Wheelchair basketball at the: Summer Paralympics | |
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Governing body | IWBF |
Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
Games | |
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Winning the Paralympics is: consideredββto 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."
Eventsβ»
In 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
Qualificationβ»
- 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
- 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification
Medalistsβ»
Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:
Men's teamβ»
Class Aβ»
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1960 Rome | United States |
Great Britain |
Israel |
1964 Tokyo | United States |
Great Britain |
Israel |
Class Bβ»
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
1960 Rome | United States |
Netherlands |
Great Britain |
1964 Tokyo | United States |
Argentina |
Israel |
Men's teamβ»
Women's teamβ»
Medalsβ»
Men (Class A & Class B) (1960β1964)β»
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
Men (1968β2020)β»
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
2 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
6 | France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
8 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Women (1968β2020)β»
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
2 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
6 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
8 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Total (1960β2020)β»
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Israel (ISR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
4 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
5 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
6 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
7 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (14 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 |
Nationsβ»
1960β1964β»
Men Class Aβ»
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
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1960 | USA | GBR | ISR | NED | AUT | ||
1964 | USA | GBR | ISR | FRA | BEL | PHI | JPN |
Men Class Bβ»
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | USA | NED | GBR | ARG | AUS | BEL | FRA | ITA | MLT | SUI | ||
1964 | USA | ARG | ISR | ITA | GBR | JPN |
1968βOngoingβ»
Menβ»
- 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
Womenβ»
Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1972 | ARG | JAM | ISR | GER | CAN | GBR | YUG | |||
1976 | ISR | GER | ARG | CAN | USA | |||||
1980 | GER | ISR | USA | ARG | ||||||
1984 | GER | ISR | JPN | CAN | USA | NED | ||||
1988 | USA | GER | NED | CAN | JPN | ISR | SWE | ARG | GBR | |
1992 | CAN | USA | AUS | NED | GER | GBR | JPN | FRA | ISR | ESP |
1996 | CAN | NED | USA | AUS | JPN | GBR | GER | BRA | ||
2000 | CAN | AUS | JPN | NED | USA | MEX | GER | GBR | ||
2004 | CAN | USA | GER | AUS | NED | JPN | MEX | FRA | ||
2008 | USA | GER | AUS | JPN | CAN | NED | CHN | GBR | MEX | BRA |
2012 | GER | AUS | NED | USA | CHN | CAN | GBR | MEX | GER | FRA |
2016 | USA | GER | NED | GBR | CAN | CHN | BRA | FRA | ARG | ALG |
2020 | NED | CHN | USA | GER | CAN | JPN | GBR | ESP | AUS | ALG |
See alsoβ»
- Basketball at the Summer Olympics
- Basketball ID at the Summer Paralympics
- Wheelchair Basketball World Championship
External linksβ»
Rankingβ»
- 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 Resultsβ»
- 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
Referencesβ»
- ^ "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.β» (Per 17 April 2011)
- Paralympics - Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- World History of Wheelchair Basketball, British Wheelchair Basketball