France at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeFRA
NPCFrench Paralympic and Sports Committee
Websitefrance-paralympique.fr
in Tel Aviv
Competitors54 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
13
Silver
10
Bronze
9
Total
32
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

France competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The French team contained fifty-five athletes; forty-one men and fourteen women[1][n 1] . The team finished fifth in the medal table and won a total of thirty-two medals; thirteen gold, ten silver and nine bronze. [2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mireille Marraschin Archery Women's Columbia round open
 Gold Girard Archery Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
 Gold Thibaut Athletics Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash A
 Gold Sparsa Swimming Men's 25m freestyle class 1 complete
 Gold Daniel Jeannin Swimming Men's 25m freestyle class 1 incomplete
 Gold Sparsa Swimming Men's 25m backstroke class 1 complete
 Gold Daniel Jeannin Swimming Men's 25m backstroke class 1 incomplete
 Gold Cestier Swimming Men's 3x25m individual medley open
 Gold Jardine Swimming Women's 50m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina)
 Gold Dumont Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Gold Men's team Wheelchair fencing Men's épée team
 Gold Men's team Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre team
 Gold Delattre Wheelchair fencing Women's foil individual
 Silver Nadal Archery Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
 Silver Cestier Swimming Men's 50m freestyle special class
 Silver Claude Sugny Swimming Men's 25m backstroke class 2 incomplete
 Silver Sparsa Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke class 1 complete
 Silver Jardine Swimming Women's 100m freestyle open
 Silver Brifoulliere Weightlifting Men's middleweight
 Silver Men's team Wheelchair fencing Men's foil team
 Silver Serge Bec Wheelchair fencing Men's sabre individual
 Silver Pequin Wheelchair fencing Women's novices foil
 Silver Women's team Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team
 Bronze René David
Trouverie
Ventadour		 Archery Men's Albion round team open
 Bronze Guesnon Archery Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic
 Bronze Belasset
Sylviane Guesnon		 Lawn bowls Women's pairs
 Bronze Belasset Lawn bowls Women's singles
 Bronze Claude Sugny Swimming Men's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete
 Bronze Cestier Swimming Men's 50m backstroke special class
 Bronze Daniel Jeannin Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke class 1 incomplete
 Bronze Cardon Swimming Women's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete
 Bronze Serge Bec Wheelchair fencing Men's épée individual

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Twelve French archers, ten men and two women, competed at the Games winning seven medals; two gold, one silver and four bronze.[3] In the men's St. Nicholas round event for paraplegics France won two medals; Nadal won silver and Guesnon bronze, the gold medal was won by Arballo of United States with a new world record score of 730 points.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Data is taken from the International Paralympic Committee website and is based on information contained/sourced in the original hardcopy final results publications. Some information from earlier Paralympic Games (ie 1960 - 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes

References

  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Athlete Search Results France 1968". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Men's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.


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