Dartchery (a combination of darts and

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which uses a dart board instead of a standard archery target) was contested at the

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. Competitions were carried out in pairs: mixed pairs from 1960 to 1980, and men's pairs and women's pairs from 1972 to 1980. Though the participants and results have, for the most part, been recorded by the

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, the scores obtained by competitors have not.

Results by Games

1960

Dartchery was one of the eight sports contested at the inaugural Paralympic Games in

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in 1960. Only three pairs of athletes competed, and therefore all won a medal. Jack Whitman and Wayne Broeren of the

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defeated their compatriots Jim Mathis and John Tigyer, as well as French competitors Camille Trouverie and Bernabei, to win gold. Mixed

1964

Four pairs of athletes competed. All received medals, as two pairs were awarded bronze. Mixed

1968

At the 1968 Games in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, the number of competitors in dartchery increased significantly, to thirty-one pairs (from eighteen countries). They were pitted against each other two by two in a round of sixteen, with French pair Ehrsam and Seguin receiving a bye in the first round. In the round of sixteen, the results were as follows (winners in bold): Geissinger and Kelderhouse (

) def. Excell and Hall (

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Roy Fowler and

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(

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) def. A. Luks and Andersson (

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and Uber Sala (

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) def. Laxman and Kumar (

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)
Ehrsam and Seguin (France) - bye
Tanaka and T. Matsumoto (

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) def. Kirkland and B. Reimer (

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Guy Grun and J. van Eynde (

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) def. Flood and G. Marett (

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Werner Waldispuehl and Walter Isenschmied (

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) def. Willi Brinkmann and Luft (

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Nicholson and Taylor (

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) def. Long and Baracatt (Jamaica)
Tony South and Alan Conn (Australia) def. Ganesh and Jeena (India)
Klemens and Classon (United States) def. Schaede and Elbracht (West Germany)
Schelfaut and Aimé Desal (Belgium) def. Johansson and Hansson (Sweden)
Maraschin and Girard (France) def.

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and Arthur Studer (Switzerland)
Francesco Deiana and Raimondo Longhi (Italy) def. George Mann and

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) def. Brown and Lean (New Zealand)
J. Robertson and Todd (Great Britain) def. Wilson and Hamilton (Canada)
Lorente and Llorens (

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) def. Kerrigan and Hugues (

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) In the second round, Geissinger and Kelderhouse (USA) beat Fowler and Bawden (AUS); Koten and Sala (ITA) beat Ehrsam and Seguin (FRA); Tanaka and Matsumoto (JPN) beat Grun and van Eynde (BEL); Waldispuehl and Isenschmied (SUI) beat Nicholson and Taylor (GBR); South and Conn (AUS) beat Klemens and Classon (USA); Schelfaut and Desal (BEL) beat Maraschin and Girard (FRA); Deiana and Longhi (ITA) beat Meyer and Harriman (RHO); and Robertson and Todd (GBR) beat Lorente and Llorens (ESP). 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 American pair defeated their Japanese rivals in the first semi-final, while the Australians beat the Italians in the other. The Japanese and Italian pairs were jointly awarded the bronze medal, while Americans and Australians met in the final, where Geissinger and Kelderhouse emerged with the gold medal. Mixed

1972

At the 1972 Games, dartchery was expanded and divided into three events: mixed pairs, men's pairs, and women's pairs. The International Paralympic Committee has not recorded participation numbers nor the details of the competitions for this year; only the list of medallists. Mixed Men's Women's

1976

The results recorded for 1976 are based on the number of victories achieved by each pair."Results: Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games: Dartchery: Women's Pairs open"
International Paralympic Committee Mixed
J. M. Chapuis and Marraschin (FRA), G. Matthews and D. Lilley (GBR), Katsuhiro Hamanoue and

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(JPN) and

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and Karlsen (NOR) all lost every match, but are ranked ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth, respectively.
E. Ell and B. 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.
Ana Maria Tenorio and Carlos Guadiana, of Mexico, won two games, and finished fourth.
Aimé Desal and

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, of Belgium, won three games, and the bronze medal.

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and

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, of Finland, won four games, and the silver medal.

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and M. Ross, of Australia, won five games, and the gold medal. Men's *Tenth to fifteenth, with 0 victories: Guy Grun & Jozef Meysen (BEL); Robson S. Almeida & Manuel Alves (BRA); R. Schmidberger & Elbracht (FRG); Vitalino Marroquin & Alfonso Reynoso (GUA); James Garrifan & Clause Stevens (IRL); Kim Yoon Bae & Tu Sung Kou (KOR). *Fifth to ninth, with 1 victory: J. Robertson & I. Smith (GBR); Shigenobu Hashiguchi & Kenichi Tomita (JPN); T. Skogmo & Oddbjorn Stebekk (NOR); U. Hornlund & M. Eden (SWE); Roy Fowler & J. Heath (AUS). *Fourth, with 2 victories: T. Parker & C. Ladd (CAN) *Third, with 3 victories: P. Blanker & P. Popkema (NED) *Second, with 4 victories: Patrick Krishner & Timothy van der Meiden (USA) *First, with 5 victories: A. Piutti & Thore (FRA) Women's :''to be added''

Results by Games

1960

1964

1968

1972

1976

1980

Medal table

References