The United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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...

 from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished first out of the twenty-eight competing nations 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 ninety-nine medals: thirty-three gold, twenty-seven silver and thirty-nine bronze. Eighty-two American athletes took part; fifty-three men and twenty-nine women.

Ed Owen won medals in six different sports; nine golds and a bronze in athletics, two golds in swimming and a silver in wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...

.

Disability classifications

The Paralympics groups athletes' disabilities into one of five disability categories; amputation

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...

, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy

Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....

; wheelchair

Wheelchair

A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, designed to be a replacement for walking. The device comes in variations where it is propelled by motors or by the seated occupant turning the rear wheels by hand. Often there are handles behind the seat for someone else to do the pushing...

 athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment

Visual impairment

Visual impairment is vision loss to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive...

, including blindness

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...

; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism

Dwarfism

Dwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches  , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....

 or multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...

. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependant upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.

Medalists

The following United States athletes won medals at the Games;

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Arballo	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
	Classon Reno Levis O'Donnell	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's Columbia round team open
	Geissinger Kelderhouse Klemens	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's Albion round team open
	Branum Chess Gary Odorowski Roman	Athletics 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 :...	Men's 4x40 m relay open
	C. Giesse Keyser Stratman	Athletics 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 :...	Women's 4x40 m relay open
		Athletics 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 :...	Women's 60 m wheelchair A
		Athletics 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 :...	Women's slalom A
		Athletics 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 :...	Women's javelin throw B
	Kirn	Athletics 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 :...	Women's javelin throw A
	Kirn	Athletics 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 :...	Women's shot put A
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's 100 m wheelchair C
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's club throw special class
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's discus throw special class
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's pentathlon special class
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's shot put special class
	Roman	Athletics 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 :...	Men's Novices 60 m wheelchair Dash C
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's club throw C
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's pentathlon incomplete
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's javelin throw B
	Geissinger Kelderhouse	Dartchery Dartchery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics - Medal summary :...	Mixed Pairs open
	Ailes	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 :...	Women's 50 m breaststroke class 4 complete
	Ailes	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 :...	Women's 50 m freestyle class 4 complete
	Branum	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 :...	Men's 100 m freestyle open
	Chrysler	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 :...	Men's 50 m backstroke class 3 complete
	Chrysler	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 :...	Men's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete
	Crase	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 :...	Men's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
	Foust	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 :...	Men's 50 m freestyle class 4 complete
	Gorman	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 :...	Women's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
	Kaminski	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 :...	Women's 50 m backstroke class 4 complete
	Moore	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 :...	Women's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
		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 :...	Men's 100 m breaststroke open
		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 :...	Men's 50 m breaststroke special class
	Dunn McNichol	Table tennis Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eight for men and seven for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's doubles A1
		Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's Columbia round open
	Soulek	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's Columbia round open
	Webb	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's Albion round open
	Branum	Athletics 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 :...	Men's 100 m wheelchair C
	Branum	Athletics 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 :...	Men's pentathlon special class
	Cameron	Athletics 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 :...	Men's javelin throw special class
	Demorest	Athletics 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 :...	Men's discus throw special class
	Gianino	Athletics 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 :...	Men's slalom cervical class
	Gurman	Athletics 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 :...	Women's slalom cervical class
	Keyser	Athletics 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 :...	Women's 60 m wheelchair C
	Kirn	Athletics 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 :...	Women's 60 m wheelchair A
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's discus throw C
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's 100 m wheelchair B
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's club throw B
	Woods	Lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the 1968 Summer Paralympics - Medal summary :...	Women's Pairs
	Soulek	Lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the 1968 Summer Paralympics - Medal summary :...	Women's singles
	Branum	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 :...	Men's 50 m backstroke special class
	Cornett	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 :...	Women's 25 m freestyle class 2 complete
	Crase	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 :...	Men's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
	Gorman	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 :...	Women's 25 m backstroke class 1 complete
	Gorman	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 :...	Women's 25 m freestyle class 1 complete
	Moore	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 :...	Women's 25 m breaststroke class 1 complete
	Moore	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 :...	Women's 25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete
	Pollock	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 :...	Men's 50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete
	Soulek	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 :...	Women's 25 m backstroke class 2 complete
	Vincent	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 :...	Men's 25 m backstroke class 2 complete
		Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...	Men
	Cornett	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's Columbia round open
	Geissinger Kelderhouse Klemens	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's FITA round team open
	Klemens	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's Albion round open
	Moore	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
	Webb	Archery Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of thirteen events, eight for men and five for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's FITA round open
	Arballo	Athletics 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 :...	Men's discus throw C
	Bindley	Athletics 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 :...	Women's discus throw B
	Cameron	Athletics 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 :...	Men's club throw special class
	Chrysler	Athletics 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 :...	Men's shot put C
	Cornett	Athletics 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 :...	Women's 60 m wheelchair A
	Cornett	Athletics 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 :...	Women's pentathlon complete
	Cornett	Athletics 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 :...	Women's slalom A
	Dunn	Athletics 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 :...	Men's slalom cervical class
	Feltes	Athletics 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 :...	Men's Novices 60 m wheelchair Dash C
		Athletics 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 :...	Women's Precision javelin throw open
		Athletics 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 :...	Women's shot put B
	Kirn	Athletics 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 :...	Women's club throw A
	Kirn	Athletics 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 :...	Women's discus throw A
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's javelin throw C
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's Precision javelin throw open
		Athletics 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 :...	Men's javelin throw special class
		Lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the 1968 Summer Paralympics - Medal summary :...	Women's singles
	Lionetti	Lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the 1968 Summer Paralympics - Medal summary :...	Men's singles
	Vincent	Lawn bowls Lawn bowls at the 1968 Summer Paralympics - Medal summary :...	Men's Pairs
		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 :...	Men's 3x50 m medley relay open
	Branum	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 :...	Men's 3x25 m individual medley open
	Cornett	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 :...	Women's 25 m breaststroke class 2 complete
	Dunn	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 :...	Men's 25 m backstroke class 1 complete
	Fiorello	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 :...	Men's 50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete
	Stratman	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 :...	Women's 50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)
	Vincent	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 :...	Men's 25 m breaststroke class 2 complete
	Vincent	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 :...	Men's 25 m freestyle class 2 complete
	Crase Donaldson	Table tennis Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eight for men and seven for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's doubles A1
	Gorman Moore	Table tennis Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eight for men and seven for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's doubles A2
	McNichol	Table tennis Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eight for men and seven for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Men's singles A1
	Moore	Table tennis Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of fifteen events, eight for men and seven for women.- Men's events :- Women's events :...	Women's singles A1
	Jensen	Weightlifting Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of four events for men.- Medal summary :- References :...	Men's Middleweight
	Rossini	Weightlifting Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of four events for men.- Medal summary :- References :...	Men's Heavyweight
		Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.- Medal summary :- References :...	Women

