Wheelchair_basketball_at_the_Summer_Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Quick Facts Governing body, Events ...
| Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics | |
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| Governing body | IWBF |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
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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.
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
- 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
- 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification
Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:
Men's team
Class A
More information Year, Gold ...
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Rome |  United States |  Great Britain |  Israel |
| 1964 Tokyo | United States | Great Britain | Israel |
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Class B
More information Year, Gold ...
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Rome | United States |  Netherlands | Great Britain |
| 1964 Tokyo | United States |  Argentina | Israel |
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Men's team
More information Year, Gold ...
| 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 |
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Women's team
More information Year, Gold ...
| 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 |
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Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |  Israel | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
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Men (1968–2020)
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 |  Canada | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Israel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 |  France | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
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Women (1968–2020)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Israel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | |
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Total (1960–2020)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States (USA) | 13 | 2 | 8 | 23 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Israel (ISR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | |
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1960–1964
Men Class A
Men Class B
1968–Ongoing
Men
- 1968: 13 Teams
- 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
- 1976: 21 Teams
- 1980: 17 Teams
- 1984: 18 Teams
- 1988: 17 Teams
- 1992: 12 Teams
- 1996: 12 Teams
- 2000: 12 Teams
- 2004: 12 Teams
- 2008: 12 Teams
- 2012: 12 Teams
- 2016: 12 Teams
- 2020: 12 Teams
- 2024: 8 Teams
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Women
More information Year, 1st ...
| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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| 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 |
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Ranking
Complete Results
- https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball
- https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics.
- 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. (Per 17 April 2011)
- Paralympics - Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
- World History of Wheelchair Basketball, British Wheelchair Basketball