Dartchery at the Summer Paralympics

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 At the 1968 Games in Tel Aviv, the number of competitors in dartchery increased significantly, to thirty-one pairs (from eighteen countries).

Laxman and Kumar (India) Ehrsam and Seguin (France) - bye Tanaka and T. Matsumoto (Japan) def.

George Mann and Glynn Griffiths (Rhodesia) J. Meyer and Margaret Harriman (South Africa) def.

In the quarter-finals, Geissinger and Kelderhouse defeated Koten and Sala; Tanaka and Matsumoto eliminated Waldispuehl and Isenschmied; Schelfaut and Desal fell to South and Conn; while Deiana and Longhi beat Robertson and Todd.

The International Paralympic Committee has not recorded participation numbers nor the details of the competitions for this year; only the list of medallists.

[10][11][12] Mixed J. M. Chapuis and Marraschin (FRA), G. Matthews and D. Lilley (GBR), Katsuhiro Hamanoue and Tomoko Yamazaki (JPN) and Casper Caspersen and Karlsen (NOR) all lost every match, but are ranked ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth, respectively.

Ward (CAN), Anneliese Dersen and H. Geiss (FRG), A. Luks and Bodil Elgh (SWE), and Jay Brown and Sally Staudte (USA) each won one match, and are ranked fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth, respectively.