South Africa at the 1964 Summer Paralympics information
Sporting event delegation
South Africa at the 1964 Summer Paralympics
IPC code
RSA
NPC
South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website
www.sascoc.co.za
in Tokyo
Competitors
9 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 6th
Gold
8
Silver
8
Bronze
3
Total
19
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980–1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
South Africa made its Paralympic Games début at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan and finished 6th on the medal table.
It sent nine athletes to compete in archery, athletics, swimming and weightlifting. They finished sixth on the medal table with nineteen medals, of which eight were gold. Paradoxically, South Africa began to compete at the Paralympics after being refused participation at the Olympics, held in Tokyo the same summer, after refusing to send a single, multiracial team as demanded by the IOC, following the passing of United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1761 in 1962 (which condemned the country's policy of apartheid). The country refused to acquiesce and was, thus, absent from the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
The winners of its eight gold medals were G.P. Marais in archery (Men's St. Nicholas Round open), I. Marinowitz in archery (Women's St. Nicholas Round open), Daniel Erasmus in athletics (Men's Discus A and Men's Shot Put A), M. Forty in discus (Women's Club Throw B and Women's Discus B), A. Somerset in swimming (Women's 25 m Breaststroke incomplete class 1), and B. Humble in weightlifting (Men's Middleweight).[2]
^South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
^South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
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