Wheelchair basketball at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair basketball
at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia
, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.
Wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee as the sole...
at the 1960 Summer Paralympics
1960 Summer Paralympics
The 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, 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...
consisted of two men's tournaments. One for athletes with complete lesion paraplegia
Paraplegia
Paraplegia is an impairment in motor or sensory function of the lower extremities. The word comes from Ionic Greek: παραπληγίη "half-striking". It is usually the result of spinal cord injury or a congenital condition such as spina bifida that affects the neural elements of the spinal canal...
, and one for athletes with incomplete paraplegia.
Medal summary
| Men's class A |
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| Men's class B |
Rosters A
- USA:
- Frank Vecerra, East St. Louis, Ill
- William Johnson, Long Beach Calif.
- Percy Mabee, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Richard Maduro, Madeira Beach, Fla.
- Philip Hall, Indianapolis, Ind.
Rosters B
- USA:
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(age 22), Champaign, Ill. - Paul Jones (age 23), Montgommery, Pa.
- John Kennedy (age 27), Jackson Heights, N.Y.
- Bruce Karr (age 23), Addison, Ill
- Saul Welger (age 29), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Anderson McCullough (age 25), Waukegan, Ill.
- Randy Dagis (age 21), Rockford Ill.
- Wayne Broeren (age 26), Champaign, Ill.
- Ron Stein
Participating nations A, B (incomplete)
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Great Britain
- Israel
- Netherlands (Holland)
- USA