Snooker
at the III Paralympic Games
VenueHayarkon Scouts Club, Tel Aviv
Dates5–12 November 1968
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Michael Shelton  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jimmy Gibson  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Newton  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aroldo Ruschioni  Italy

Snooker at the 1968 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's event. It was held at the Hayarkon Scouts Club, Tel Aviv[1] from 5 to 12 November 1968.[2]

There were eight competitors, from six countries: two each from Italy and Great Britain, and one each from Australia, Austria, the Republic of Ireland and Rhodesia.[2]

Michael Shelton won the gold medal, as he had in 1964.[3][4]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men open[4] Michael Shelton
 Great Britain		 Jimmy Gibson
 Ireland		 John Newton
 Australia
Aroldo Ruschioni
 Italy

References

  1. ↑ Brittain, Ian (2012). From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games (PDF). Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-86335-988-7.
  2. 1 2 "Snooker – Participants (1968)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Snooker (1964)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Snooker (1968)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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