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Netherlands at the 1964 Summer Paralympics

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Netherlands at the
1964 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeNED
(NLD used at these Games)
NPCNederlands Olympisch Comité *
Nederlandse Sport Federatie
Websiteparalympisch.nl (in Dutch)
in Tokyo
Competitors11 (7 men, 4 women)[1][2]
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
4
Silver
6
Bronze
4
Total
14
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Netherlands competed at the 1964 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. The team included 8 athletes, 5 men and 3 women.[3] Competitors from Netherlands won 14 medals, including 4 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze to finish 10th in the medal table.[4]

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Elka Gaarlandt[5] Swimming Women's 50 m Breaststroke complete class 3
 Gold Cor Prins Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone special class
 Gold Cor Prins Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle Supine special class
 Gold Gerard Jacobs
Marion de Groot
Table tennis Men's Doubles A1
 Silver Peter Blanker Archery Men's Albion Round open
 Silver Peter Blanker[6] Archery Men's FITA Round open
 Silver Elka Gaarlandt[7][8] Athletics Women's Slalom open
 Silver Marion de Groot Swimming Women's 25 m Freestyle Supine complete class 1
 Silver Dik Kruidenier Swimming Men's 50 m Freestyle Prone cauda equina
 Silver Gerard Jacobs Table tennis Men's Singles A1
 Bronze E. O'Brien Athletics Women's Slalom open
 Bronze Marion de Groot Swimming Women's 25 m Freestyle Supine incomplete class 1
 Bronze Dik Kruidenier Swimming Men's 50 m Breaststroke complete class 5
 Bronze Marion de Groot Table tennis Men's Singles A1

Source: www.paralympic.org[9] & www.olympischstadion.nl[10]

Competitors

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A team of 7 men and 3 women were announced in the newspaper on 23 October 1964.[11] In the newspaper of 20 November (after the Paralympics) was written "ten became eleven".

The name of the 11th person was not named.

Men
Women

Archery

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The Dutch team consisted of three archers.[12]

Athletics

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Swimming

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Table tennis

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Het vrije volk : Democratisch-socialistisch dagblad".
  2. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - de waarheid".
  3. ^ "Participation Numbers Stoke Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Medal Standings Stoke Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Het Parool".
  6. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - de Volkskrant".
  7. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Nieuwsblad van het Noorden".
  8. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Trouw".
  9. ^ "Dutch Medal winners 1964 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  10. ^ "Paralympische wall of fame" (PDF). www.olympischstadion.nl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  11. ^ "Gevonden in Delpher - Het vrije volk : Democratisch-socialistisch dagblad".
  12. ^ "Geert Imming (80) uit Weiteveen deed mee aan de Paralympics in 1964. 'Nee, ik vraag me niet af waarom ik twee keer een ernstig ongeluk kreeg'". Dagblad van het Noorden.