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Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

Italy at the
1960 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Italy.svg
IPC code ITA
NPC Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
Website www.comitatoparalimpico.it (Italian)
in Rome
Competitors 65
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
29 28 23 80
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.


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