1960 Summer Paralympics

The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics, 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 Federation.^[1] The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984,^[2] while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.

I Paralympic Games

Location	Rome, Italy
Nations	23
Athletes	~400
Events	57 in 8 sports
Opening	18 September 1960
Closing	25 September 1960
Opened by	Camillo Giardina
Stadium	Aqua Acetosa
Tokyo 1964 → 1960 Summer Olympics

Italian Team at the Opening Ceremony

The Games were held in Rome, Italy from September 18 to 25, 1960, with the 1960 Summer Olympics. The only disability included in these Paralympics was spinal cord injury. There were 400 athletes from 23 countries.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Organisation

Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, the founder of the Stoke Mandeville Games along with Antonio Maglio, head of the Spinal Centre in Rome organised the event which was the first Stoke Mandeville Games to be held outside the UK.^[7][8]

Paralympic Athletes' Village 1960

Sports

• Archery
• Athletics
• Dartchery
• Snooker
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Wheelchair basketball
• Wheelchair fencing

Medal table

Main article: 1960 Summer Paralympics medal table

The top 10 NPCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Italy, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (Italy)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy*	29	28	23	80
2	Great Britain	20	15	20	55
3	West Germany	15	6	9	30
4	Austria	11	8	11	30
5	United States	11	7	7	25
6	Norway	9	3	4	16
7	Australia	3	6	1	10
8	Netherlands	3	6	0	9
9	France	3	3	1	7
10	Argentina	2	3	1	6
Totals (10 entries)		106	85	77	268

Participating delegations

The number in parentheses indicates the number of participants from each NPC.^{[9][10][11][12]}

•  Argentina (16)
•  Australia (13)
•  Austria (22)
•  Belgium (18)
•  Canada (1)^[13]
•  Finland (3)
•  France (24)
•  Great Britain (51)^[14]
•  Ireland (5)
•  Israel (13)
•  Italy (31)
•  Lebanon (1)^[15]
•  Malta (13)
•  Netherlands (19)^[14]
•  Norway (18)
•  Rhodesia (2)
•  Sweden (5)
•  Switzerland (19)
•  United States (25)
•  West Germany (16)
•  Yugoslavia (4)