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Dartchery


Dartchery (a combination of darts and archery) was contested at the Summer Paralympic Games from 1960 to 1980. Competitions were carried out in pairs: mixed pairs from 1960 to 1980, and men's pairs and women's pairs from 1972 to 1980.

Though the participants and results have, for the most part, been recorded by the International Paralympic Committee, the scores obtained by competitors have not.

Dartchery was one of the eight sports contested at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960. Only three pairs of athletes competed, and therefore all won a medal. Jack Whitman and Wayne Broeren of the United States defeated their compatriots Jim Mathis and John Tigyer, as well as French competitors Camille Trouverie and Bernabei, to win gold.

Mixed

Four pairs of athletes competed. All received medals, as two pairs were awarded bronze.

Mixed

At the 1968 Games in Tel Aviv, the number of competitors in dartchery increased significantly, to thirty-one pairs (from eighteen countries). They were pitted against each other two by two in a round of sixteen, with French pair Ehrsam and Seguin receiving a bye in the first round.

In the round of sixteen, the results were as follows (winners in bold):

Geissinger and Kelderhouse (United States) def. Excell and Hall (Jamaica)
Roy Fowler and Kevin Bawden (Australia) def. A. Luks and Andersson (Sweden)
Giuliano Koten and Uber Sala (Italy) def. Laxman and Kumar (India)
Ehrsam and Seguin (France) - bye
Tanaka and T. Matsumoto (Japan) def. Kirkland and B. Reimer (Canada)
Guy Grun and J. van Eynde (Belgium) def. Flood and G. Marett (New Zealand)
Werner Waldispuehl and Walter Isenschmied (Switzerland) def. Willi Brinkmann and Luft (West Germany)
Nicholson and Taylor (Great Britain) def. Long and Baracatt (Jamaica)


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