Wheelchair basketball at the Summer Paralympics
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Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Winning the Paralympics is considered to be the highest honor in international wheelchair basketball, followed by the World Championships of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) for men and women and the respective intercontinental championships.
In the first two Paralympic games there were two men's events (Class A and B). Since the Paralympic games of 1968 there are two events, a men's event and a women's event.
Current events
Medal winning athletes for every Summer Games since 1960 are as follows:
Class A
Class B
Men's team
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