The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation."Summer Games Governance 1960 to 1992", IWAS The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984,Rome 1960, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.
The Games were held in Rome, Italy from September 18 to 25, 1960, with the 1960 Summer Olympics. The only disability included in these Paralympics was spinal cord injury. There were 400 athletes from 23 countries."Beijing Paralympics factsheet", BBC, July 11, 2008"Participation Numbers: Rome 1960 Paralympic Games", International Paralympic CommitteeIPC searchable database"Paralympic Games History", Channel Four Paralympics
Organisation Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, the founder of the Stoke Mandeville Games along with Antonio Maglio, head of the Spinal Centre in Rome organised the event which was the first Stoke Mandeville Games to be held outside the UK.
Sports
Archery Athletics Dartchery Snooker Swimming Table tennis Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing
Medal table
The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Italy, is highlighted.
Participating delegations The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.Paralympic Games Open At Rome Olympics Site, St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1960, Google News Archive Searchhttps://www.paralympic.org/sdms4/hira/web/participantNumbers/rome-1960
References
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. (Per Apr.17, 2011)
External links on ParalympicSport.tv's Official site on YouTube on Australian Paralympic Committee's Official site on YouTube