Dartchery

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. The United States was represented by Geissinger and Kelderhouse; the pair beat athletes from Jamaica

Jamaica at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Jamaica was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished fourteenth in the medal table and won a total of five medals; three gold, one silver and one bronze...

, Italy

Italy at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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...

 and Australia

Australia at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Australia competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team finished fourth in the medal table and won a total of 38 medals; 15 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze....

 to set up a semi-final meeting with Tanaka and Matsumoto of Japan. The Americans won the match and went on to defeat a second Australian pair in the final round to win the gold medal.

Wheelchair basketball

America entered teams in both the men's and women's wheelchair basketball events and won medals in each. The women's event took the form of a single pool stage with medals awarded to the top three teams. The USA team won two matches and lost two matches, scoring 31 points and conceding 30, to finish in third place and take the bronze medal. The men's event featured a pool stage followed by a knockout competition. The USA men beat Great Britain

Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain was one of twenty-eight nations to send athletes to the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished second in the medal table and won sixty-nine medals: twenty-nine gold, twenty silver and twenty bronze. Athletes from the whole United...

 and the Switzerland

Switzerland at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Switzerland competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished twenty-second in the medal table and won a total of eight medals; two silver and six bronze. Thirty-four Swiss athletes took part; thirty-two men and two women.-References:...

 and Germany

West Germany at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team finished sixth in the medal table and won a total of thirty-five medals; twelve gold, twelve silver and eleven bronze....

 to advance to the quarterfinals. They then beat Argentina

Argentina at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Argentina competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team finished ninth in the medal table and won a total of 30 medals; 10 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze....

and Great Britain again to reach the gold medal match. Facing the hosts Israel, USA lost 47–37 and had to settle for the silver medals.