Swimming at the Summer Paralympics

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Swimming has been contested at every Summer Paralympics. At the first games, the 1960 Paralympics, 62 swimming events were held in distances of 25 and 50 metres, plus a 3×50 metre relay for men. Since then, swimming at the Paralympics has grown to 140 events covering distances from 50 to 400 metres, plus 4×50 and 4×100 metre relays. Along with track and field athletics, it is one of the largest sports at the Paralympics in terms of the number of events, competitors, and spectators.

Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
Governing bodyIPC
Events147 (men: 82; women: 65)
Games

As with most Paralympic sports, athletes are classified according to the type and extent of their disability.

The International Paralympic Committee recognizes the fastest times swum at the games as Paralympic records.

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1 1960 69   Italy
2 1964 62   United States
3 1968 68   Great Britain
4 1972 56   Netherlands
5 1976 146   Netherlands
6 1980 193   Poland
7 1984 347   Netherlands
8 1988 259   United States
9 1992 199   United States
10 1996 168   Germany
11 2000 170   Canada
12 2004 167   China
13 2008 141   United States
14 2012 148   China
15 2016 153   China
16 2020 146   China

Medal table

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Updated to 2024 Summer Paralympics. Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympic Games.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)294231227752
2  Great Britain (GBR)248265244757
3  Netherlands (NED)191136118445
4  Canada (CAN)171130129430
5  China (CHN)161146116423
6  Australia (AUS)149180185514
7  France (FRA)122113114349
8  Poland (POL)11911586320
9  Spain (ESP)112130126368
10  Sweden (SWE)11112584320
11  Ukraine (UKR)919597283
12  West Germany (FRG)766758201
13  Norway (NOR)725141164
14  Germany (GER)657664205
15  Italy (ITA)657173209
16  Israel (ISR)635952174
17  Brazil (BRA)474856151
18  Japan (JPN)443347124
19  Denmark (DEN)383765140
20  South Africa (RSA)34252786
21  Russia (RUS)33263392
22  New Zealand (NZL)33211771
23  Mexico (MEX)32203183
24  Hungary (HUN)28303492
25  Belarus (BLR)2512643
26  Iceland (ISL)24132461
27  Austria (AUT)19131749
28  RPC (RPC)17141849
29  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)16141141
30  Argentina (ARG)15262566
31  Czech Republic (CZE)1471839
32  Rhodesia (RHO)12131136
33  Greece (GRE)11181443
34  Ireland (IRL)11121033
35  Finland (FIN)7172448
36  Unified Team (EUN)73717
37  South Korea (KOR)72514
38  Singapore (SIN)7119
39  Belgium (BEL)6161537
40  Azerbaijan (AZE)58316
41  Jamaica (JAM)56314
42  Colombia (COL)414927
43  Switzerland (SUI)310821
44  Yugoslavia (YUG)35917
45  Cyprus (CYP)3238
46  Romania (ROM)3104
47  Estonia (EST)2529
48  Uzbekistan (UZB)24915
49  Slovakia (SVK)2215
50  Peru (PER)2136
51  Turkey (TUR)2024
52  Faroe Islands (FRO)17513
53  Egypt (EGY)13610
54  Thailand (THA)1348
55  Chile (CHI)1236
56  Cuba (CUB)1225
57  Luxembourg (LUX)1203
58  Hong Kong (HKG)1146
59  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1113
60  Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)1102
61  India (IND)1001
  Kenya (KEN)1001
63  Soviet Union (URS)011920
64  Portugal (POR)03710
65  Zimbabwe (ZIM)0235
66  Uruguay (URU)0145
67  Kuwait (KUW)0123
68  Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
  Lithuania (LTU)0112
70  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)0101
  Bulgaria (BUL)0101
  Vietnam (VIE)0101
73  Croatia (CRO)0066
74  Slovenia (SLO)0022
75  Bahamas (BAH)0011
  Morocco (MAR)0011
  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0011
Totals (77 entries)2,6442,5142,4457,603

Multiple Paralympic swimming medalists

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This table is updated to the 2016 Paralympics.

