Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics explained

Sport:	wheelchair basketball
Size:	150
Menevents:	1
Womenevents:	1

Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.

Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.

Events

In the first two Paralympic games, there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968, there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.

Current events

• Men's team
• Women's team

Qualification

• 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
• 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification

Medalists

Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:

Men's team

Class A

Class B

Men's team

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Women's team

Medals

Total (1960–2020)

Nations

1960–1964

Men Class A

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
1960
1964

Men Class B

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
1960
1964

1968–Ongoing

Men

https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf

1. 1968: 13 Teams
2. 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
3. 1976: 21 Teams
4. 1980: 17 Teams
5. 1984: 18 Teams
6. 1988: 17 Teams
7. 1992: 12 Teams
8. 1996: 12 Teams
9. 2000: 12 Teams
10. 2004: 12 Teams
11. 2008: 12 Teams
12. 2012: 12 Teams
13. 2016: 12 Teams
14. 2020: 12 Teams
15. 2024: 8 Teams

Years	Teams
1960	- - -
1964	- - -
1968	- - - - - - - - - - - -
1972	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1976	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1980	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1984	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1988	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1992	- - - - - - - - - - -
1996	- - - - - - - - - -
2000	- - - - - - - - - - -
2004	- - - - - - - - - -
2008	- - - - - - - - - - -
2012	- - - - - - - - - - -
2016	- - - - - - - - - - -
2020

Women

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008										Brazil
2012										France
2016
2020

See also

• Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• Basketball ID at the Summer Paralympics
• Wheelchair Basketball World Championship

External links

Ranking

• https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/events/paralympic-games/past-results/
• https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf
• https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results

Complete Results

1. https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball
2. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball
3. https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball
4. https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball
5. https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball
6. https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball
7. https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball
8. https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball
9. https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball
10. https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball
11. https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball
12. https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball
13. https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball
14. https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball
15. https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball
16. https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball

References

• IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  • The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/reports.html?type=multi&sport=28&gender=all (Per 17 April 2011)
• Paralympics - Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
• World History of Wheelchair Basketball, British Wheelchair Basketball

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
2. Web site: Heidelberg 1972 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
3. Web site: Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
4. Web site: Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
5. Web site: Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
6. Web site: Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
7. Web site: Barcelona 1992 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
8. Web site: Atlanta 1996 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .
9. Web site: Sydney 2000 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament .