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Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

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Great Britain at the
1964 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeGBR
NPCBritish Paralympic Association
Websitewww.paralympics.org.uk
in Tokyo
Competitors39 in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
18
Silver
23
Bronze
20
Total
61
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Great Britain sent a delegation to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Its athletes finished second in the gold and overall medal count.[1]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Dick Thompson Athletics Men's club throw A
 Gold Dick Thompson Athletics Men's javelin throw A
 Gold Carol Bryant Athletics Women's wheelchair dash below T10
 Gold Carol Bryant Athletics Women's slalom open
 Gold Michael Shelton Snooker Men's paraplegics open
 Gold David Ellis Swimming Men's 25m freestyle prone complete class 2
 Gold David Ellis Swimming Men's 25m freestyle supine complete class 2
 Gold W. Thornton Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke complete class 3
 Gold Pauline Foulds Swimming Women's 50m freestyle prone complete class 4
 Gold Valerie Forder Swimming Women's 50m freestyle supine complete class 3
 Gold Pauline Foulds Swimming Women's 50m freestyle supine complete class 4
 Gold Pauline Foulds Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 4
 Gold Tommy Taylor Table tennis Men's singles A2
 Gold Paul Lyall Table tennis Men's singles B
 Gold Michael Beck
Tommy Taylor
Table tennis Men's doubles A2
 Gold Gwen Buck
Susan Masham
Table tennis Women's doubles B
 Gold J. Redgwick Weightlifting Men's featherweight
 Gold Cyril Thomas Wheelchair fencing Men's foil novice individual
 Silver Valerie Forder Archery Women's Albion round open
 Silver Daphne Legge-Willis Archery Women's Columbia round open
 Silver D. Pickering Athletics Men's club throw B
 Silver Dick Thompson Athletics Men's shot put A
 Silver G. Williams Swimming Men's 50m freestyle prone incomplete class 3
 Silver P. Newman Swimming Men's 50m freestyle prone special class
 Silver W. Thornton Swimming Men's 50m freestyle supine complete class 3
 Silver David Ellis Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke complete class 2
 Silver S. Miles Swimming Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 1
 Silver Brian Dickinson Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke complete class 4
 Silver Susan Masham Swimming Women's 25m freestyle prone complete class 2
 Silver Valerie Forder Swimming Women's 50m freestyle prone complete class 3
 Silver Susan Masham Swimming Women's 25m freestyle supine complete class 2
 Silver Janet Laughton Swimming Women's 50m freestyle supine complete class 3
 Silver Susan Masham Swimming Women's 25m breaststroke complete class 2
 Silver Valerie Forder Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 3
 Silver Michael Beck Table tennis Men's singles A2
 Silver Jimmy Gibson
Ginger Swindlehurst
Table tennis Men's doubles C
 Silver Susan Masham Table tennis Women's singles B
 Silver Marjorie Cooper
Diana Thompson[2]
Table tennis Women's doubles C
 Silver T. Palmer Weightlifting Men's middleweight
 Silver Men's team Wheelchair basketball Men's class A complete
 Silver Valerie Forder
Shelagh Jones
Diana Thompson[3]
Wheelchair fencing Women's foil team
 Bronze Carol Tetley Archery Women's Columbia round open
 Bronze R. Irvine Archery Women's FITA round open
 Bronze Dick Thompson Athletics Men's wheelchair dash above T10
 Bronze Dick Thompson Athletics Men's Pentathlon 1
 Bronze R. Rowe Athletics Men's club throw C
 Bronze Janet Laughton Athletics Women's club throw A
 Bronze R. Harvey Athletics Women's club throw B
 Bronze Valerie Forder Athletics Women's discus throw C
 Bronze Leo Halford Swimming Men's 50m freestyle supine special class
 Bronze S. Miles Swimming Men's 25m freestyle prone incomplete class 1
 Bronze S. Miles Swimming Men's 25m freestyle supine incomplete class 1
 Bronze Brian Dickinson Swimming Men's 50m freestyle supine complete class 4
 Bronze M. Gibbs Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke cauda equina
 Bronze Janet Laughton Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke complete class 3
 Bronze Jimmy Gibson Table tennis Men's singles C
 Bronze Paul Lyall
Hugh Stewart
Table tennis Men's doubles B
 Bronze Shelagh Jones
Carol Tetley
Table tennis Women's doubles B
 Bronze D. Pickering Weightlifting Men's middleweight
 Bronze R. Rowe Weightlifting Men's heavyweight
 Bronze Brian Dickinson
James Shipman
Cyril Thomas
Wheelchair fencing Men's épée team

Medals by sport

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Medals by sport
Sport Total
Swimming 7 12 6 25
Table Tennis 4 4 3 11
Athletics 4 2 6 12
Weightlifting 1 1 2 4
Wheelchair Fencing 1 1 1 3
Snooker 1 0 0 1
Archery 0 2 2 4
Wheelchair Basketball 0 1 0 1
Total 18 23 20 61

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Medal Standings Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. 1964. Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  2. ^ https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/table-tennis
  3. ^ https://www.paralympicheritage.org.uk/wheelchair-fencing