Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics | |
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Governing body | IWBF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Games | |
Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.
Events
editIn the first two Paralympic games, there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968, there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.
Current events
- Men's team
- Women's team
Qualification
edit- 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
- 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification
Medalists
editMedal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:
Men's team
editClass A
editYear | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1960 Rome | United States |
Great Britain |
Israel |
1964 Tokyo | United States |
Great Britain |
Israel |
Class B
editYear | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1960 Rome | United States |
Netherlands |
Great Britain |
1964 Tokyo | United States |
Argentina |
Israel |
Men's team
editWomen's team
editMedals
editMen (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men (1968–2020)
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | |
2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Women (1968–2020)
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Total (1960–2020)
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 | |
2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (14 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
Nations
edit1960–1964
editMen Class A
editYear | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | |||||||
1964 |
Men Class B
editYear | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | ||||||||||||
1964 |
1968–Ongoing
editMen
edit- 1968: 13 Teams
- 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
- 1976: 21 Teams
- 1980: 17 Teams
- 1984: 18 Teams
- 1988: 17 Teams
- 1992: 12 Teams
- 1996: 12 Teams
- 2000: 12 Teams
- 2004: 12 Teams
- 2008: 12 Teams
- 2012: 12 Teams
- 2016: 12 Teams
- 2020: 12 Teams
- 2024: 8 Teams
Women
editYear | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | ||||||||||
1976 | ||||||||||
1980 | ||||||||||
1984 | ||||||||||
1988 | ||||||||||
1992 | ||||||||||
1996 | ||||||||||
2000 | ||||||||||
2004 | ||||||||||
2008 | ||||||||||
2012 | ||||||||||
2016 | ||||||||||
2020 |
See also
editExternal links
editRanking
edit- https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/events/paralympic-games/past-results/
- https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf
- https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results
Complete Results
edit- https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics.
- ^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Heidelberg 1972 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Barcelona 1992 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Atlanta 1996 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- ^ "Sydney 2000 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
- IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.[1] (Per 17 April 2011)
- Paralympics - Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- World History of Wheelchair Basketball, British Wheelchair Basketball