Argentina at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
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| At the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 5 in 1 sport | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 10 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 6 |
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| Paralympic history (summary) | ||||||||||
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Argentina was one of the seventeen nations that competed at the inaugural Summer Paralympic Games in 1960 held in Rome, Italy from September 19 to 24, 1968.[1][2] Preparations for the Games began two years prior in 1958 to stage what was at the time called the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games.[3] The team finished tenth in the medal table with a total of six medals, two gold, three silver and one bronze.[4] The Argentinian team consisted of five athletes, one man and four women.[1][n 1]
Disability classifications
Athletes at the first Paralympics in 1960 were all afflicted by spinal cord injuries and required the use of a wheelchair.[3] This is in contrast to later Paralympics that include events for participants that fit into any of five different disability categories; amputation, either congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes; 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.[5][6] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon 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.[7]
Swimming
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All five of Argentina's athletes in Rome took part in swimming events. Each won at least one medal as none of their events contained more than three competitors.[8] The most successful of the five was Sznitowski who won two medals; he won the gold medal in the men's 50 metres backstroke complete class 5 and the silver medal in the 50 metres crawl complete class 5.[8] Argentina's other gold medal was won by Perazzo in the women's 50 metres crawl incomplete class 3. The only swimmer in the event, she finished in a time of 1 minute 15.3 seconds to claim the medal.[9] Further medals were won by Djukich, silver in the women's 50 metres backstroke incomplete class 4, Galan, a bronze in the women's 50 metres crawl incomplete class 4 and Mier who took silver in the women's 50 metres crawl complete class 5.[8]
See also
Notes
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