Dartchery (a combination of
darts
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and
archery
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which uses a dart board instead of a standard archery target) was contested at the
Summer Paralympic Games
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from
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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to
1980
Events January
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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
International Paralympic Committee
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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
Rome
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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
United States
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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
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, 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 (
United States
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) def. Excell and Hall (
Jamaica
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)
Roy Fowler and
Kevin Bawden
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Personal
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(
Australia
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) def. A. Luks and Andersson (
Sweden
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)
Giuliano Koten and
Uber Sala (
Italy
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) def. Laxman and Kumar (
India
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)
Ehrsam and Seguin (France) - bye
Tanaka and T. Matsumoto (
Japan
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) def. Kirkland and B. Reimer (
Canada
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)
Guy Grun and J. van Eynde (
Belgium
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) def. Flood and G. Marett (
New Zealand
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)
Werner Waldispuehl and
Walter Isenschmied (
Switzerland
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) def.
Willi Brinkmann and Luft (
West Germany
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)
Nicholson and Taylor (
Great Britain
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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.
Bernard Boulens
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and
Arthur Studer (Switzerland)
Francesco Deiana and
Raimondo Longhi (Italy) def.
George Mann and
Glynn Griffiths (
Rhodesia
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J. Meyer and
Margaret Harriman
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(
South Africa
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) def. Brown and Lean (New Zealand)
J. Robertson and Todd (Great Britain) def. Wilson and Hamilton (Canada)
Lorente and Llorens (
Spain
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) def. Kerrigan and Hugues (
Ireland
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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 Tomoko Yamazaki (JPN) and Casper Caspersen 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 Alice Verhee, of Belgium, won three games, and the bronze medal.
Arvo Kalenius and Elli Korva, of Finland, won four games, and the silver medal.
John Kestel 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
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(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
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1980
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Medal table
References
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