IPC code ITA 29 28 | Competitors 65 | |
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NPC Comitato Italiano Paralimpico Website www.comitatoparalimpico.it (Italian) MedalsRanked 1st GoldSilverBronzeTotal29282380 | ||
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.
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Medals
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.
Multiple medallists
These are official report of International Paralympic Committee.
References
Italy at the 1960 Summer Paralympics Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA