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Paralympic games rome 1960. The only disability that was included in the rome 1960 paralympics was spinal cord injury. Starting today, 18 september, the opening day of that historic first edition of the paralympic games, different activities promoted by the italian paralympic committee will take. Hosts italy topped the first ever paralympic medal table ahead of great britain and west germany.

Video highlights from the first paralympic games in rome 1960. On this day, 60 years ago, the cauldron was lit in rome, italy, to mark the first paralympic games in history. One of great britain’s first ever paralympic medallists was presented with an exact replica of the gold medal she lost.

Rome 1960 paralympic summer games in rome 1960 the international games were held for the first time in the olympics venue immediately after the olympic games. This category is located at category:images from the australian paralympic committee of the 1960 rome paralympic games. The historic games grew from the famous stoke mandeville games and marked the next evolution of what the games would become in.

Rome 1960 paralympic summer games 7.2k views 1 year ago barbara wagner & robert paul 1960 olympics bob paul 5.2k views 5 years ago juegos olimpicos roma 1960 braian aguilar. Rome 1960 paralympic summer games. The 1960 summer paralympics medal table is a list of national paralympic committees (npcs) ranked by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the 1960 summer.

Skip to main content back to paralympic.org. At the time, it was the 9th international stoke mandeville games, which are now. While the stoke mandeville games were held in 1948, it was the.