Snooker at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Snooker at the V Paralympic Games
Venue	Seneca School
Dates	August 1976
Competitors	18 from 6 nations

Snooker at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of two men's events. The competitions were held at the Seneca School^[1] in August 1972.^[2]

There were eighteen competitors, from six countries: five each from Canada and the United States, four from Great Britain, two from Brazil, and one each from Australia and the Republic of Ireland.^[2]

Dean Mellway won the gold medal in the Men 2–5 event, and Tommy Taylor won gold in the Men's A-C competition.^[3]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men 2–5[3] details	Dean Mellway  Canada	Brian Faulkner  Great Britain	Michael Shelton  Great Britain
Men A-C[3] details	Tommy Taylor  Great Britain	Rod Vleiger  United States	Peter Haslam  Great Britain

References

1. Brittain, Ian (2012). From Stoke Mandeville to Stratford : a history of the summer paralympic games (PDF). Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground Publishing LLC. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-1-86335-988-7.
2. "Snooker – Participants (1976)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
3. "Snooker (1976)". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2019.