Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IWBF
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
	Medalists;

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)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	0	0	4
2	Great Britain	0	2	1	3
3	Argentina	0	1	0	1
3	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
5	Israel	0	0	3	3
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Men (1968–2020)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	1	4	10
2	Canada	3	1	0	4
3	Australia	2	2	0	4
3	Israel	2	2	0	4
5	Netherlands	1	4	0	5
6	France	1	0	3	4
7	Great Britain	0	1	5	6
8	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
11	Argentina	0	0	1	1
11	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		14	14	14	42

Women (1968–2020)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	4	9
2	Germany	3	4	0	7
3	Canada	3	0	1	4
4	Israel	2	2	1	5
5	Netherlands	1	1	4	6
6	Argentina	1	1	1	3
7	Australia	0	3	1	4
8	China	0	1	0	1
8	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
10	Japan	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		14	14	14	42

Total (1960–2020)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	2	8	23
2	Canada (CAN)	6	1	1	8
3	Israel (ISR)	4	4	4	12
4	Germany (GER)	3	5	0	8
5	Netherlands (NED)	2	6	4	12
6	Australia (AUS)	2	5	1	8
7	Argentina (ARG)	1	2	2	5
8	France (FRA)	1	0	3	4
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	6	9
10	Japan (JPN)	0	1	2	3
11	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
14	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		32	32	32	96

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

1968: 13 Teams
1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
1976: 21 Teams
1980: 17 Teams
1984: 18 Teams
1988: 17 Teams
1992: 12 Teams
1996: 12 Teams
2000: 12 Teams
2004: 12 Teams
2008: 12 Teams
2012: 12 Teams
2016: 12 Teams
2020: 12 Teams
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

External links

Ranking

https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/events/paralympic-games/past-results/
https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf
https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results

Complete Results

https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball
https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball

References

^ "Tel Aviv 1968 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Heidelberg 1972 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Toronto 1976 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Arnhem 1980 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Stoke Mandeville & New York 1984 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Seoul 1988 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Barcelona 1992 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Atlanta 1996 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".
^ "Sydney 2000 - wheelchair-basketball - mens-tournament".

IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members.[1] (Per 17 April 2011)
Paralympics - Results, International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF)
World History of Wheelchair Basketball, British Wheelchair Basketball

[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".

v t e Sports at the Paralympic Games
Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Boccia Cycling Equestrian Football 5-a-side Goalball Judo Paracanoe Paratriathlon Parataekwondo Powerlifting Rowing Shooting Swimming Table tennis Volleyball Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair tennis
Winter sports	Alpine skiing Biathlon Cross-country skiing Para ice hockey Snowboarding Wheelchair curling
Discontinued sports	Football 7-a-side Basketball ID Dartchery Ice sledge racing Lawn bowls Sailing Snooker Weightlifting Wrestling
Demonstration sports	Racquetball

Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics

Events

Qualification

Medalists

Men's team

Class A

Class B

Men's team

Women's team

Medals

Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)

Men (1968–2020)

Women (1968–2020)

Total (1960–2020)

Nations

1960–1964

Men Class A

Men Class B

1968–Ongoing

Men

Women

See also

External links

Ranking

Complete Results

References