Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IWBF
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Medalists

Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.

Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.

Events

In the first two Paralympic games, there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968, there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.

Current events

• Men's team
• Women's team

Qualification

• 1960 - 1988 : No Qualification
• 1992 - Ongoing: World and Zonal Qualification

Medalists

Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:

Men's team

Class A

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome	United States	Great Britain	Israel
1964 Tokyo	United States	Great Britain	Israel

Class B

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome	United States	Netherlands	Great Britain
1964 Tokyo	United States	Argentina	Israel

Men's team

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv	Israel	United States	Great Britain
1972 Heidelberg	United States	Israel	Argentina
1976 Toronto	United States	Israel	France
1980 Arnhem	Israel	Netherlands	United States
1984 Stoke Mandeville	France	Netherlands	Sweden
1988 Seoul	United States	Netherlands	France
1992 Barcelona	Netherlands	Germany	France
1996 Atlanta	Australia	Great Britain	United States
2000 Sydney	Canada	Netherlands	United States
2004 Athens	Canada	Australia	Great Britain
2008 Beijing	Australia	Canada	Great Britain
2012 London	Canada	Australia	United States
2016 Rio	United States	Spain	Great Britain
2020 Tokyo	United States	Japan	Great Britain
2024 Paris

Women's team

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1968 Tel Aviv	Israel	Argentina	United States
1972 Heidelberg	Argentina	Jamaica	Israel
1976 Toronto	Israel	West Germany	Argentina
1980 Arnhem	West Germany	Israel	United States
1984 Stoke Mandeville	West Germany	Israel	Japan
1988 Seoul	United States	West Germany	Netherlands
1992 Barcelona	Canada	United States	Netherlands
1996 Atlanta	Canada	Netherlands	United States
2000 Sydney	Canada	Australia	Japan
2004 Athens	United States	Australia	Canada
2008 Beijing	United States	Germany	Australia
2012 London	Germany	Australia	Netherlands
2016 Rio	United States	Germany	Netherlands
2020 Tokyo	Netherlands	China	United States

Medals

Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	0	0	4
2	Great Britain	0	2	1	3
3	Argentina	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
5	Israel	0	0	3	3
Totals (5 entries)		4	4	4	12

Men (1968–2020)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	5	1	4	10
2	Canada	3	1	0	4
3	Australia	2	2	0	4
	Israel	2	2	0	4
5	Netherlands	1	4	0	5
6	France	1	0	3	4
7	Great Britain	0	1	5	6
8	Germany	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Spain	0	1	0	1
11	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		14	14	14	42

Women (1968–2020)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	4	1	4	9
2	Germany	3	4	0	7
3	Canada	3	0	1	4
4	Israel	2	2	1	5
5	Netherlands	1	1	4	6
6	Argentina	1	1	1	3
7	Australia	0	3	1	4
8	China	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
10	Japan	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		14	14	14	42

Total (1960–2020)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	13	2	8	23
2	Canada (CAN)	6	1	1	8
3	Israel (ISR)	4	4	4	12
4	Germany (GER)	3	5	0	8
5	Netherlands (NED)	2	6	4	12
6	Australia (AUS)	2	5	1	8
7	Argentina (ARG)	1	2	2	5
8	France (FRA)	1	0	3	4
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	3	6	9
10	Japan (JPN)	0	1	2	3
11	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica (JAM)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
14	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		32	32	32	96

Nations

1960–1964

Men Class A

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
1960	USA	GBR	ISR	NED	AUT
1964	USA	GBR	ISR	FRA	BEL	PHI	JPN

Men Class B

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
1960	USA	NED	GBR	ARG	AUS	BEL	FRA	ITA	MLT	SUI
1964	USA	ARG	ISR	ITA	GBR	JPN

1968–Ongoing

Men

https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf

1. 1968: 13 Teams
2. 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams
3. 1976: 21 Teams
4. 1980: 17 Teams
5. 1984: 18 Teams
6. 1988: 17 Teams
7. 1992: 12 Teams
8. 1996: 12 Teams
9. 2000: 12 Teams
10. 2004: 12 Teams
11. 2008: 12 Teams
12. 2012: 12 Teams
13. 2016: 12 Teams
14. 2020: 12 Teams
15. 2024: 8 Teams

