[MakkabI]
August 28th, 2004, 05:21 PM
I didnt know that there were Summer Paralympic Games held in Tel Aviv, Israel at 1968... I just found out like 20 minutes ago and I was very surprised and it is very interesting...
Information:
Paralympic Games 1968, Tel Aviv - Israel
At the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Mexican observers were present with the purpose of staging the Games together with the IXX Olympic Games in Mexico City. There was some surprise when two years prior to the 1968 event, the Mexican government backed out of the commitment to host the Paralympics because of technical difficulties.
Wanting to keep the tradition going, Sir Ludwig Guttmann accepted the invitation of the Israeli government and the ILAN Society (an Israeli organization for individuals with physical disabilities) to host the 1968 International Stoke Mandeville Games at Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv. Israel’s offer to host the Games was motivated by its wish to mark its 20th anniversary of independence.
The opening ceremony on 4 November was held at the Hebrew University stadium in Jerusalem, before a crowd of more than 10,000. The Games were declared open by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Yigal Allon. A total of 750 athletes from 29 countries participated.
Under the direction of Gershon Huberman, the sports program had enlarged considerably compared with the 1964 program in Tokyo. New events such as lawn bowls, women’s basketball and the 100m wheelchair race for men were introduced. Changes were also introduced in the classification systems for athletics, basketball and swimming. Nine events were on the sports program: athletics (track and field events including discus, shot put, javelin and clubthrow), basketball, dart archery, fencing, lawn bowls, snooker, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting.
Roberto Marson of Italy, then 25, was proclaimed outstanding athlete of the Games. After having won two gold medals in field events at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Marson had worked diligently to broaden his athletic participation to swimming and fencing. He won nine gold medals this time—three in field events, three in swimming and three in fencing. Another outstanding athlete was Lorraine Dodd, 24, from Australia. She set three swimming records in her class, all on the same day. Ed Owen, 20, of the US, turned in a harvest of medals—two golds in field events, a gold for the pentathlon, two golds in swimming, a silver in basketball, and a bronze in javelin.
Men’s basketball saw an exciting and much-awaited final. After a close fight, Israel beat the US 47-37, under the excellent leadership of captain Baruch Hagai. The US eventually topped the medal table, with 30 golds, followed by Britain’s 27 and Israel’s 15.
The closing ceremony on 13 November was held at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds and attended by Deputy Prime Minister Allon. The 1968 Games were a success, with 20 records set within the 181 events held.
http://www.paralympic.org/games/1968/content.asp?req=info (http://)
Medal Tally:
Paralympic Games 1968, Tel Aviv
Medal Tally
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 USA 33 27 39 99
2 GBR 27 21 20 68
3 ISR 17 21 25 63
4 AUS 15 16 7 38
5 FRA 14 9 9 32
6 ITA 13 10 15 38
7 NED 12 4 4 20
8 W.GER 12 12 11 35
9 ARG 11 10 10 31
10 RSA 9 10 7 26
11 CAN 6 6 7 19
12 RHO 5 8 7 20
13 NOR 5 3 1 9
14 JAM 3 1 1 5
15 JPN 2 2 8 12
16 AUT 2 6 11 19
17 SWE 1 6 4 11
18 IRL 1 5 5 11
19 NZL 1 2 1 4
20 SUI 0 2 6 8
21 BEL 0 3 3 6
22 SPA 0 4 0 4
Source: http://www.paralympic.org/games/1968/content.asp?req=medals (http://)
Israel got 17 GOLD?! YAY! :D
More information:
http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParalympicGamesHistory (http://)
Interesting yeh?
Information:
Paralympic Games 1968, Tel Aviv - Israel
At the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Mexican observers were present with the purpose of staging the Games together with the IXX Olympic Games in Mexico City. There was some surprise when two years prior to the 1968 event, the Mexican government backed out of the commitment to host the Paralympics because of technical difficulties.
Wanting to keep the tradition going, Sir Ludwig Guttmann accepted the invitation of the Israeli government and the ILAN Society (an Israeli organization for individuals with physical disabilities) to host the 1968 International Stoke Mandeville Games at Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv. Israel’s offer to host the Games was motivated by its wish to mark its 20th anniversary of independence.
The opening ceremony on 4 November was held at the Hebrew University stadium in Jerusalem, before a crowd of more than 10,000. The Games were declared open by the Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Yigal Allon. A total of 750 athletes from 29 countries participated.
Under the direction of Gershon Huberman, the sports program had enlarged considerably compared with the 1964 program in Tokyo. New events such as lawn bowls, women’s basketball and the 100m wheelchair race for men were introduced. Changes were also introduced in the classification systems for athletics, basketball and swimming. Nine events were on the sports program: athletics (track and field events including discus, shot put, javelin and clubthrow), basketball, dart archery, fencing, lawn bowls, snooker, swimming, table tennis and weightlifting.
Roberto Marson of Italy, then 25, was proclaimed outstanding athlete of the Games. After having won two gold medals in field events at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Marson had worked diligently to broaden his athletic participation to swimming and fencing. He won nine gold medals this time—three in field events, three in swimming and three in fencing. Another outstanding athlete was Lorraine Dodd, 24, from Australia. She set three swimming records in her class, all on the same day. Ed Owen, 20, of the US, turned in a harvest of medals—two golds in field events, a gold for the pentathlon, two golds in swimming, a silver in basketball, and a bronze in javelin.
Men’s basketball saw an exciting and much-awaited final. After a close fight, Israel beat the US 47-37, under the excellent leadership of captain Baruch Hagai. The US eventually topped the medal table, with 30 golds, followed by Britain’s 27 and Israel’s 15.
The closing ceremony on 13 November was held at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds and attended by Deputy Prime Minister Allon. The 1968 Games were a success, with 20 records set within the 181 events held.
http://www.paralympic.org/games/1968/content.asp?req=info (http://)
Medal Tally:
Paralympic Games 1968, Tel Aviv
Medal Tally
Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 USA 33 27 39 99
2 GBR 27 21 20 68
3 ISR 17 21 25 63
4 AUS 15 16 7 38
5 FRA 14 9 9 32
6 ITA 13 10 15 38
7 NED 12 4 4 20
8 W.GER 12 12 11 35
9 ARG 11 10 10 31
10 RSA 9 10 7 26
11 CAN 6 6 7 19
12 RHO 5 8 7 20
13 NOR 5 3 1 9
14 JAM 3 1 1 5
15 JPN 2 2 8 12
16 AUT 2 6 11 19
17 SWE 1 6 4 11
18 IRL 1 5 5 11
19 NZL 1 2 1 4
20 SUI 0 2 6 8
21 BEL 0 3 3 6
22 SPA 0 4 0 4
Source: http://www.paralympic.org/games/1968/content.asp?req=medals (http://)
Israel got 17 GOLD?! YAY! :D
More information:
http://www.athens2004.com/en/ParalympicGamesHistory (http://)
Interesting yeh?