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Israel at the 1968 Summer Paralympics

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Israel entered teams in both the men's and women's wheelchair basketball events and won the gold medal in each. The women's event took the form of a single pool stage with medals awarded to the top three teams. Israel won all four of their matches scoring 67 points and conceding 17. The men's event
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won gold medals in the club throw, javelin, shot put and pentathlon and a silver medal in the discus for the host nation. Other athletes that won multiple medals for Israel included; Halfon, who won two gold and two silver medals in women's special class field events;
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Israel hosted these Games. Their desire to be the host stemmed from their desire to celebrate their country's 20th birthday. They got the Games after technical problems forced the Mexican government to withdraw from hosting the Games following the Olympics.
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In the St. Nicholas round for paraplegic women Even-Sahav finished seventh with 524 points. In the equivalent men's event Israeli athletes Feld, Kirschner and Even-Sahav finished twenty-fourth, twenty-third and twelfth respectively
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and won sixty-two medals: eighteen gold, twenty-one silver and twenty-three bronze. Over 750 athletes from 28 nations took part in the Games; the Israeli team included 53 athletes, 37 men and 15 women.
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Twenty-seven members of the Israeli team competed in athletics events, winning thirty-two medals, nine gold, eleven silver and twelve bronze.
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Nineteen table tennis players competed for Israel and won four gold, one silver and three bronze medals.
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won the gold medal in the men's singles C classification and teamed up with
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featured a pool stage followed by a knockout competition. Israel beat
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Four Israeli archers competed at the Games, none won a medal.
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Wheelchair basketball at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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Israel's competition at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
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