Italy at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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Italy competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
in Tel Aviv
, Israel
. The team finished seventh in the medal table
and won a total of 39 medals; 12 gold, 10 silver and 17 bronze. Thirty-eight Italian athletes competed at the Games; thirty-three men and five women.
Roberto Marson
, who had previously won two gold medals in athletics
at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
in Tokyo, was proclaimed the outstanding athlete of the Games. He won ten gold medals, three in athletics field events
, three in swimming
and four in wheelchair fencing
.
1968 Summer Paralympics
The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation , they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time...
in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. The team finished seventh in the medal table
1968 Summer Paralympics medal table
The 1968 Summer Paralympics was an international multi-sport event held in Tel Aviv, Israel, from November 4 to 13, 1968, in which athletes with physical disabilities competed against one another...
and won a total of 39 medals; 12 gold, 10 silver and 17 bronze. Thirty-eight Italian athletes competed at the Games; thirty-three men and five women.
Roberto Marson
Roberto Marson
Roberto Marson is an Italian multisport athlete who competed at the Summer Paralympics on four occasions and won a total of 26 Paralympic medals. He lost the use of his legs when a pine tree he was chopping down fell on his back....
, who had previously won two gold medals in athletics
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
1964 Summer Paralympics
The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the 2nd Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, they were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics...
in Tokyo, was proclaimed the outstanding athlete of the Games. He won ten gold medals, three in athletics field events
Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 70 events, 35 for men and 35 for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...
, three in swimming
Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 68 events, 34 for men and 34 for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...
and four in wheelchair fencing
Wheelchair fencing at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair fencing at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of ten events, seven for men and three for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :- References :...
.