Football 7-a-side at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Football 7-a-side at the 1984 Summer Paralympics consisted of two events for men.

Football 7-a-side
at the VII Paralympic Games
Football 7-a-side

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.
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