Swimming at the 1960 Summer Paralympics consisted of 62 events, 32 for men and 30 for women.
There were between one and three competitors for each race, meaning that every swimmer completing a race was guaranteed a medal. All swimmers successfully completed their races, and every swimmer at the Games therefore obtained a medal.
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—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
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And driven the hamadryad from the wood
To seek a shelter in some happier star?
Hast thou not torn the naiad from her flood,
The elfin from the green grass, and from me
The summer dream beneath the tamarind tree?”
—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)