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Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body IWBF
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

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

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
United States

Great Britain

Israel
1964 Tokyo
United States

Great Britain

Israel

Class B

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1960 Rome
United States

Netherlands

Great Britain
1964 Tokyo
United States

Argentina

Israel

Men's team

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

Women's team

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

Medals

Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)

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

Men (1968–2020)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States51410
2  Canada3104
3  Australia2204
  Israel2204
5  Netherlands1405
6  France1034
7  Great Britain0156
8  Germany0101
  Japan0101
  Spain0101
11  Argentina0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (12 entries)14141442

Women (1968–2020)

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)

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

1960–1964

Men Class A

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

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

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   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

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

External links

Ranking

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

  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".