Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Swimming at the III Paralympic Games

Paralympic Swimming

Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 68 events, 34 for men and 34 for women.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	13	7	8	28
2	United States (USA)	12	10	8	30
3	Netherlands (NED)	9	2	4	15
4	Rhodesia (RHO)	6	6	4	16
5	France (FRA)	6	4	4	14
6	West Germany (FRG)	5	4	6	15
7	Australia (AUS)	4	5	1	10
8	Norway (NOR)	3	1	1	5
9	Italy (ITA)	3	1	0	4
10	Israel (ISR)	2	8	5	15
11	Canada (CAN)	1	2	3	6
12	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	2	5
13	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
14	Jamaica (JAM)	1	1	0	2
15	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
16	Austria (AUT)	0	3	6	9
17	Spain (ESP)	0	3	1	4
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	4	6
19	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
20	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
21	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
21	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle class 1 complete	Sparsa  France	Crase  United States	A. West  Great Britain
25 m freestyle class 1 incomplete	Daniel Jeannin  France	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	David Holland  Rhodesia
25 m freestyle class 2 complete	Helvio Aresca  Argentina	D. Ellis  Great Britain	Vincent  United States
25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete	John Britton  Great Britain	Nel  South Africa	Claude Sugny  France
50 m freestyle class 3 complete	Leonard Chrysler  United States	W. Thornton  Great Britain	Safer  Austria
50 m freestyle class 3 incomplete	Harald Gunnerup  Norway	Igel  Austria	Gustav Schuster  Canada
50 m freestyle class 4 complete	Foust  United States	Lewis  South Africa	Arimura  Japan
50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete	Koyachi  Japan	Pollock  United States	Avraham Keftelovitch  Israel
50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina)	Roberto Marson  Italy	Carlos Carranza  Argentina	Soderberg  Sweden
50 m freestyle special class	Piet Makkes  Netherlands	Cestier  France	Starre  Netherlands
100 m freestyle open	Branum  United States	John Watts  Great Britain	Eduard de Anta  Switzerland
25 m backstroke class 1 complete	Sparsa  France	A. West  Great Britain	Dunn  United States
25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete	Daniel Jeannin  France	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	Glynn Griffiths  Rhodesia
25 m backstroke class 2 complete	D. Ellis  Great Britain	Vincent  United States	Frank Ponta  Australia
25 m backstroke class 2 incomplete	Nel  South Africa	Claude Sugny  France	John Britton  Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 3 complete	Leonard Chrysler  United States	Hansen  Norway	W. Thornton  Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete	Jacobson  Norway	Peter Goldhawk  Rhodesia	Fiorello  United States
50 m backstroke class 4 complete	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia	B. Dickinson  Great Britain	Harald Gerhard  West Germany
50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete	Moshe Levy  Israel	Andrew James Scott  Rhodesia	Gerry Kinsella  Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)	Roberto Marson  Italy	Bernard Boulens  Switzerland	Olfson  Sweden
50 m backstroke special class	Piet Makkes  Netherlands	Branum  United States	Cestier  France
25 m breaststroke class 1 complete	Crase  United States	Sparsa  France	Walter Sailer  Austria
25 m breaststroke class 1 incomplete	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	Glynn Griffiths  Rhodesia	Daniel Jeannin  France
25 m breaststroke class 2 complete	D. Ellis  Great Britain	Francesco Deiana  Italy	Vincent  United States
25 m breaststroke class 2 incomplete	Walter Hertle  West Germany	John Britton  Great Britain	Nel  South Africa
50 m breaststroke class 3 complete	W. Thornton  Great Britain	Jeff Simmonds  Australia	Willi Brinkmann  West Germany
50 m breaststroke class 3 incomplete	Harald Gunnerup  Norway	Don Watts  Australia	Igel  Austria
50 m breaststroke class 4 complete	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia	Harald Gerhard  West Germany	Lewis  South Africa
50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete	Andrew James Scott  Rhodesia	Jacob Ben-Arie  Israel	M. Eden  Sweden
50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina)	Roberto Marson  Italy	Soderberg  Sweden	Carlos Carranza  Argentina
