Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of 68 events, 34 for men and 34 for women.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	13	7	8	28
2	United States (USA)	12	10	8	30
3	Netherlands (NED)	9	2	4	15
4	Rhodesia (RHO)	6	6	4	16
5	France (FRA)	6	4	4	14
6	West Germany (FRG)	5	4	6	15
7	Australia (AUS)	4	5	1	10
8	Norway (NOR)	3	1	1	5
9	Italy (ITA)	3	1	0	4
10	Israel (ISR)	2	8	5	15
11	Canada (CAN)	1	2	3	6
12	South Africa (RSA)	1	2	2	5
13	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
14	Jamaica (JAM)	1	1	0	2
15	Japan (JPN)	1	0	1	2
16	Austria (AUT)	0	3	6	9
17	Spain (ESP)	0	3	1	4
18	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	4	6
19	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	2	3
20	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	1	2
21	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
Totals (22 entries)		68	66	63	197

Participating nations

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle class 1 complete details	Sparsa  France	Crase  United States	A. West  Great Britain
25 m freestyle class 1 incomplete details	Daniel Jeannin  France	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	David Holland  Rhodesia
25 m freestyle class 2 complete details	Helvio Aresca  Argentina	David Ellis  Great Britain	Vincent  United States
25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete details	John Britton  Great Britain	Nel  South Africa	Claude Sugny  France
50 m freestyle class 3 complete details	Leonard Chrysler  United States	W. Thornton  Great Britain	Safer  Austria
50 m freestyle class 3 incomplete details	Harald Gunnerup  Norway	Igel  Austria	Gustav Schuster  Canada
50 m freestyle class 4 complete details	Foust  United States	Lewis  South Africa	Arimura  Japan
50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete details	Koyachi  Japan	Kim Pollock  United States	Avraham Keftelovitch  Israel
50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina) details	Roberto Marson  Italy	Carlos Carranza  Argentina	Soderberg  Sweden
50 m freestyle special class details	Piet Makkes  Netherlands	Cestier  France	John van der Starre  Netherlands
100 m freestyle open details	Branum  United States	John Watts  Great Britain	Eduard de Anta  Switzerland
25 m backstroke class 1 complete details	Sparsa  France	A. West  Great Britain	Dunn  United States
25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete details	Daniel Jeannin  France	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	Glynn Griffiths  Rhodesia
25 m backstroke class 2 complete details	David Ellis  Great Britain	Vincent  United States	Frank Ponta  Australia
25 m backstroke class 2 incomplete details	Nel  South Africa	Claude Sugny  France	John Britton  Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 3 complete details	Leonard Chrysler  United States	Eskild Hansen  Norway	W. Thornton  Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete details	Paul Jacobsen  Norway	Peter Goldhawk  Rhodesia	Fiorello  United States
50 m backstroke class 4 complete details	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia	B. Dickinson  Great Britain	Harald Gerhard  West Germany
50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete details	Moshe Levy  Israel	Andrew James Scott  Rhodesia	Gerry Kinsella  Great Britain
50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Roberto Marson  Italy	Bernard Boulens  Switzerland	Olfson  Sweden
50 m backstroke special class details	Piet Makkes  Netherlands	Branum  United States	Cestier  France
25 m breaststroke class 1 complete details	Crase  United States	Sparsa  France	Walter Sailer  Austria
25 m breaststroke class 1 incomplete details	Manfred Emmel  West Germany	Glynn Griffiths  Rhodesia	Daniel Jeannin  France
25 m breaststroke class 2 complete details	David Ellis  Great Britain	Francesco Deiana  Italy	Vincent  United States
25 m breaststroke class 2 incomplete details	Walter Hertle  West Germany	John Britton  Great Britain	Nel  South Africa
50 m breaststroke class 3 complete details	W. Thornton  Great Britain	Jeff Simmonds  Australia	Willi Brinkmann  West Germany
50 m breaststroke class 3 incomplete details	Harald Gunnerup  Norway	Don Watts  Australia	Igel  Austria
50 m breaststroke class 4 complete details	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia	Harald Gerhard  West Germany	Lewis  South Africa
50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete details	Andrew James Scott  Rhodesia	Jacob Ben-Arie  Israel	M. Eden  Sweden
50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Roberto Marson  Italy	Soderberg  Sweden	Carlos Carranza  Argentina
