Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the II Paralympic Games
Host stadium (shown in 2004)
Dates	8–12 November 1964
Competitors	82 from 15 nations

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics consisted of 42 events, 24 for men and 18 for women.

Participating nations

•  Argentina (9)
•  Australia (4)
•  Austria (6)
•  France (1)
•  Great Britain (11)
•  Ireland (1)
•  Israel (4)
•  Italy (7)
•  Japan (1)
•  Malta (1)
•  Netherlands (3)
•  Rhodesia (3)
•  South Africa (3)
•  United States (24)
•  West Germany (4)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	18	18	12	48
2	Italy (ITA)	6	4	2	12
3	South Africa (RSA)	4	4	2	10
4	Great Britain (GBR)	4	2	6	12
5	West Germany (FRG)	3	0	2	5
6	Rhodesia (RHO)	2	3	2	7
7	Australia (AUS)	2	3	0	5
8	Israel (ISR)	2	0	3	5
9	Argentina (ARG)	1	6	9	16
10	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	1	2
11	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
12	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		42	42	40	124

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wheelchair dash above T10	Gary Hooper  Australia	Don Kennedy  United States	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Wheelchair dash below T10	Ron Stein  United States	Tim Harris  United States	Richard Miller  United States
Wheelchair relay above T10	United States (USA)	Australia (AUS)	None
Wheelchair relay below T10	United States (USA)	Argentina (ARG)	None
Club throw A	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Frank Vecera  United States
Club throw B	Walter Prossl  West Germany	D. Pickering  Great Britain	Borghese  Italy
Club throw C	H. Smith  United States	Roberto Marson  Italy	Ralph Rowe  Great Britain
Club throw D	Ron Stein  United States	Jorge Diz  Argentina	Tim Harris  United States
Discus throw A	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	C. Sandglass  United States	Frank Vecera  United States
Discus throw B	J. Meyer  South Africa	Don Kennedy  United States	Keith Pienaar  Rhodesia
Discus throw C	Roberto Marson  Italy	Richard Maduro  United States	Benincasa  Italy
Discus throw D	Ron Stein  United States	Tim Harris  United States	Alberto Ocampo  Argentina
Javelin throw A	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Frank Vecera  United States
Javelin throw B	Walter Prossl  West Germany	J. Meyer  South Africa	Don Kennedy  United States
Javelin throw C	Roberto Marson  Italy	William Fairbanks  United States	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia
Javelin throw D	Ron Stein  United States	Jorge Diz  Argentina	Tim Harris  United States
Shot put A	Daniel Erasmus  South Africa	Dick Thompson  Great Britain	I. Rose  West Germany
Shot put B	Walter Prossl  West Germany	J. Meyer  South Africa	Don Kennedy  United States
Shot put C	Benincasa  Italy	William Fairbanks  United States	Richard Maduro  United States
Shot put D	Ron Stein  United States	Tim Harris  United States	Jorge Diz  Argentina
Slalom open	Richard Miller  United States	Roberto Marson  Italy	Jacques Biron  France
Pentathlon 1	Richard Maduro  United States	Frank Vecera  United States	Dick Thompson  Great Britain
Pentathlon 2	William Fairbanks  United States	Leslie Manson-Bishop  Rhodesia	Juan Sznitowski  Argentina
Pentathlon special class	Ron Stein  United States	Tim Harris  United States	Jorge Diz  Argentina

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wheelchair dash below T10	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	L. Patterson  United States	Christa Welger  United States
Club throw A	Elaine Schreiber  Australia	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Janet Laughton  Great Britain
Club throw B	Lynnette Gilchrist  Rhodesia	Susana Olarte  Argentina	Rosemary Harvey  Great Britain
Club throw C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	J. Waterman  United States	Noemi Tortul  Argentina
Club throw D	Christa Welger  United States	Patterson  United States	Sylvia Cochetti  Argentina
Discus throw A	Barressi  United States	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Carol Giesse  United States
Discus throw B	M. Forty  South Africa	Lynnette Gilchrist  Rhodesia	Susana Olarte  Argentina
Discus throw C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	J. Waterman  United States	Valerie Forder  Great Britain
Discus throw D	Irene Monaco  Italy	Sylvia Cochetti  Argentina	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel
Javelin throw A	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	Elaine Schreiber  Australia	Carol Giesse  United States
Javelin throw B	Lynnette Gilchrist  Rhodesia	Susana Olarte  Argentina	M. Forty  South Africa
Javelin throw C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	Marion O'Brien  Australia	Noemi Tortul  Argentina
Javelin throw D	Batia Mishani  Israel	Christa Welger  United States	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel
Shot put A	Anna Maria Toso  Italy	I. Driessler  Austria	I. Strecker  West Germany
Shot put B	Susana Olarte  Argentina	Lynnette Gilchrist  Rhodesia	M. Forty  South Africa
Shot put C	Rosalie Hixson  United States	J. Waterman  United States	Noemi Tortul  Argentina
Shot put D	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum  Israel	Patterson  United States	Batia Mishani  Israel
Slalom open	Carol Bryant  Great Britain	Elka Gaarlandt  Netherlands	E. O'Brien  Netherlands

References

• Athletics at the 1964 Summer Paralympics (Tokyo) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)