1980 Summer Paralympics

VI. Summer Paralympics

Venue:	Arnhem Netherlands
Opening ceremony:	June 21, 1980
Closing ceremony:	June 30, 1980
Opened by:	Princess Margriet
Competitions:	489 in 12 sports
Countries:	42
Athletes:	1,973
← Toronto 1976
Stoke Mandeville / New York 1984 →

Medal table
space	country				total
1	United States	91	90	88	269
2	BR Germany	76	65	52	193
3	United Kingdom	65	65	54	184
4th	Canada	55	42	55	152
5	France	46	44	50	140
6th	Sweden	42	38	23	103
7th	South Korea	40	35	19th	94
8th	Netherlands	30th	24	29	83
9	Australia	23	34	38	95
10	Poland	23	25th	33	81
...	...	...	...	...	...
20th	Austria	13	7th	15th	35
21st	Switzerland	12	12	11	35
Complete medal table

The 6th Summer Paralympics took place in Arnhem from June 21 to June 30, 1980 . The International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF) awarded the Games to the Netherlands after the Soviet Union refused to hold the Games, even though the Summer Olympics were held in Moscow that same year . For the first time athletes with cerebral movement disorders took part in the Paralympics.

The mascots of the games were two squirrels , the very first Paralympic mascots.

Participating Nations

South Africa - excluded from the Olympic Games since 1964 - was also refused to participate in the Paralympics for the first time due to its apartheid regime . The following nations took part:

Ethiopia  Egypt  Argentina  Australia  Bahamas  Belgium  BR Germany  Brazil  Denmark  German Democratic Republic  Finland  France  Greece  Hong Kong  Indonesia

Ireland  Iceland  Israel  Italy  Jamaica  Japan  Yugoslavia  Canada  Kenya  Colombia  Kuwait  Luxembourg  Malta  Mexico

New Zealand  Netherlands  Norway  Austria  Poland  Sweden  Switzerland  Zimbabwe  Spain  South Korea  Sudan  Czechoslovakia  United States  United Kingdom

sports

The 6th Summer Paralympics competitions were held in 13 sports, the volleyball tournament at these Paralympics was seated, in 1976 in Toronto this was still played standing.

• Archery
• darts
• Weightlifting
• Goalball
• athletics
• Lawn bowling
• Wheelchair basketball
• Wheelchair fencing
• shoot
• swim
• Table tennis
• volleyball
• Wrestling

Web links

• Paralympics Arnhem 1980 on the website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International Paralympic Committee: Paralympics Arnhem 1980 on the website of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) . Retrieved August 28, 2012.