Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished twelfth in the medal table and won a total of nineteen medals; six gold, six silver and seven bronze. The Canadian team contained twenty-five athletes; eighteen men and seven women.
This was Canada's first appearance at a Paralympic Games.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Gord Patterson Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash A Doug Wilson Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's club throw B Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's discus throw B Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's novices 60m wheelchair dash B Hilda Mae Binns Swimming Women's 25m freestyle class 2 incomplete Walter Dann Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash C Neault Athletics Men's club throw D Eugene Reimer Athletics Men's javelin throw B Hilda Mae Binns Athletics Women's slalom B Karen McPherson Swimming Women's 50m backstroke class 3 incomplete Miller Swimming Women's 50m backstroke class 4 complete Bourne Athletics Men's novices 60m wheelchair dash B Glendine Seeley Athletics Women's club throw C Glendine Seeley Athletics Women's javelin throw C Walter Schmid Lawn bowls Men's singles Gustav Schuster Swimming Men's 50m freestyle class 3 incomplete Karen McPherson Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke class 3 incomplete Karen McPherson Swimming Women's 100m breaststroke open
See also Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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