Snooker
at the I Paralympic Games
VenueTre Fontane Sports Ground, Rome
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cliff Keaton  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Shelton  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Giovanni Ferraris  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) George Portelli  Malta

Snooker at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of a men's event. It was held at the Tre Fontane Sports Ground, Rome.[1]: 54–55  There were four competitors, from three different countries: two from Great Britain, and one each from Italy and Malta. Cliff Keaton won the gold medal.[2][1]: 56–62  The event was played outdoors, in a covered area of a running track, on a table brought over from Stoke Mandeville Hospital.[1]: 56 

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's paraplegics - open[3] Cliff Keaton
 Great Britain		 Michael Shelton
 Great Britain		 Giovanni Ferraris
 Italy
George Portelli
 Malta

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brittain, Ian (2012). From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games (PDF). Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC. ISBN 978-1-86335-988-7.
  2. ↑ "Snooker - Medal Standings (1960)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Snooker (1960)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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