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Football 7-a-side at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

This article is about the 1984 Summer Paralympics event for athletes with cerebral palsy and similar impairments. For the able-bodied event at the 1984 Olympic Games, see Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Football 7-a-side
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Football 7-a-side
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Football 7-a-side at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of two events for men.

At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, the first cerebral palsy only sports were added to the program with the inclusion of CP football and boccia.[1]

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's CP  Belgium (BEL)  Ireland (IRL)  Great Britain (GBR)
Chris Hampshire
David Chalmers
Darren Rabin
Robert Bebbington
Paul Taylor
Andrew Ferguson
Anthony Griffin
Gerard McConnell
Gordon Robertson
Men's wheelchair  United States (USA)  Canada (CAN)  Great Britain (GBR)
Paul McGinty
Steven Varden
Norman Burns
Anne Trotman
Susan Stevenson
Carol Johnson
Anthony Honour
Alyn Haskey

Men's CP

Six teams competed in the men's CP football 7-a-side competition, Belgium won the gold medal against Ireland while Great Britain won the bronze medals after beating Portugal.[2]

Preliminaries

Group A
 Great Britain (GBR) 8 – 0  United States (USA)
 Belgium (BEL) 10 – 0  United States (USA)
 Belgium (BEL) 3 – 1  Great Britain (GBR)
Group B
 Canada (CAN) 0 – 0  Portugal (POR)
 Ireland (IRL) 7 – 0  Canada (CAN)
 Ireland (IRL) 3 – 0  Portugal (POR)

Bronze medal match

 Great Britain (GBR) 3 – 1  Portugal (POR)

Gold medal match

 Belgium (BEL) 1 – 0  Ireland (IRL)

Men's wheelchair

Three teams competed in the men's wheelchair football competition, the United States won the gold medal after winning against Canada and Great Britain who got the silver and bronze medals respectively.[3]

 United States (USA) 6 – 4  Great Britain (GBR)
 Canada (CAN) 6 – 1  Great Britain (GBR)
 United States (USA) 4 – 1  Canada (CAN)

References

  1. ^ Whyte, Gregory; Loosemore, Mike; Williams, Clyde (2015-07-27). ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118777503.
  2. ^ "Football 7-a-side - Men's Tournament CP 1984". International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Football 7-a-side - Men's Tournament Wheelchair 1984". International Paralympic Committee. 7 September 2022.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_7-a-side_at_the_1984_Summer_Paralympics