50 m breaststroke special class	Ed Owen  United States	Carol  Spain	Arieh Rubin  Israel
100 m breaststroke open	Ed Owen  United States	Arieh Rubin  Israel	Carol  Spain
3×25 m individual medley open	Sestier  France	Arieh Rubin  Israel	Branum  United States
3×50 m medley relay open	Netherlands (NED)	Israel (ISR)	United States (USA)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle class 1 complete	Moore  United States	Gorman  United States	None
25 m freestyle class 1 incomplete	Sandra Coppard  Rhodesia	None	None
25 m freestyle class 2 complete	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Cornett  United States	Ruth Lamsbach  West Germany
25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete	Binns  Canada	Moore  United States	Virginia Tomlinson  Rhodesia
50 m freestyle class 3 complete	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Riu  Spain	Elke Lange  West Germany
50 m freestyle class 3 incomplete	Marga Floer  West Germany	Jacqueline Thompson  Rhodesia	Cardon  France
50 m freestyle class 4 complete	Ailes  United States	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	None
50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete	Elizabeth Edmondson  Australia	Meikle  Jamaica	Wil Verschoor  Netherlands
50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina)	Jardine  France	Daphne Hilton  Australia	Bellamy  Great Britain
50 m freestyle special class	Ingrid van der Benden  Netherlands	Rachel Shalom  Israel	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina
100 m freestyle open	E. Edmondson  Australia	Jardine  France	M. Gibbs  Great Britain
25 m backstroke class 1 complete	Aria Noordam  Netherlands	Gorman  United States	Caroline Troxler-Kung  Switzerland
25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete	Davina Ingrams  Great Britain	White  Ireland	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland
25 m backstroke class 2 complete	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Soulek  United States	S. Jones  Great Britain
25 m backstroke class 2 incomplete	Gwen Buck  Great Britain	Lamb  Australia	Margit Schweiger  West Germany
50 m backstroke class 3 complete	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Ilse Driessler  Austria	Elke Lange  West Germany
50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete	Karen Hill  Great Britain	McPherson  Canada	Jacqueline Thompson  Rhodesia
50 m backstroke class 4 complete	Kaminski  United States	Miller  Canada	Fischer  Austria
50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete	Wil Verschoor  Netherlands	Elizabeth Edmondson  Australia	Reklev  Norway
50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina)	Bellamy  Great Britain	Avril Davis  Rhodesia	Linda Stratman  United States
50 m backstroke special class	Janneke Minholtz  Netherlands	Ingrid van der Benden  Netherlands	Ariela Meizan  Israel
25 m breaststroke class 1 complete	Gorman  United States	Moore  United States	Mati Angel  Israel
25 m breaststroke class 1 incomplete	Sandra Coppard  Rhodesia	None	None
25 m breaststroke class 2 complete	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Ruth Lamsbach  West Germany	Cornett  United States
25 m breaststroke class 2 incomplete	Margit Schweiger  West Germany	Virginia Tomlinson  Rhodesia	van Driel  Netherlands
50 m breaststroke class 3 complete	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Riu  Spain	Rosi Kuhnel  Austria
50 m breaststroke class 3 incomplete	Marga Floer  West Germany	Graveland  Netherlands	McPherson  Canada
50 m breaststroke class 4 complete	Ailes  United States	Heidemarie Fischer  Austria	Waltraud Vetschera  Austria
50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete	Meikle  Jamaica	M. Tufuesson  Sweden	Ora Goldstein  Israel
50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina)	Bellamy  Great Britain	Lampo  Belgium	None
50 m breaststroke special class	Ingrid van der Benden  Netherlands	Malka Halfon  Israel	Janneke Minholtz  Netherlands
100 m breaststroke open	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	McPherson  Canada
3×25 m individual medley open	M. Gibbs  Great Britain	Ariela Meizan  Israel	M. Tufuesson  Sweden
3×50 m medley relay open	Netherlands (NED)	Israel (ISR)	Great Britain (GBR)

References

• Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (Tel Aviv) from the International Paralympic Committee

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