Wheelchair basketball
at the XI Paralympic Games
Paralympic Wheelchair Basketball
VenuesThe Dome and Exhibition Complex
Sydney SuperDome
Competitors20 teams from 12 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Canada (CAN) (men)
 Canada (CAN) (women)
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands (NED) (men)
 Australia (AUS) (women)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States (USA) (men)
 Japan (JPN) (women)

Wheelchair basketball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of men's and women's team events.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)2002
2 Australia (AUS)0101
 Netherlands (NED)0101
4 Japan (JPN)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (5 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
  Canada (CAN)

David Durepos
Richard Peter
Travis Gaertner
Chris Stoutenburg
Patrick Anderson
Jaimie Borisoff
Kenneth Hall
Ross Norton
Joey Johnson
Jeff Dennis
James Treuer
Roy Henderson

  Netherlands (NED)

Wim 't Lam
Koen Jansens
Rene Martens
Kees van de Bunte
Kornelis van der Werf
Gert Jan van der Linden
Frank de Goede
Arie van Gent
Mustafa Jebari
Anton de Rooy
Ruud Dettmer
Mario Oosterbosch

  United States (USA)

Paul Schulte
David Paul Kiley
Curtis Bell
Lawrence Johnson
Jeffrey James Glasbrenner
Mike Schlappi
William Henry Waller
William Hernandez
Chuck Gill
Steve Tew
Melvin Sean Juette
Eric Barber

Women's team
  Canada (CAN)

Sabrina Pettinicchi
Tracey Ferguson
Lori Radke
Linda Kutrowski
Jo Kelly
Michelle Stilwell
Chantal Benoit
Renee del Colle
Marnie Peters
Kendra Ohama
Marni Abbott
Jennifer Krempien

  Australia (AUS)

Julianne Adams
Jane Webb
Paula Coghlan
Lisa O'Nion
Amanda Carter
Donna Ritchie
Sharon Slann
Liesl Tesch
Nadya Romeo
Karen Farrell
Mellissa Dunn
Alison Mosely

  Japan (JPN)

Megumi Mashiko
Hiromi Tomori
Naoko Hiromichi
Tomoe Soeda
Sachiko Minamikawa
Rie Kawakami
Mika Takabayashi
Sayuri Horikawa
Junko Sako
Chika Uemura
Kyoko Yashima
Kyoko Tsukamoto

Source: Paralympic.org [1]

Classification

Classification is an important element that will ensure athletes can compete in a fair situation.

A certain committee will give athletes who can take part in this sport an eight-level-score specific to basketball, ranging from 1 to 4.5. Lower scores represent a larger disability. The sum score of all players on the court cannot exceed 14.

Teams

There will be 12 male teams and 8 female teams taking part in this sport.

Men's

Australian men's wheelchair basketball team from above during 2000 Summer Paralympics match
Team
 Canada (CAN)
 United States (USA)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Germany (GER)
 Mexico (MEX)
 South Africa (RSA)
 Netherlands (NED)
 France (FRA)
 Australia (AUS)
 Sweden (SWE)
 Japan (JPN)
 South Korea (KOR)

Women's

The Australian women's wheelchair basketball team at their silver medal presentation ceremony, 2000 Summer Paralympics
Team
 Australia (AUS)
 Netherlands (NED)
 United States (USA)
 Great Britain (GBR)
 Canada (CAN)
 Japan (JPN)
 Mexico (MEX)
 Germany (GER)

Competition format

Teams consisted of twelve players, of whom five were on court at any one time. Each player was rated between 0.5 and 4.5 points based on the extent of their disability, with 4.5 representing the least physical limitation. The sum of the rates of all players on court at any time was limited to 14.5 points per team.

Games were played in four periods of ten minutes, with extra time periods of five minutes added as necessary to resolve a tied game.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Medallists, Sydney 2000 Paralympic Game, Wheelchair rugby". Official Website of the Paralympic Movement. 2000. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
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