Snooker at the Summer Paralympics

Snooker was contested at the Summer Paralympics from the first Paralympics in 1960 in Rome and last contested at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, with the exception of the 1980 games. It was only contested by male competitors over its Paralympic history. Over the period it was contested at the Paralympics, it was dominated by Great Britain, which won 10 gold medals in the sport, including four gold medals won by Michael Shelton.

Medal winners

Men

1960

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

1964

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men paraplegics - open	Michael Shelton  Great Britain	F. Vecera  United States	C. Markham  Malta
			G. Portelli  Malta

1968

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men open	Michael Shelton  Great Britain	Jimmy Gibson  Ireland	John Newton  Australia
			Aroldo Ruschioni  Italy

1972

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men paraplegic	Michael Shelton  Great Britain	Jimmy Gibson  Ireland	Aroldo Ruschioni  Italy
Men tetraplegic	P. Haslam  Great Britain	Cliff Rickard  Australia	McGann  Great Britain

1976

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 2-5	D. Mellway  Canada	Brian Faulkner  Great Britain	Michael Shelton  Great Britain
Men A-C	T. Taylor  Great Britain	Rod Vleiger  United States	P. Haslam  Great Britain

1984

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men paraplegic	Jimmy Gibson  Ireland	J. Buchanan  Great Britain	Mike Langley  Great Britain
Men tetraplegic	P. Haslam  Great Britain	K. Ellison  Great Britain	T. Taylor  Great Britain

1988

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men open	Mike Langley  Great Britain	Michael White  Ireland	Maurice Job  Great Britain