Dartchery at the Summer Paralympics

Dartchery (a combination of darts and archery) was contested at the Summer Paralympic Games from 1960 to 1980. 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, the scores obtained by competitors have not.

Results by Games^{[1] [2] [3]}

1960

Dartchery was one of the eight sports contested at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960. Only three pairs of athletes competed, and therefore all won a medal. Jack Whitman and Wayne Broeren of the United States defeated their compatriots Jim Mathis and John Tigyer, as well as French competitors Camille Trouverie and Bernabei, to win gold.^[4]

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960	Jack Whitman & Wayne Broeren  United States (USA)	John Tigyer & Jim Mathis  United States (USA)	Camille Trouverie & Bernabei  France (FRA)

1964

Four pairs of athletes competed. All received medals, as two pairs were awarded bronze.^[5]

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

At the 1968 Games in Tel Aviv, 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):

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. ^[6]

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972	Becker & Schaede  West Germany (FRG)	Kim Keun Soo & Cho Keum Im  South Korea (KOR)	Dropko & Collins  United States (USA)

Men's

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972	E. Hammel & Elbracht  West Germany (FRG)	P. Popkema & P. Blanker  Netherlands (NED)	Seilleur & van Braet  Belgium (BEL)

Women's

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1972	Margaret Maughan & M. Cooper  Great Britain (GBR)	Marraschin & Girard  France (FRA)	Berg-Holmen & W. Warberg  Norway (NOR)

1976

The results recorded for 1976 are based on the number of victories achieved by each pair.^{[10] [11] [12]}

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.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976	John Kestel & M. Ross  Australia (AUS)	Arvo Kalenius & Elli Korva  Finland (FIN)	Aimé Desal & Alice Verhee  Belgium (BEL)

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)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980	A. Piutti & Thore  France (FRA)	Patrick Krishner & Timothy van der Meiden  United States (USA)	P. Blanker & P. Popkema  Netherlands (NED)

Women's

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1980

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