 
Australian swimmer Priya Cooper acknowledges the crowd after another winning performance in the S8 class at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games
Athlete Nation Years active Class(es) Gold Silver Bronze Total
Trischa Zorn   United States 1980 - 2004 B1, B2, B3 41 9 4 54
Béatrice Hess   France 1984 - 2004 S5 20 5 0 25
Michael Edgson   Canada 1984 - 1992 B3 18 0 0 18
Jessica Long   United States 2004 - S8, SB7, SM8 16 8 5 29
Mike Kenny   Great Britain 1976 - 1988 1A, 1C 16 2 0 18
Ihar Boki   Belarus 2012 - S13, SB13, SM13 16 1 1 18
Mayumi Narita   Japan 1996 - 2004 SM4, S4, SB3, 20pts 15 3 2 20
Daniel Dias   Brazil 2008 - 2016 S5 14 7 6 27
Erin Popovich   United States 2000 - 2008 S6, S7 14 5 0 19
Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 2004 - 2012 S9 13 7 3 23
Erling Trondsen   Norway 1976 - 1992 C1, A3, L4, S8, SM8 13 6 1 20
Claudia Hengst   West Germany /   Germany 1988 - 2004 L6, SM10 13 4 8 25
Natalie du Toit   South Africa 2004 - 2012 S9 13 2 0 15
John Morgan   United States 1984 - 1992 B1, B2 13 2 0 15
Uri Bergman   Israel 1976 - 1988 6 12 1 2 15
Sophie Pascoe   New Zealand 2008 - S10, SB9, SM10, S9, SM9 11 7 1 19
David Roberts   Great Britain 2000 - 2008 S7 11 4 1 16
Joseph Wengier   Israel 1972 - 1988 ? 10 4 5 19
Magdalena Tjernberg   Sweden 1984 - 1988 B1 10 3 0 13
Elizabeth Scott   United States 1992 - 2000 B3? 10 2 5 17
Marijke Ruiter   Netherlands 1972 - 1976 5 10 0 0 10
Christopher Holmes   Great Britain 1988 - 2000 S12? 9 5 1 15
Priya Cooper   Australia 1992 - 2000 S8 9 3 4 16
Jacqueline Freney   Australia 2008 - 2012 SM7, S7, S8, 34pts 8 0 3 11
Stephanie Dixon   Canada 2000 - 2008 S9 7 8 2 17
Siobhan Paton   Australia 2000 S14 6 0 0 6

Nations

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Nation 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
  Argentina (ARG) 5 8 10 7 8 5 2 2 8 8 10 12 8 11 14
  Armenia (ARM) 1 1 2
  Aruba (ARU) 1 1
  Australia (AUS) 1 8 14 7 8 11 29 25 27 30 53 30 35 34 36 15
  Austria (AUT) 8 4 17 9 10 9 4 3 1 3 2 2 3 2 14
  Azerbaijan (AZE) 1 2 2
  Bahamas (BAH) 2 4 2
  Barbados (BAR) 1 1
  Belarus (BLR) 2 2 7 6 6 6 6
  Belgium (BEL) 4 2 11 12 3 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 13
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) 1 1
  Brazil (BRA) 1 1 1 5 9 13 11 63 21 24 20 34 12
  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 1
  Canada (CAN) 15 14 26 31 53 27 23 13 25 19 21 24 26 13
  Chile (CHI) 1 1 1 1 1 2 6
  China (CHN) 15 10 7 11 27 51 40 51 61 9
  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 3 1 1 1 2 6
  Colombia (COL) 2 4 2 3 6 9 6
  Costa Rica (CRC) 1 1
  Croatia (CRO) 3 2 2 3 4 4 2 7
  Cuba (CUB) 4 2 1 1 1 2 3 7
  Cyprus (CYP) 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 8
  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 3 2 2
  Czech Republic (CZE) 2 13 16 7 7 6 6
  Denmark (DEN) 3 5 5 15 15 14 14 14 14 8 4 5 4 13
  Ecuador (ECU) 3 1 1 3
  Egypt (EGY) 7 8 3 9 3 5 1 2 8
  Estonia (EST) 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 7
  Faroe Islands (FRO) 3 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 9
  Fiji (FIJ) 7 1 1 3
  Finland (FIN) 1 10 14 8 7 7 4 4 5 4 1 2 3 13
  France (FRA) 1 1 13 19 20 28 29 25 19 16 15 11 12 10 6 15
  Georgia (GEO) 1 1 2
  Germany (GER) 7 4 34 28 26 18 21 21 30 9
  Great Britain (GBR) 14 13 29 23 15 22 70 42 45 53 48 34 35 49 30 15
  Greece (GRE) 2 2 1 5 10 12 13 11 16 9
  Guatemala (GUA) 5 2 2
  Honduras (HON) 1 1
  Hong Kong (HKG) 3 2 3 2 3 4 5 2 8
  Hungary (HUN) 9 8 8 10 12 8 11 9 10 9
  Iceland (ISL) 5 7 10 9 8 4 1 2 2 3 10
  India (IND) 3 3 2 1 1 5
  Indonesia (INA) 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 8
  Individual Paralympic Athletes (IPA) 1 1
  Iran (IRI) 1 1 2
  Iraq (IRQ) 1 1 2
  Ireland (IRL) 1 3 4 4 1 5 5 4 3 3 3 6 5 4 14
  Israel (ISR) 2 5 19 15 24 8 13 12 11 7 8 8 7 5 7 15
  Italy (ITA) 16 14 12 4 5 2 11 20 10 7 2 7 10 11 21 15
  Jamaica (JAM) 3 8 4 1 1 5
  Japan (JPN) 6 3 1 8 6 7 37 10 7 17 24 18 20 19 14
  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 1 2 4 4
  Kenya (KEN) 1 2 1 3
  Kuwait (KUW) 3 2 1 3
  Latvia (LAT) 1 1 2
  Lithuania (LTU) 1 1 2 1 1 5
  Luxembourg (LUX) 1 2 1 1 4
  Macau (MAC) 1 1 1 1 4
  Madagascar (MAD) 1 1
  Malaysia (MAS) 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 8
  Malta (MLT) 1 1 2
  Mauritius (MRI) 1 1 2
  Mexico (MEX) 1 19 15 8 1 3 4 12 11 11 16 20 12
  Moldova (MDA) 1 1
  Montenegro (MNE) 1 1 2
  Morocco (MAR) 3 3 1 3
  Myanmar (MYA) 2 1 1 3
  Namibia (NAM) 1 1
  Nepal (NEP) 1 1
  Netherlands (NED) 2 4 12 15 24 38 27 18 12 19 15 7 7 13 19 15
  New Zealand (NZL) 6 5 3 6 1 3 3 7 5 5 3 6 8 13
  Norway (NOR) 10 10 11 10 14 23 1 10 8 7 6 5 4 3 14
  Pakistan (PAK) 1 1
  Panama (PAN) 1 1 2
  Peru (PER) 1 1 2 2 2 2 6
  Philippines (PHI) 1 1 1 3
  Poland (POL) 14 18 29 14 17 9 8 23 24 12 9 8 12
  Portugal (POR) 6 6 5 8 4 5 6
  Puerto Rico (PUR) 2 1
  Rhodesia (RHO) 1 3 11 12 4
  Romania (ROU) 2 3 2
  Russia (RUS) 10 20 15 34 36 5
  Rwanda (RWA) 1 1
  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 2 1 1
  Seychelles (SEY) 1 1
  Singapore (SGP) 2 1 2 2 2 5
  Slovakia (SVK) 5 6 4 3 2 1 6
  Slovenia (SLO) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
  Soviet Union (URS) 8 1
  South Africa (RSA) 3 3 9 10 2 12 9 10 10 6 10
  South Korea (KOR) 16 3 2 3 4 5 9 8 8
  Spain (ESP) 4 14 6 10 20 19 52 41 55 47 39 32 12
  Sri Lanka (SRI) 1 1 2
  Sudan (SUD) 2 1
  Sweden (SWE) 5 10 25 31 23 24 18 17 8 3 4 5 6 13
  Switzerland (SUI) 2 9 6 9 9 3 5 3 3 2 5 1 1 1 14
  Syria (SYR) 1 1
  Thailand (THA) 2 2 1 1 10 12 8 7 4 9
  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) 4 4 1 3
  Turkey (TUR) 1 1 2 2 3 5
  Uganda (UGA) 1 1
  Ukraine (UKR) 7 11 21 31 44 45 6
  Unified Team (EUN) 11 1
  United States (USA) 6 25 33 20 32 45 63 73 66 42 29 45 38 34 33 15
  Uruguay (URU) 1 1 1 3
  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1 1 7 3
  Venezuela (VEN) 1 2 1 3 3 4 2 7
  Vietnam (VIE) 1 1 3 4 4
  West Germany (FRG) 20 19 18 44 35 14 6
  Yemen (YEM) 1 1
  Yugoslavia (YUG) 3 5 7 2 1 1 6
  Zimbabwe (ZIM) 3 1 2
Nations 15 13 24 33 34 36 43 44 56 50 62 61 62 66 79
Competitors 77 98 264 279 362 441 541 502 487 457 575 560 547 600 593
Year 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20

See also

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References

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  • "Swimming - About the sport". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-14.