Jamaica at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

Jamaica at the
1968 Summer Paralympics
IPC code JAM
NPC Jamaica Paralympic Association
in Tel Aviv
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
3 1 1 5
Summer Paralympics appearances

Jamaica was one of twenty-eight nations that competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968.[1][2] The team finished fourteenth in the medal table and won a total of five medals; three gold, one silver and one bronze.[3] Eleven athletes represented Jamaica at the Games; seven men and four women.[1]

Disability classifications

The Paralympics groups athletes' disabilities into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[4][5] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent on the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing.[6]

Archery

Seven Jamaican archers competed at the Games, none won a medal.[7] The best result was achieved by Quida White who placed fifth in the St. Nicholas round for paraplegic women; Lewis[n 1] finished eleventh in the same event.[8]

Athletics

Seven of Jamaica's competitors took part in athletics. Two medals were won by Jamaican athletes, both gold and both in the precision javelin.[7] Excell took the men's title, with a score of 74, and Baracatt the women's, with a score of 78.[9][10]

Dartchery

The only dartchery event at the Games was the mixed pairs event which took a knockout format. Two Jamaican pairs entered; Excell and Hall lost in the first round to the eventual gold medallists from the United States; Long and Baracatt also lost in the first round to British pair Nicholson and Taylor.[11]

Swimming

Three Jamaican swimmers competed at the Games. Patrick Reid took part in two men's class 2 complete classification events but failed to advance past the heats in either.[7] Octavius Morgan competed in three men's class 4 incomplete classification events and achieved a best finish of fifth in the breaststroke.[7][12] Jamaica's two swimming medals were both won by Meikle; she won gold in the women's 50 m breaststroke class 4 incomplete and silver in the 50 m freestyle.[7]

Table tennis

Five Jamaica players took part in table tennis singles events and a pair in the women's doubles. All of the singles players were eliminated at the round of 16 stage.[7] In the women's doubles C event Baracatt and Lewis reached the quarter-finals before losing to Great Britain's Bryant and Barnard, who went on to win the gold medal.[13]

Weightlifting

One athlete entered a weightlifting event for Jamaica. Hall won the bronze medal in the men's lightweight with a lift of 110 kg; the gold was won by Johnsen of Norway with a new world record lift of 150 kg.[14]

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 (i.e. 1960 – 1984) is incomplete and is missing first names of some athletes.

References

  1. 1 2 "Participation Numbers Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "Paralympic Games History – Summer". Australian Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Medal Standings Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Athlete Search Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Archery Women's St. Nicholas Round paraplegic". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  9. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Athletics Men's Precision Javelin open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Athletics Women's Precision Javelin open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  11. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Dartchery Mixed Pairs open". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  12. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Swimming Men's 50 m Breaststroke class 4 incomplete". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  13. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Table Tennis Women's Doubles C". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
  14. ↑ "Results Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games Weightlifting Men's Lightweight". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
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