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Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

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Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing bodyIWBF
Events2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games

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

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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

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

Medalists

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

Men's team

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Class A

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
United States

Great Britain

Israel
1964 Tokyo
United States

Great Britain

Israel

Class B

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
United States

Netherlands

Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
United States

Argentina

Israel

Men's team

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv
Israel

United States

Great Britain[1]
1972 Heidelberg
United States

Israel

Argentina[2]
1976 Toronto
United States

Israel

France [3]
1980 Arnhem
Israel

Netherlands

United States [4]
1984 Stoke Mandeville
France

Netherlands

Sweden[5]
1988 Seoul
United States

Netherlands

France [6]
1992 Barcelona
Netherlands

Germany

France[7]
1996 Atlanta
Australia

Great Britain

United States [8]
2000 Sydney
Canada

Netherlands

United States [9]
2004 Athens
Canada

Australia

Great Britain
2008 Beijing
Australia

Canada

Great Britain
2012 London
Canada

Australia

United States
2016 Rio
United States

Spain

Great Britain
2020 Tokyo
United States

Japan

Great Britain
2024 Paris
United States

Great Britain

Germany

Women's team

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Year Gold Silver Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv
Israel

Argentina

United States
1972 Heidelberg
Argentina

Jamaica

Israel
1976 Toronto
Israel

West Germany

Argentina
1980 Arnhem
West Germany

Israel

United States
1984 Stoke Mandeville
West Germany

Israel

Japan
1988 Seoul
United States

West Germany

Netherlands
1992 Barcelona
Canada

United States

Netherlands
1996 Atlanta
Canada

Netherlands

United States
2000 Sydney
Canada

Australia

Japan
2004 Athens
United States

Australia

Canada
2008 Beijing
United States

Germany

Australia
2012 London
Germany

Australia

Netherlands
2016 Rio
United States

Germany

Netherlands
2020 Tokyo
Netherlands

China

United States
2024 Paris
Netherlands

United States

China

Medals

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Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4004
2 Great Britain0213
3 Argentina0101
 Netherlands0101
5 Israel0033
Totals (5 entries)44412

Men (1968–2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States61411
2 Canada3104
3 Australia2204
 Israel2204
5 Netherlands1405
6 France1034
7 Great Britain0257
8 Germany0112
9 Japan0101
 Spain0101
11 Argentina0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (12 entries)15151545

Women (1968–2020)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States4149
2 Germany3407
3 Canada3014
4 Israel2215
5 Netherlands1146
6 Argentina1113
7 Australia0314
8 China0101
 Jamaica0101
10 Japan0022
Totals (10 entries)14141442

Total (1960–2020)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)132823
2 Canada (CAN)6118
3 Israel (ISR)44412
4 Germany (GER)3508
5 Netherlands (NED)26412
6 Australia (AUS)2518
7 Argentina (ARG)1225
8 France (FRA)1034
9 Great Britain (GBR)0369
10 Japan (JPN)0123
11 China (CHN)0101
 Jamaica (JAM)0101
 Spain (ESP)0101
14 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (14 entries)32323296

Nations

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1960–1964

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Men Class A

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
1960  USA  GBR  ISR  NED  AUT
1964  USA  GBR  ISR  FRA  BEL  PHI  JPN

Men Class B

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
1960  USA  NED  GBR  ARG  AUS  BEL  FRA  ITA  MLT   SUI
1964  USA  ARG  ISR  ITA  GBR  JPN

1968–Ongoing

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Men

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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  United States -  United Kingdom -  Israel -  Netherlands
1964  United States -  United Kingdom -  Israel -  Argentina
1968  United States -  United Kingdom -  West Germany -  Switzerland -  Israel -  France -  Netherlands -  Belgium -  Canada -  Sweden -  Italy -  Argentina -  Australia
1972  Argentina -  United Kingdom -  Sweden -  Netherlands -  Italy -  United States -  Israel -  France -  Australia -  Belgium -  Spain -  Canada -  Portugal -  Switzerland -  West Germany -  Brazil -  Jamaica -  Yugoslavia -  Ireland
1976  Israel -  Netherlands -  Mexico -  Italy -  Colombia -  France -  Canada -  Switzerland -  Finland -  South Africa -  Argentina -  United Kingdom -  West Germany -  Spain -  Denmark -  United States -  Sweden -  Belgium-  Brazil -  Japan -  Australia
1980  United States -  Japan -  Spain -  Australia -  Italy -  Israel -  Argentina -  Belgium -  West Germany -  Netherlands -  Canada -  Denmark -  Brazil -  France -  Sweden -  United Kingdom -  Egypt
1984  Canada -  United States -  Italy -  Switzerland -  Finland -  Israel -  West Germany -  Mexico -  Spain -  United Kingdom -  France -  Australia -  Japan -  Egypt -  Sweden -  Netherlands -  Yugoslavia -  Denmark
1988  United States -  Sweden -  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  France -  West Germany -  Australia-  Argentina -  Morocco -  Netherlands -  Israel -  Spain -  South Korea -  Canada  Japan -  Belgium -  Mexico
1992  Netherlands -  France -  Germany -  Sweden -  Australia -  Israel -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Canada -  Spain -  Japan -  Argentina
1996  Spain -  Australia -  United Kingdom -  Canada -  Mexico -  Argentina -  United States -  France -  Netherlands -  Japan -  Sweden
2000  Canada -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Germany -  Mexico -  South Africa -  Netherlands -  France -  Australia -  Sweden-  Japan -  South Korea
2004  Canada -  Australia -  Italy  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  France -  Netherlands -  United States -  Germany -  Japan -  Iran -  Greece
2008  Canada -  Germany -  Iran -  Japan -  South Africa -  Sweden -  Australia -  United Kingdom -  United States -  Israel -  Brazil -  China
2012  Australia -  Canada -  Colombia -  Germany -  United Kingdom -  Italy -  Japan -  Spain -  Poland -  Turkey -  United States -  South Africa
2016  Spain -  Turkey -  Australia -  Netherlands -  Japan -  Canada -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  Germany -  Iran -  Algeria
2020

Women

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Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
1972  ARG  JAM  ISR  GER  CAN  GBR  YUG
1976  ISR  GER  ARG  CAN  USA
1980  GER  ISR  USA  ARG
1984  GER  ISR  JPN  CAN  USA  NED
1988  USA  GER  NED  CAN  JPN  ISR  SWE  ARG  GBR
1992  CAN  USA  AUS  NED  GER  GBR  JPN  FRA  ISR  ESP
1996  CAN  NED  USA  AUS  JPN  GBR  GER  BRA
2000  CAN  AUS  JPN  NED  USA  MEX  GER  GBR
2004  CAN  USA  GER  AUS  NED  JPN  MEX  FRA
2008  USA  GER  AUS  JPN  CAN  NED  CHN  GBR  MEX  BRA
2012  GER  AUS  NED  USA  CHN  CAN  GBR  MEX  GER  FRA
2016  USA  GER  NED  GBR  CAN  CHN  BRA  FRA  ARG  ALG
2020  NED  CHN  USA  GER  CAN  JPN  GBR  ESP  AUS  ALG

See also

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Ranking

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Complete Results

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  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

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