South Africa at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

South Africa took part in the 1976 Summer Paralympics in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The country was represented by 39 athletes, twenty-nine male and ten female.^[1] South Africans competed in archery, athletics, dartchery, lawn bowls, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball.^[2] They won twenty six medals in total: six golds, nine silvers and eleven bronze, finishing 19th on the medal table.^[3]

South Africa at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	RSA
NPC	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee
Website	www.sascoc.co.za
in Toronto
Competitors	39 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 6 Silver 9 Bronze 11 Total 26
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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These were South Africa's last Paralympics for sixteen years due to South Africa's policy of apartheid. The Netherlands, as hosts of the 1980 Games and ironically its former colonial master, declared South Africa's further participation "undesirable".^[4][5] South Africa was subsequently absent from the Paralympic Games until 1992.^[6]

References

1. Participation Numbers Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games IPC 12 June 2011
2. Results: South Africa at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, IPC
3. Medal Standings Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games IPC 12 June 2011
4. "'The Netherlands against Apartheid' - 1970s", International Institute of Social History
5. South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
6. South Africa at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee