India competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics held in Tel Aviv from 4 to 13 November 1968. The nation made its official debut at the 1968 Games. India sent a contingent consisting of ten athletes for the Games and did not win a medal.
Background The ninth International Stoke Mandville Games was later designated as the first Paralympics in 1960 and the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation organized the 1968 Games. India made its Paralympics debut in the 1968 Games. India sent ten competitors including eight males and two females. The team did not win any medals.
Competitors The Indian contingent for the Games consisted of ten athletes who competed across six sports. SportMenWomenTotal Archery 4 0 4 Athletics 7 2 9 Dartchery 4 0 4 Swimming 2 1 3 Table tennis 1 1 2 Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 8 2 10
Archery
AthleteEventScoreRank Ganesh Men's St. Nicholas round paraplegic6527 JeenaMen's Columbia round open4540 Laxman4939 Patel Women's St. Nicholas round paraplegic6113
Athletics
Field AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultPointsRankResultPointsRankGanesh Men's club throw A19.77 rowspan="3" 37 rowspan="3" colspan="3" Men's javelin A11.1230 Men's shot put A3.5337Gattu Men's precision javelin open 6238 colspan="3" Jeena Men's club throw C18.32 rowspan="3" 43 rowspan="4" colspan="3" Men's javelin C8.6445 Men's shot put C3.1750 Men's precision javelin open 6427Khan Men's club throw C20.66 rowspan="3" 37 rowspan="3" colspan="3" Men's discus throw C10.5450 Men's javelin C8.5846Kumar Men's club throw C13.39 rowspan="3" 45 rowspan="3" colspan="3" Men's javelin C6.2047 Men's shot put C3.1651Laxman Men's club throw D23.77 rowspan="3" 24 rowspan="4" colspan="3" Men's javelin D12.0524 Men's shot put D3.7024 Men's precision javelin open 5457Patel Women's club throw A10.45 rowspan="4" 17 rowspan="5" colspan="3" Women's discus throw A6.1117 Women's javelin A5.4416 Women's shot put A2.6320 Women's precision javelin open 451 Pereira Men's club throw A32.61 4 Q Shehrnaz Kermani Women's precision javelin open 6031 colspan="3" Legend: Q = Qualified for the next phase
Dartchery
Athlete/TeamEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankGanesh JeenaMixed pairs open<br/ > Lostrowspan="2" colspan="4" Kumar Laxman <br/ > Lost
Swimming
AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankJeenaMen's 50 m freestyle class 4 incomplete58.502rowspan="2" colspan="2" KumarMen's 50 m backstroke class 4 incomplete2:04.905Shehrnaz KermaniWomen's 50 m freestyle special class1:38.304rowspan="3" colspan="2" Women's 50 m backstroke special class1:34.504Women's 50 m breaststroke special class1:47.606Women's 100 m breaststroke opencolspan="2" 3:57.204
Table tennis
Athlete/TeamEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMurlikant PetkarMen's singles C Lostcolspan="5" PatelWomen's singles B Won Lostcolspan="3"
Weightlifting
AthleteEventResultRankMakandiMen's featherweight9011
See also India at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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