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Defunct Paralympic field events

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These defunct field events were once contested in previous Paralympic Games in which both men and women competed in various classes.

Men's events

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Football accuracy and distance

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Football accuracy and distance were contested once in the 1976 Summer Paralympics.

Event Year Gold Silver Bronze
Football accuracy E1[1] 1976 Jorn Nielsen
 Denmark
Only one competitor
Football distance E1[2] 1976 Jorn Nielsen
 Denmark
Only one competitor

Pentathlon

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Men

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The men's event scheduled between 1960 and 2008.

Wheelchair athletes
Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
Open 1960 Ron Stein
 United States
Dik Kruidenier
 Netherlands
Russ Scott
 Great Britain
Special class 1964 Ron Stein
 United States
Tim Harris
 United States
Jorge Diz
 Argentina
1968 Ed Owen
 United States
Denver Branum
 United States
Jorge Diz
 Argentina
1 1964 Richard Maduro
 United States
Frank Vecera
 United States
Dick Thompson
 Great Britain
1B 1972 Patrick Reid
 Jamaica
Julius Duval
 United States
R. Zeyher
 West Germany
2 1964 William Fairbanks
 United States
Leslie Manson-Bishop
 Rhodesia
Juan Sznitowski
 Argentina
1972 Josef Jager
 Austria
Schmicking
 West Germany
Graeme Marett
 New Zealand
3 1972 David Williamson
 United States
Heinz Simon
 West Germany
Terry Mason
 Australia
4 1972 Eugene Reimer
 Canada
W. Flach
 West Germany
Reno Levis
 United States
5 1972 Ray Clark
 United States
Ed Owen
 United States
Moll
 West Germany
Complete 1968 Johann Schuhbauer
 West Germany
Heinz Simon
 West Germany
Leslie Manson-Bishop
 Rhodesia
Incomplete 1968 H. Smith
 United States
Clark
 Great Britain
Tommy Taylor
 Great Britain

Precision club throw

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Precision club throw was contested between 1976 and 1984

Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
1A-1B 1976 Philip Wouters
 Belgium
Samir
 Egypt
Peter Marsh
 Australia

Precision javelin

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Precision javelin was contested at seven Games from 1960 to Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. It was absent in the 1964 Summer Paralympics.

Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
1C-5 1976 Walter Telsnig
 Austria
Roy Nungester
 United States
Honorio Romero
 Argentina
A 1960 Dick Thompson
 Great Britain
Frank Ponta
 Australia
Jacob
 West Germany
B 1960 Grimaldi
 Italy
Gary Hooper
 Australia
Castelli
 Italy
C 1960 Felice Lenardon
 Italy
Walter Telsnig
 Austria
Engelbert Rangger
 Austria
1976 Chihiro Hatta
 Japan
Antti Nikkinen
 Finland
J. Stam
 Netherlands
Open 1968 Vincent Excell
 Jamaica
Engelbert Rangger
 Austria
Reno Levis
 United States
1972 Ernst Michel
 Switzerland
Reno Levis
 United States
Vic Renalson
 Australia

Triple jump

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This event was for men only and was contested from 1980 to 2012. They mainly competed by blind athletes or athletes with amputations.

