| Npc: | ESP |
| Npcname: | Spanish Paralympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Tel Aviv |
| Rank: | 21 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 1 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1968 |
Spain was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1] [2] The team finished twenty-first in the medal table and won four medals: three silver and one bronze, all in swimming events.[1] The Spanish team contained eleven athletes; nine men and two women.[3]
See main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Three Spanish men competed in archery, none won a medal in the sport.[4] The best result was achieved by Bellon in the St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics.[5]
See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Spain entered four men into athletics events; no medals were won.[4] The best placed Spanish athlete was Llorens in the men's precision javelin; he finished the qualification round in eleventh position but did not advance to the final round.[6]
See main article: Dartchery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.
The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. The Spanish pair of Llorens and Lorente defeated a team from Ireland in the first round but was eliminated by British pair Robertson and Todd in the second round.[7]
See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics.
Four Spanish swimmers competed at the Games, two men and two women. All of Spain's medals were won in swimming events.[4] Riu won silver medals in both the women's 50 m freestyle class 3 complete and 50 m breaststroke class 3 complete, finishing behind Forder of Great Britain in both events.[8] [9] In men's events Carol won a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke open and a silver in the 50 m breaststroke special class.[4]
See main article: Table tennis at the 1968 Summer Paralympics. Two athletes played table tennis for Spain at the Games. Bellon entered the men's singles B event for Spain and also teamed up with Llorens in the men's doubles C event but failed to advance beyond the second round in either.[4]