Years	Teams
1960	United States -  United Kingdom -  Israel -  Netherlands
1964	United States -  United Kingdom -  Israel -  Argentina
1968	United States -  United Kingdom -  West Germany -  Switzerland -  Israel -  France -  Netherlands -  Belgium -  Canada -  Sweden -  Italy -  Argentina -  Australia
1972	Argentina -  United Kingdom -  Sweden -  Netherlands -  Italy -  United States -  Israel -  France -  Australia -  Belgium -  Spain -  Canada -  Portugal -  Switzerland -  West Germany -  Brazil -  Jamaica -  Yugoslavia -  Ireland
1976	Israel -  Netherlands - Mexico -  Italy -  Colombia -  France -  Canada -  Switzerland -  Finland -  South Africa -  Argentina -  United Kingdom -  West Germany -  Spain -  Denmark -  United States -  Sweden -  Belgium-  Brazil -  Japan -  Australia
1980	United States -  Japan -  Spain -  Australia -  Italy -  Israel -  Argentina -  Belgium -  West Germany -  Netherlands -  Canada -  Denmark -  Brazil -  France -  Sweden -  United Kingdom -  Egypt
1984	Canada -  United States -  Italy -  Switzerland -  Finland -  Israel -  West Germany - Mexico -  Spain -  United Kingdom -  France -  Australia -  Japan -  Egypt -  Sweden -  Netherlands -  Yugoslavia -  Denmark
1988	United States -  Sweden -  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  France -  West Germany -  Australia-  Argentina -  Morocco -  Netherlands -  Israel -  Spain -  South Korea -  Canada  Japan -  Belgium - Mexico
1992	Netherlands -  France -  Germany -  Sweden -  Australia -  Israel -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Canada -  Spain -  Japan -  Argentina
1996	Spain -  Australia -  United Kingdom -  Canada - Mexico -  Argentina -  United States -  France -  Netherlands -  Japan -  Sweden
2000	Canada -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Germany - Mexico -  South Africa -  Netherlands -  France -  Australia -  Sweden-  Japan -  South Korea
2004	Canada -  Australia -  Italy  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  France -  Netherlands -  United States -  Germany -  Japan -  Iran -  Greece
2008	Canada -  Germany -  Iran -  Japan -  South Africa -  Sweden -  Australia -  United Kingdom -  United States -  Israel -  Brazil -  China
2012	Australia -  Canada -  Colombia -  Germany -  United Kingdom -  Italy -  Japan -  Spain -  Poland -  Turkey -  United States -  South Africa
2016	Spain -  Turkey -  Australia -  Netherlands -  Japan -  Canada -  United States -  United Kingdom -  Brazil -  Germany -  Iran -  Algeria
2020

Women

Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
1972	ARG	JAM	ISR	GER	CAN	GBR	YUG
1976	ISR	GER	ARG	CAN	USA
1980	GER	ISR	USA	ARG
1984	GER	ISR	JPN	CAN	USA	NED
1988	USA	GER	NED	CAN	JPN	ISR	SWE	ARG	GBR
1992	CAN	USA	AUS	NED	GER	GBR	JPN	FRA	ISR	ESP
1996	CAN	NED	USA	AUS	JPN	GBR	GER	BRA
2000	CAN	AUS	JPN	NED	USA	MEX	GER	GBR
2004	CAN	USA	GER	AUS	NED	JPN	MEX	FRA
2008	USA	GER	AUS	JPN	CAN	NED	CHN	GBR	MEX	BRA
2012	GER	AUS	NED	USA	CHN	CAN	GBR	MEX	GER	FRA
2016	USA	GER	NED	GBR	CAN	CHN	BRA	FRA	ARG	ALG
2020	NED	CHN	USA	GER	CAN	JPN	GBR	ESP	AUS	ALG

See also

In Spanish: Baloncesto en silla de ruedas en los Juegos Paralímpicos para niños

• Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• Basketball ID at the Summer Paralympics
• Wheelchair Basketball World Championship