| Npc: | GBR |
| Npcname: | British Paralympic Association |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 1960 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of the United Kingdom |
| Location: | Rome |
| Competitors: | 31 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Rank: | 2 |
| Gold: | 20 |
| Silver: | 15 |
| Bronze: | 20 |
| Appearances: | auto |
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, competing as Great Britain, participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. The 1960 Paralympics, now considered to have been the first Paralympic Games, were initially known as the ninth Stoke Mandeville Games, Games for athletes with disabilities founded in Great Britain in 1948.[1] [2]
Great Britain fielded the second largest delegation at the 1960 Games (after Italy's), with 31 competitors (18 men and 13 women) in archery, athletics, snooker, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball. It also fielded by far the greatest number of female athletes (13), whereas all other countries fielded four or less (with the exception of Austria, which sent seven). All British competitors won medals in every event they entered, putting Great Britain second on the medal table with 20 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze. Britain's first ever Paralympic gold medal was won by Margaret Maughan, in archery.[3] [4] [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Columbia round open | ||||
| Men's club throw A | ||||
| Men's javelin throw A | ||||
| Men's javelin throw B | ||||
| Men's precision javelin throw A | ||||
| Men's paraplegics open | ||||
| Men's 25m crawl incomplete class 1 | ||||
| Men's 25m backstroke complete class 2 | ||||
| Men's 25m backstroke incomplete class 1 | ||||
| Women's 25m crawl incomplete class 1 | ||||
| Women's 50m crawl complete class 4 | ||||
| Women's 25m backstroke complete class 1 | ||||
| Masson | Women's 25m backstroke incomplete class 2 | |||
| Women's 50m backstroke complete class 4 | ||||
| Women's 50m backstroke complete class 5 | ||||
| Women's 25m breaststroke complete class 2 | ||||
| Women's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 1 | ||||
| Men's singles A | ||||
| Men's doubles A | ||||
| Women's singles A | ||||
| Men's FITA round open | ||||
| Men's Windsor round open | ||||
| Women's FITA round open | ||||
| Women's Windsor round open | ||||
| Men's paraplegics open | ||||
| Men's 25m crawl complete class 1 | ||||
| Men's 50m crawl incomplete class 3 | ||||
| Men's 25m backstroke complete class 1 | ||||
| Men's 25m backstroke incomplete class 2 | ||||
| Men's 50m backstroke complete class 4 | ||||
| Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 1 and 2 | ||||
| Women's 25m backstroke complete class 2 | ||||
| Edwards | Women's 50m breaststroke incomplete class 4 | |||
| Edwards Gubbin | Women's doubles C | |||
| Men's team class A names:[5] | Men's class A tournament | |||
| Men's Columbia round open | ||||
| Men's FITA round open | ||||
| Women's Columbia round open | ||||
| Women's FITA round open | ||||
| Women's Windsor round open | ||||
| Men's club throw C | ||||
| Men's javelin throw C | ||||
| Men's shot put A | ||||
| Men's pentathlon open | ||||
| Men's 50m backstroke incomplete class 4 | ||||
| Men's 25m breaststroke complete class 1 | ||||
| Women's 50m backstroke complete class 3 | ||||
| Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 3 | ||||
| Waller | Women's 50m backstroke incomplete class 3 | |||
| M. Beck | Men's singles A | |||
| Men's doubles B | ||||
| Men's doubles C | ||||
| Gubbin | Women's singles C | |||
| Women's doubles B | ||||
| Men's team class B | Men's class B |
| Medals by sport | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| Swimming | 11 | 8 | 5 | 24 | |||
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |||
| Table Tennis | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||
| Archery | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||
| Snooker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Wheelchair Basketball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Total | 20 | 15 | 20 | 55 | |||