France at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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France competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] The team finished fifth in the medal table and won a total of thirty-two medals; thirteen gold, ten silver and nine bronze.[2] The French team contained fifty-five athletes; forty-one men and fourteen women.[3][n 1]
Archery
Main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
Twelve French archers, ten men and two women, competed at the Games winning seven medals; two gold, one silver and four bronze.[4] In the men's St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics France won two medals; Nadal won silver and Guesnon bronze, the gold medal was won by Arballo of United States with a new world record score of 730 points.[5]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ↑ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
- ↑ "Athlete Search Results France 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Men's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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