Snooker at the 1960 Summer Paralympics explained

Event:Snooker
Games:1960 Summer
Venue:Tre Fontane Sports Ground, Rome
Gold:Cliff Keaton
Goldnpc:GBR
Silver:Michael Shelton
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronze:Giovanni Ferraris
Bronzenpc:ITA
Bronze2:George Portelli
Bronzenpc2:MLT
Next:1964

Snooker at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's event. It was held at the Tre Fontane Sports Ground, Rome. There were four competitors, from three different countries: two from Great Britain, and one each from Italy and Malta. Cliff Keaton won the gold medal.[1] [2] The event was played outdoors, in a covered area of a running track, on a table brought over from Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snooker - Medal Standings (1960) . paralympic.org . International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2019.
  2. Book: Brittain, Ian . 2012 . From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games . Champaign, Illinois . Common Ground Publishing LLC . 978-1-86335-988-7.
  3. Web site: Snooker (1960) . paralympic.org . International Paralympic Committee . 31 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191207043832/https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/snooker . 7 December 2019 . live .