation at the 1960 Games (after Italy's), with 31 competitors (18 men and 13 women) in archery, athletics, snooker, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball. It also fielded by far the greatest number of female athletes (13), whereas all other countries fielded four or less (with the exception of Austria, which sent seven). All British competitors won medals in every event they entered, putting Great Britain second on the medal table with 20 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze. Britain's first ever Paralympic gold medal was won by Margaret Maughan, in archery.[3][4][2]
Medalists
[edit]| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold |
Margaret Maughan | Archery | Women's Columbia round open |
| Gold |
Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's club throw A |
| Gold |
Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's javelin throw A |
| Gold |
Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's javelin throw B |
| Gold |
Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's precision javelin throw A |
| Gold |
Cliff Keaton | Snooker | Men's paraplegics open |
| Gold |
Leo Halford | Swimming | Men's 25m crawl incomplete class 1 |
| Gold |
Fred Crowder | Swimming | Men's 25m backstroke complete class 2 |
| Gold |
Leo Halford | Swimming | Men's 25m backstroke incomplete class 1 |
| Gold |
Barbara Anderson | Swimming | Women's 25m crawl incomplete class 1 |
| Gold |
Pauline Foulds | Swimming | Women's 50m crawl complete class 4 |
| Gold |
Barbara Anderson | Swimming | Women's 25m backstroke complete class 1 |
| Gold |
Masson | Swimming | Women's 25m backstroke incomplete class 2 |
| Gold |
Pauline Foulds | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke complete class 4 |
| Gold |
Margaret Maughan | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke complete class 5 |
| Gold |
Susan Masham | Swimming | Women's 25m breaststroke complete class 2 |
| Gold |
Barbara Anderson | Swimming | Women's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 1 |
| Gold |
Tommy Taylor | Table tennis | Men's singles A |
| Gold |
M. Beck Tommy Taylor |
Table tennis | Men's doubles A |
| Gold |
Barbara Anderson | Table tennis | Women's singles A |
 Silver |
Cliff Bradley | Archery | Men's FITA round open |
| Silver |
Cliff Bradley | Archery | Men's Windsor round open |
| Silver |
Kathleen Comley | Archery | Women's FITA round open |
| Silver |
Robin Irvine | Archery | Women's Windsor round open |
| Silver |
Michael Shelton | Snooker | Men's paraplegics open |
| Silver |
Stanley Miles | Swimming | Men's 25m crawl complete class 1 |
| Silver |
Godfrey Williams | Swimming | Men's 50m crawl incomplete class 3 |
| Silver |
Stanley Miles | Swimming | Men's 25m backstroke complete class 1 |
| Silver |
Leo Halford | Swimming | Men's 25m backstroke incomplete class 2 |
| Silver |
Peter Stanton | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke complete class 4 |
| Silver |
Leo Halford | Swimming | Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 1 and 2 |
| Silver |
Susan Masham | Swimming | Women's 25m backstroke complete class 2 |
| Silver |
Edwards | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke incomplete class 4 |
| Silver |
Edwards Gubbin |
Table tennis | Women's doubles C |
| Silver |
Men's team class A names:[5] |
Wheelchair basketball | Men's class A tournament |
 Bronze |
Carl Hepple | Archery | Men's Columbia round open |
| Bronze |
Tony Potter | Archery | Men's FITA round open |
| Bronze |
Diana Gubbin | Archery | Women's Columbia round open |
| Bronze |
Robin Irvine | Archery | Women's FITA round open |
| Bronze |
Kathleen Comley | Archery | Women's Windsor round open |
| Bronze |
Russ Scott | Athletics | Men's club throw C |
| Bronze |
Carl Hepple | Athletics | Men's javelin throw C |
| Bronze |
Dick Thompson | Athletics | Men's shot put A |
| Bronze |
Russ Scott | Athletics | Men's pentathlon open |
| Bronze |
Arthur Brindle | Swimming | Men's 50m backstroke incomplete class 4 |
| Bronze |
Stanley Miles | Swimming | Men's 25m breaststroke complete class 1 |
| Bronze |
Janet Laughton | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke complete class 3 |
| Bronze |
Janet Laughton | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 3 |
| Bronze |
Waller | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke incomplete class 3 |
| Bronze |
M. Beck | Table tennis | Men's singles A |
| Bronze |
Ronnie Foster | Table tennis | Men's doubles B |
| Bronze |
Philips George Swindlehurst |
Table tennis | Men's doubles C |
| Bronze |
Gubbin | Table tennis | Women's singles C |
| Bronze |
Froggart Susan Masham |
Table tennis | Women's doubles B |
| Bronze |
Men's team class B | Wheelchair basketball | Men's class B |
Medals by sport
[edit]| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | 
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Total |
| Swimming | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Table Tennis | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Archery | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Snooker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Wheelchair Basketball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 20 | 15 | 20 | 55 |
References
[edit]- ^ "2012 – The Paralympics come home", BBC, July 4, 2008
- ^ a b "Britain's golden pioneer". BBC Sport. 13 September 2004.
- ^ Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ NPCs at the 1960 Summer Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
- ^ "Rome 1960 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament-class". International Paralympic Committee.
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