Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Italy at the
1960 Summer Paralympics
Italy at the; 1960 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ITA
NPC	Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Website	www.comitatoparalimpico.it (in Italian)
in Rome
Competitors	65
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 29 Silver 28 Bronze 23 Total 80
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Italy was the host country of the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome. The country fielded the largest delegation at the Games, with twenty-seven athletes (twenty-three men and four women) competing in athletics, snooker, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair fencing.^[2]

^ Paralympic Games Open At Rome Olympics Site, St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1960, Google News Archive Search
^ "Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

[1] Paralympic Games Open At Rome Olympics Site, St. Petersburg Times, September 19, 1960, Google News Archive Search

[2] "Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 17 April 2011.

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