Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Athletics
at the II Paralympic Games
Athletics; at the II Paralympic Games
	Paralympic Athletics
Dates	8–12 November 1964
Competitors	82 from 15 nations

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of 42 events, 24 for men and 18 for women.

Participating nations

Argentina (9)
Australia (4)
Austria (6)
France (1)
Great Britain (11)
Ireland (1)
Israel (4)
Italy (7)
Japan (1)
Malta (1)
Netherlands (3)
Rhodesia (3)
South Africa (3)
United States (24)
West Germany (4)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	18	18	12	48
2	Italy (ITA)	6	4	2	12
3	South Africa (RSA)	4	4	2	10
4	Great Britain (GBR)	4	2	6	12
5	West Germany (FRG)	3	0	2	5
6	Rhodesia (RHO)	2	3	2	7
7	Australia (AUS)	2	3	0	5
8	Israel (ISR)	2	0	3	5
9	Argentina (ARG)	1	6	9	16
10	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
11	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
12	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	42	40	124

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wheelchair dash above T10	Gary Hooper Australia	Don Kennedy United States	Dick Thompson Great Britain
Wheelchair dash below T10	Ron Stein United States	Tim Harris United States	Richard Miller United States
Wheelchair relay above T10	United States (USA)	Australia (AUS)	None
Wheelchair relay below T10	United States (USA)	Argentina (ARG)	None
Club throw A	Dick Thompson Great Britain	Daniel Erasmus South Africa	Frank Vecera United States
Club throw B	Walter Prossl West Germany	D. Pickering Great Britain	Borghese Italy
Club throw C	H. Smith United States	Roberto Marson Italy	R. Rowe Great Britain
Club throw D	Ron Stein United States	Jorge Diz Argentina	Tim Harris United States
Discus throw A	Daniel Erasmus South Africa	C. Sandglass United States	Frank Vecera United States
Discus throw B	J. Meyer South Africa	Don Kennedy United States	Keith Pienaar Rhodesia
Discus throw C	Roberto Marson Italy	Richard Maduro United States	Benincasa Italy
Discus throw D	Ron Stein United States	Tim Harris United States	Alberto Ocampo Argentina
Javelin throw A	Dick Thompson Great Britain	Daniel Erasmus South Africa	Frank Vecera United States
Javelin throw B	Walter Prossl West Germany	J. Meyer South Africa	Don Kennedy United States
Javelin throw C	Roberto Marson Italy	William Fairbanks United States	Leslie Manson-Bishop Rhodesia
Javelin throw D	Ron Stein United States	Jorge Diz Argentina	Tim Harris United States
Shot put A	Daniel Erasmus South Africa	Dick Thompson Great Britain	I. Rose West Germany
Shot put B	Walter Prossl West Germany	J. Meyer South Africa	Don Kennedy United States
Shot put C	Benincasa Italy	William Fairbanks United States	Richard Maduro United States
Shot put D	Ron Stein United States	Tim Harris United States	Jorge Diz Argentina
Slalom open	Richard Miller United States	Roberto Marson Italy	Jacques Biron France
Pentathlon 1	Richard Maduro United States	Frank Vecera United States	Dick Thompson Great Britain
Pentathlon 2	William Fairbanks United States	Leslie Manson-Bishop Rhodesia	Juan Sznitowski Argentina
Pentathlon special class	Ron Stein United States	Tim Harris United States	Jorge Diz Argentina

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wheelchair dash below T10	Carol Bryant Great Britain	L. Patterson United States	Christa Welger United States
Club throw A	Elaine Schreiber Australia	Anna Maria Toso Italy	J. Laughton Great Britain
Club throw B	Lynnette Gilchrist Rhodesia	Susana Olarte Argentina	R. Harvey Great Britain
Club throw C	Rosalie Hixson United States	J. Waterman United States	Noemi Tortul Argentina
Club throw D	Christa Welger United States	Patterson United States	Sylvia Cochetti Argentina
Discus throw A	Barressi United States	Anna Maria Toso Italy	Carol Giesse United States
Discus throw B	M. Forty South Africa	Lynnette Gilchrist Rhodesia	Susana Olarte Argentina
Discus throw C	Rosalie Hixson United States	J. Waterman United States	Valerie Forder Great Britain
Discus throw D	Irene Monaco Italy	Sylvia Cochetti Argentina	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel
Javelin throw A	Anna Maria Toso Italy	Elaine Schreiber Australia	Carol Giesse United States
Javelin throw B	Lynnette Gilchrist Rhodesia	Susana Olarte Argentina	M. Forty South Africa
Javelin throw C	Rosalie Hixson United States	Marion O'Brien Australia	Noemi Tortul Argentina
Javelin throw D	Batia Mishani Israel	Christa Welger United States	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel
Shot put A	Anna Maria Toso Italy	I. Driessler Austria	I. Strecker West Germany
Shot put B	Susana Olarte Argentina	Lynnette Gilchrist Rhodesia	M. Forty South Africa
Shot put C	Rosalie Hixson United States	J. Waterman United States	Noemi Tortul Argentina
Shot put D	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum Israel	Patterson United States	Batia Mishani Israel
Slalom open	Carol Bryant Great Britain	Elka Gaarlandt Netherlands	E. O'Brien Netherlands

References

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics (Tokyo) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

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