Npc: | FRA |
Npcname: | French Paralympic and Sports Committee |
Games: | Summer Paralympics |
Year: | 1968 |
Location: | Tel Aviv |
Competitors: | 54 |
Sports: | 6 |
Rank: | 2 |
Gold: | 13 |
Silver: | 10 |
Bronze: | 9 |
Appearances: | auto |
France competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The French team contained fifty-five athletes; forty-one men and fourteen women[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]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
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Women's Columbia round open | ||||
Girard | Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic | |||
Thibaut | Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash A | |||
Sparsa | Men's 25m freestyle class 1 complete | |||
Men's 25m freestyle class 1 incomplete | ||||
Sparsa | Men's 25m backstroke class 1 complete | |||
Men's 25m backstroke class 1 incomplete | ||||
Cestier | Men's 3x25m individual medley open | |||
Jardine | Women's 50m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina) | |||
Dumont | Men's featherweight | |||
Men's team | Men's épée team | |||
Men's team | Men's sabre team | |||
Delattre | Women's foil individual | |||
Nadal | Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic | |||
Cestier | Men's 50m freestyle special class | |||
Men's 25m backstroke class 2 incomplete | ||||
Sparsa | Men's 25m breaststroke class 1 complete | |||
Jardine | Women's 100m freestyle open | |||
Brifoulliere | Men's middleweight | |||
Men's team | Men's foil team | |||
Serge Bec | Men's sabre individual | |||
Pequin | Women's novices foil | |||
Women's team | Women's foil team | |||
René David Trouverie Ventadour | Men's Albion round team open | |||
Guesnon | Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic | |||
Women's pairs | ||||
Belasset | Women's singles | |||
Men's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete | ||||
Cestier | Men's 50m backstroke special class | |||
Men's 25m breaststroke class 1 incomplete | ||||
Cardon | Women's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete | |||
Serge Bec | Men's épée individual |
See 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.[3] 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.[4]