Blind athletes

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Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
B 1980[3] Andrzej Pawlik
 Poland
N. Alvarez
 Spain
Kalle Hautalahti
 Finland
B1 1984[4] Soedjeman Dipowidjojo
 Netherlands
José Manuel Rodríguez
 Spain
Pauli Viertonen
 Finland
1988[5] Mineho Ozaki
 Japan
Sergei Sevastianov
 Soviet Union
José Manuel Rodríguez
 Spain
1992[6] José Manuel Rodríguez
 Spain
Sergei Sevastianov
 Unified Team
Robert Latham
 Great Britain
B2 1984 Ante Pehar
 Yugoslavia
Mineho Ozaki
 Japan
Robert Latham
 Great Britain
1988 Vadim Kalmykov
 Soviet Union
Yukio Mita
 Japan
Ante Pehar
 Yugoslavia
1992 Juan Viedma
 Spain
Aleksei Lashmanov
 Unified Team
Huang Wentao
 China
B3 1984 Garland Burress
 United States
Paul Smith
 United States
Pawel Janowicz
 Poland
1988 Ulrich Striegel
 West Germany
Donko Angelov
 Bulgaria
Shoichi Otsuka
 Japan
1992 Enrique Cepeda
 Cuba
Donko Angelov
 Bulgaria
Ulrich Striegel
 Germany
F10 1996[7] José Manuel Rodríguez
 Spain
Wang Sen
 China
Victor Joukovski
 Belarus
F11 1996 Juan Viedma
 Spain
Huang Wentao
 China
Igor Gorbenko
 Ukraine
2000[8] José Manuel Rodríguez
 Spain
Li Duan
 China
Viktar Zhukouski
 Belarus
2004[9] Li Duan
 China
Zeynidin Bilalov
 Azerbaijan
Sergey Sevostianov
 Russia
2008[10] Li Duan
 China
Zeynidin Bilalov
 Azerbaijan
Javier Porras
 Spain
2012[11] Denis Gulin
 Russia
Li Duan
 China
Ruslan Katyshev
 Ukraine
F12 1996 Enrique Caballero
 Cuba
Ihar Fartunau
 Belarus
Ulrich Striegel
 Germany
2000 Huang Wentao
 China
Ruslan Sivitski
 Belarus
Igor Gorbenko
 Ukraine
2004 Duan Qifeng
 China
Aliaksandr Kuzmichou
 Belarus
Ivan Kytsenko
 Ukraine
2008 Osamah Alshanqiti
 Saudi Arabia
Ivan Kytsenko
 Ukraine
Vladimir Zayets
 Azerbaijan
2012 Oleg Panyutin
 Azerbaijan
Vladimir Zayets
 Azerbaijan
Dong Hewei
 China

Amputee athletes

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Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
A 1980 Soedjeman Dipowidjojo
 Netherlands
Ryszard Kozuch
 Poland
Markku Onnela
 Finland
A5 1984 Jerzy Szlezak
 Poland
Stephen Muir
 Australia
No bronze medalist
A6 1984 Brett Holcombe
 Australia
Odd Lovseth
 Norway
Michael Morley
 Australia
A6/A8-9/L6 1988 Rodney Nugent
 Australia
Yang Shaomin
 China
Qin Zhongxing
 China
J3-4 1992 Yang Shao
 China
Qiu Lin
 China
Ruben Alvarez
 Spain
F45-46 1996 Zhao Xueen
 China
Florian Bohl
 Germany
Ruben Alvarez
 Spain
F46 2000 Zhang Hong Wei
 China
Anton Skachkov
 Ukraine
Ruben Alvarez
 Spain
2004 Anton Skachkov
 Ukraine
Mai Wen Jie
 China
Zhang Hong Wei
 China
2012 Liu Fuliang
 China
Arnaud Assoumani
 France
Aliaksandr Subota
 Belarus

Women's events

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Pentathlon

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The women's competition scheduled between 1968 and 2000

Wheelchair athletes
Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
2 1972 Ruth Lamsbach
 West Germany
Fetter
 United States
Sharon Myers
 United States
3 1972 Eve Rimmer
 New Zealand
Rosalie Hixson
 United States
Binns
 Canada
4 1972 Marga Floer
 West Germany
Ora Goldstein
 Israel
Carol Bryant
 Great Britain
5 1972 Marion O'Brien
 Great Britain
Only one competitor
Complete 1968 Valerie Forder
 Great Britain
Elena Monaco
 Italy
Cornett
 United States
Incomplete 1968 Margaret Gibbs
 Great Britain
Marga Floer
 West Germany
Carol Bryant
 Great Britain
Special class 1968 Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum
 Israel
Silvia Cochetti
 Argentina
Daphne Hilton
 Australia

Precision javelin throw

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Class Year Gold Silver Bronze
Open 1968 Baracatt
 Jamaica
Silvana Martino
 Italy
Rosalie Hixson
 United States
1972 Megumi Kawakami
 Japan
Rosalie Hixson
 United States
Hermina Kraft
 Austria

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Men's Football Accuracy E1". International Paralympic Committee. 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Men's Football Distance E1". International Paralympic Committee. 17 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Paralympic Games 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Paralympic Games 1988 Seoul Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  7. ^ "Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  9. ^ "Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Paralympic Games 2012 London Athletics". International Paralympic Committee. 19 May 2018.