Canada at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] The team finished twelfth in the medal table and won a total of nineteen medals; six gold, six silver and seven bronze.[2] The Canadian team contained twenty-five athletes; eighteen men and seven women.[3][n 1]

Canada at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Canada
IPC code	CAN
NPC	Canadian Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ca
in Tel Aviv
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 6 Silver 6 Bronze 7 Total 19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

This was Canada's first appearance at a Paralympic Games.[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Gord Patterson	Athletics	Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
Gold	Doug Wilson[5]	Athletics	Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
Gold	Eugene Reimer	Athletics	Men's club throw B
Gold	Eugene Reimer	Athletics	Men's discus throw B
Gold	Hilda Mae Binns	Athletics	Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
Gold	Hilda Mae Binns	Swimming	Women's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
Silver	Walter Dann	Athletics	Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash C
Silver	Neault	Athletics	Men's club throw D
Silver	Eugene Reimer	Athletics	Men's javelin throw B
Silver	Hilda Mae Binns	Athletics	Women's slalom B
Silver	Karen McPherson[6]	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete
Silver	Miller	Swimming	Women's 50m backstroke class 4 complete
Bronze	Bourne	Athletics	Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B
Bronze	Glendine Seeley[5]	Athletics	Women's club throw C
Bronze	Glendine Seeley	Athletics	Women's javelin throw C
Bronze	Walter Schmid	Lawn bowls	Men's singles
Bronze	Gustav Schuster	Swimming	Men's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete
Bronze	Karen McPherson	Swimming	Women's 50m breaststroke class 3 incomplete
Bronze	Karen McPherson	Swimming	Women's 100m breaststroke open

See also

• Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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. "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
3. "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
4. "Paralympics mean pinnacle of success Only difference between games is that Olympics better publicized". Toronto Star. 13 February 1996. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
5. "Paralympic Team Gets Rousing Welcome Home". Vancouver Sun. November 22, 1968. p. 10. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
6. "Karen Captures Silver, Bronze". The Vancouver Sun. November 8, 1968. p. 19. Retrieved January 28, 2020.