India at the 1968 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	IND
Npcname:	Paralympic Committee of India
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	1968
Location:	Tel Aviv
Competitors:	10
Sports:	6
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

India competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics held in Tel Aviv from 4 to 13 November 1968. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Games. India sent a contingent consisting of ten athletes for the Games and did not win a medal.

Background

The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960 and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the 1968 Games.^[1] India made its Paralympics debut in the 1968 Games.^[2] India sent ten competitors including eight males and two females.^{[3] [4]} The team did not win any medals.^[5]

Competitors

The Indian contingent for the Games consisted of ten athletes who competed across six sports.^[6]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	4	0	4
Athletics	7	2	9
Dartchery	4	0	4
Swimming	2	1	3
Table tennis	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	8	2	10

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Ganesh	Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic^[7]	65	27
Jeena	Men's Columbia round open^[8]	45	40
Laxman		49	39
Patel	Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic^[9]	61	13

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Paralympics.

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Result	Points	Rank	Result	Points	Rank
Ganesh	Men's club throw A^[10]	19.77	37	rowspan="3" colspan="3"
	Men's javelin A^[11]	11.12	30
	Men's shot put A^[12]	3.53	37
Gattu	Men's precision javelin open		62	38	colspan="3"
Jeena	Men's club throw C	18.32	43	rowspan="4" colspan="3"
	Men's javelin C	8.64	45
	Men's shot put C	3.17	50
	Men's precision javelin open		64	27
Khan	Men's club throw C	20.66	37	rowspan="3" colspan="3"
	Men's discus throw C^[13]	10.54	50
	Men's javelin C	8.58	46
Kumar	Men's club throw C^[14]	13.39	45	rowspan="3" colspan="3"
	Men's javelin C^[15]	6.20	47
	Men's shot put C^[16]	3.16	51
Laxman	Men's club throw D^[17]	23.77	24	rowspan="4" colspan="3"
	Men's javelin D^[18]	12.05	24
	Men's shot put D^[19]	3.70	24
	Men's precision javelin open^[20]		54	57
Patel	Women's club throw A^[21]	10.45	17	rowspan="5" colspan="3"
	Women's discus throw A^[22]	6.11	17
	Women's javelin A^[23]	5.44	16
	Women's shot put A^[24]	2.63	20
	Women's precision javelin open^[25]		4	51
Pereira	Men's club throw A	32.61		4 Q
Shehrnaz Kermani	Women's precision javelin open		60	31

Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase

Dartchery

See main article: Dartchery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete/Team	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ganesh Jeena	align=left rowspan="2"	Mixed pairs open^[26]	Lost	rowspan="2" colspan="4"
Kumar Laxman	Lost

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeena	Men's 50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete^[27]	58.50	2	rowspan="2" colspan="2"
Kumar	Men's 50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete^[28]	2:04.90	5
Shehrnaz Kermani	Women's 50 m freestyle special class^[29]	1:38.30	4	rowspan="3" colspan="2"
	Women's 50 m backstroke special class^[30]	1:34.50	4
	Women's 50 m breaststroke special class^[31]	1:47.60	6
	Women's 100 m breaststroke open^[32]	3:57.20	4

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete/Team	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Murlikant Petkar	Men's singles C^[33]	Lost	colspan="5"
Patel	Women's singles B^[34]		Won	Lost

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

See also

• India at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

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