50 m breaststroke special class details	Ed Owen  United States	Carol  Spain	Arieh Rubin  Israel
100 m breaststroke open details	Ed Owen  United States	Arieh Rubin  Israel	Carol  Spain
3×25 m individual medley open details	Sestier  France	Arieh Rubin  Israel	Branum  United States
3×50 m medley relay open details	Netherlands (NED)	Israel (ISR) Arieh Beizam Arieh Rubin Moshe Levy	United States (USA)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
25 m freestyle class 1 complete details	Evelyn Mulry Moore  United States	Gorman  United States	None
25 m freestyle class 1 incomplete details	Sandra Coppard  Rhodesia	None	None
25 m freestyle class 2 complete details	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Cornett  United States	Ruth Lamsbach  West Germany
25 m freestyle class 2 incomplete details	Hilda Mae Binns  Canada	Evelyn Mulry Moore  United States	Virginia Tomlinson  Rhodesia
50 m freestyle class 3 complete details	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Riu  Spain	Elke Lange  West Germany
50 m freestyle class 3 incomplete details	Marga Floer  West Germany	Jacqueline Thompson  Rhodesia	Cardon  France
50 m freestyle class 4 complete details	Ailes  United States	Eve M. Rimmer  New Zealand	None
50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete details	Elizabeth Edmondson  Australia	Meikle  Jamaica	Wil Verschoor  Netherlands
50 m freestyle class 5 (cauda equina) details	Jardine  France	Daphne Hilton  Australia	Bellamy  Great Britain
50 m freestyle special class details	Ingrid van der Benden  Netherlands	Rachel Shalom  Israel	Silvia Cochetti  Argentina
100 m freestyle open details	Elizabeth Edmondson  Australia	Jardine  France	M. Gibbs  Great Britain
25 m backstroke class 1 complete details	Aria Noordam  Netherlands	Gorman  United States	Caroline Troxler-Kung  Switzerland
25 m backstroke class 1 incomplete details	Davina Ingrams  Great Britain	White  Ireland	Rosaleen Gallagher  Ireland
25 m backstroke class 2 complete details	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Soulek  United States	S. Jones  Great Britain
25 m backstroke class 2 incomplete details	Gwen Buck  Great Britain	Lamb  Australia	Margit Schweiger  West Germany
50 m backstroke class 3 complete details	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Ilse Driessler  Austria	Elke Lange  West Germany
50 m backstroke class 3 incomplete details	Karen Hill  Great Britain	McPherson  Canada	Jacqueline Thompson  Rhodesia
50 m backstroke class 4 complete details	Kaminski  United States	Miller  Canada	Fischer  Austria
50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete details	Wil Verschoor  Netherlands	Elizabeth Edmondson  Australia	Birgith Reklev  Norway
50 m backstroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Bellamy  Great Britain	Avril Davis  Rhodesia	Linda Stratman  United States
50 m backstroke special class details	Janneke Minholtz  Netherlands	Ingrid van der Benden  Netherlands	Mali Mezin  Israel
25 m breaststroke class 1 complete details	Gorman  United States	Moore  United States	Mati Angel  Israel
25 m breaststroke class 1 incomplete details	Sandra Coppard  Rhodesia	None	None
25 m breaststroke class 2 complete details	Lorraine Dodd  Australia	Ruth Lamsbach  West Germany	Cornett  United States
25 m breaststroke class 2 incomplete details	Margit Schweiger  West Germany	Virginia Tomlinson  Rhodesia	Jenneke van Driel  Netherlands
50 m breaststroke class 3 complete details	Valerie Forder  Great Britain	Riu  Spain	Rosi Kuhnel  Austria
50 m breaststroke class 3 incomplete details	Marga Floer  West Germany	Sonja Graveland  Netherlands	McPherson  Canada
50 m breaststroke class 4 complete details	Ailes  United States	Heidemarie Fischer  Austria	Waltraud Vetschera  Austria
50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete details	Meikle  Jamaica	M. Tufuesson  Sweden	Ora Goldstein  Israel
50 m breaststroke class 5 (cauda equina) details	Bellamy  Great Britain	Lampo  Belgium	None
50 m breaststroke special class details	Ingrid van der Benden  Netherlands	Malka Halfon  Israel	Janneke Minholtz  Netherlands
100 m breaststroke open details	Ora Goldstein  Israel	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	McPherson  Canada
3×25 m individual medley open details	M. Gibbs  Great Britain	Mali Mezin  Israel	M. Tufuesson  Sweden
3×50 m medley relay open details	Netherlands (NED) Janneke Minholtz (backstroke) Wil Verschoor (Breaststroke) Ingrid van der Benden (freestyle)	Israel (ISR) Ora Goldstein Malka Halfon Zipora Rosenbaum	Great Britain (GBR)

References

• Swimming at the 1968 Summer Paralympics (Tel Aviv) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)