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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres wheelchair C

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Men's 100 m wheelchair C
at the III Paralympic Games
Paralympic Athletics
Competitors26 from 15 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gary Odorowski  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denver Branum  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Miyazawa  Japan

The Men's 100 m wheelchair race C was one of the events held in Athletics at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv.

There were 26 competitors in the heat; 6 made it into the final.

The United States' Gary Odorowski achieved a time of 22.1 seconds, taking the gold medal.[1]

Results

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Heats

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Rank Athlete Time
1  Gary Odorowski (USA) 21.4
2  Denver Branum (USA) 22.9
3  Ed Owen (USA) 23.3
4  Taketoshi Miyazawa (JPN) 24.1
5  Josef Greil (AUT) 24.1
6  Arieh Bizem (ISR) 24.2
7  Galea (MLT) 24.2
8  Lynch (GBR) 24.2
9  Furukawa (JPN) 24.4
10  Takeo Matsunaga (JPN) 24.5
11  Vomas (FRA) 24.8
12  Shigeru Hino (JPN) 24.8
13  Bautista Rubio (ARG) 24.9
14  Kerkhoven (NED) 25.6
15  Taylor (GBR) 25.7
16  Eduard de Anta (SUI) 26.1
17  Negatu (ETH) 26.5
18  Bernard Imfeld (SUI) 26.6
19  Wilfred van Brauene (BEL) 26.9
20  Georges Carrel (SUI) 26.9
21  Starre (NED) 26.9
22  Tak (NED) 27.7
23  Galetzko (FRG) 28.1
24  Hermann Kollau (SUI) 28.8
25  Llorens (ESP) 31.2
26  Romero (ESP) 34.4

Final

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Rank Athlete Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gary Odorowski (USA) 22.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Denver Branum (USA) 22.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Taketoshi Miyazawa (JPN) 23.5
4  Ed Owen (USA) 23.6
5  Lynch (GBR) 23.7
6  Josef Greil (AUT) 25.4

References

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  1. ^ "Österreichisches Paralympisches Committee" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-06-05.