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 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo
Class B 1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo
Men's team 1968 Tel Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
Women's team 1968 Tel Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio 2020 Tokyo 2024 Paris
Medals Men (Class A & Class B) (1960–1964)
Men (1968–2024)
Women (1968–2024)
Total (1960–2024)
Nations 1960–1964 Men Class A Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th1960 1964 Men Class B Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th1960 1964
1968–Ongoing Men https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf
1968: 13 Teams 1972: Division I 9 Teams / Division II 10 Teams 1976: 21 Teams 1980: 17 Teams 1984: 18 Teams 1988: 17 Teams 1992: 12 Teams 1996: 12 Teams 2000: 12 Teams 2004: 12 Teams 2008: 12 Teams 2012: 12 Teams 2016: 12 Teams 2020: 12 Teams 2024: 8 Teams
YearsTeams1960 - - - 1964 - - - 1968 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1972 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1976 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1980 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1984 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1988 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1992 - - - - - - - - - - - 1996 - - - - - - - - - - 2000 - - - - - - - - - - - 2004 - - - - - - - - - - 2008 - - - - - - - - - - - 2012 - - - - - - - - - - - 2016 - - - - - - - - - - - 2020
Women Year1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
See also Basketball at the Summer Olympics Basketball ID at the Summer Paralympics Wheelchair Basketball World Championship Asia Oceania Zone (AOZ) Wheelchair Basketball Championship Africa Wheelchair Basketball Championship European Wheelchair Basketball Championship Pan American Wheelchair Basketball Championship
External links Ranking https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/events/paralympic-games/past-results/ https://www.wheelchairbasketball.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Paralympic-Games-Results-1960-2012.pdf https://www.paralympic.org/paralympic-games-results Complete Results https://www.paralympic.org/rome-1960/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-1964/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/tel-aviv-1968/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/heidelberg-1972/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/toronto-1976/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/arnhem-1980/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/stoke-mandeville-new-york-1984/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/seoul-1988/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/barcelona-1992/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/atlanta-1996/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/athens-2004/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/beijing-2008/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/rio-2016/results/wheelchair-basketball https://www.paralympic.org/tokyo-2020/results/wheelchair-basketball
References
IPC Historical Results Database - General Search, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) The information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960-1984), such as relay and team members. (Per 17 April 2011) Paralympics - Results , International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World History of Wheelchair Basketball , British Wheelchair Basketball