Dartchery at the Summer Paralympics facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Dartchery at the Summer Paralympics |
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Dartchery is a cool sport that mixes darts and archery! Instead of a regular archery target, players shoot arrows at a dart board. It was part of the Summer Paralympic Games from 1960 to 1980.
In dartchery, athletes competed in pairs. At first, it was only mixed pairs (a man and a woman) from 1960 to 1980. Later, from 1972 to 1980, they added events for men's pairs and women's pairs too.
The International Paralympic Committee has kept records of who participated and who won medals. However, the exact scores players got in their games are not usually recorded.
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Dartchery Results at the Paralympics
Let's look at how dartchery played out at each Paralympic Games!
1960 Games: Rome
Dartchery was one of the first eight sports at the very first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960. Only three pairs competed, so everyone won a medal!
The gold medal went to Jack Whitman and Wayne Broeren from the United States. They beat their teammates, Jim Mathis and John Tigyer, and also Camille Trouverie and Bernabei from France.
Mixed Pairs
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1960 | Jack Whitman & Wayne Broeren United States (USA) |
John Tigyer & Jim Mathis United States (USA) |
Camille Trouverie & Bernabei France (FRA) |
1964 Games: Tokyo
In 1964, four pairs of athletes competed. All of them earned medals, with two pairs sharing the bronze medal.
Mixed Pairs
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1964 | George Mann & Margaret Harriman Rhodesia (RHO) |
Jim Mathis & George Pasipanki United States (USA) |
T. Matsumoto & T. Ando Japan (JPN)and Pesnaud & Schelfaut France (FRA) |
1968 Games: Tel Aviv
The 1968 Games in Tel Aviv saw a big jump in dartchery players! Thirty-one pairs from eighteen different countries competed. They played in a knockout style tournament.
The American pair, Geissinger and Kelderhouse, won the gold medal. They beat Tony South and Alan Conn from Australia in the final match. Two pairs, Francesco Deiana and Raimondo Longhi from Italy, and Tanaka and T. Matsumoto from Japan, shared the bronze medal.
Mixed Pairs
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1968 | Geissinger & Kelderhouse United States (USA) |
Tony South & Alan Conn Australia (AUS) |
Francesco Deiana & Raimondo Longhi Italy (ITA)and Tanaka & T. Matsumoto Japan (JPN) |
1972 Games: Heidelberg
At the 1972 Games, dartchery got bigger! They added two new events: men's pairs and women's pairs, along with the mixed pairs. The exact details of how many people played or how the competitions went are not fully recorded for this year, but we know the medal winners.
Mixed Pairs
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1972 | Becker & Schaede West Germany (FRG) |
Kim Keun Soo & Cho Keum Im South Korea (KOR) |
Dropko & Collins United States (USA) |
Men's Pairs
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1972 | E. Hammel & Elbracht West Germany (FRG) |
P. Popkema & P. Blanker Netherlands (NED) |
Seilleur & van Braet Belgium (BEL) |
Women's Pairs
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Margaret Maughan & M. Cooper Great Britain (GBR) |
Marraschin & Girard France (FRA) |
Berg-Holmen & W. Warberg Norway (NOR) |
1976 Games: Toronto
In 1976, the results were based on how many matches each pair won.
Mixed Pairs John Kestel and M. Ross from Australia won the gold medal by winning five games. Arvo Kalenius and Elli Korva from Finland took the silver with four wins. The bronze medal went to Aimé Desal and Alice Verhee from Belgium, who won three games.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1976 | John Kestel & M. Ross Australia (AUS) |
Arvo Kalenius & Elli Korva Finland (FIN) |
Aimé Desal & Alice Verhee Belgium (BEL) |
Men's Pairs A. Piutti and Thore from France won the gold medal with five victories. Patrick Krishner and Timothy van der Meiden from the USA earned silver with four wins. P. Blanker and P. Popkema from the Netherlands took the bronze medal with three victories.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| 1980 | A. Piutti & Thore France (FRA) |
Patrick Krishner & Timothy van der Meiden United States (USA) |
P. Blanker & P. Popkema Netherlands (NED) |
Women's Pairs Information for the women's pairs event in 1976 is not yet available.
1980 Games: Arnhem
Information for the 1980 Games is not yet available.
Medal Count
Here's a quick look at which countries won the most medals in dartchery at the Summer Paralympics. This list might not be complete yet.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | United States (USA) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Rhodesia (RHO) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Japan (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 | France (FRA) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
See also
In Spanish: Dartchery en los Juegos Paralímpicos para niños
