Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics |
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IPC code | ITA | ||||||||
NPC | Comitato Italiano Paralimpico | ||||||||
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in Rome | |||||||||
Competitors | 65 | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 1st |
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Summer Paralympics appearances | |||||||||
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.
27 of Italy's competitors won medals, in 6 sports, enabling the country to top the medal chart with 29 gold medals, 28 silver and 23 bronze.
These are official report of International Paralympic Committee.