Swimming at the Summer Paralympics

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

Games Year Events Best Nation
1196069 Italy
2196462 United States
3196868 Great Britain
4197256 Netherlands
51976146 Netherlands
61980193 Poland
71984347 Netherlands
81988259 United States
91992199 United States
101996168 Germany
112000170 Canada
122004167 China
132008141 United States
142012148 China
152016153 China
162020146 China

Medal table

Updated to 2020 Summer Paralympics. Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympic Games.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)284214224722
2 Great Britain (GBR)230257238725
3 Netherlands (NED)186133116435
4 Canada (CAN)166126125417
5 Australia (AUS)143172172487
6 China (CHN)139125105369
7 France (FRA)120107108335
8 Poland (POL)11711586318
9 Spain (ESP)111125118354
10 Sweden (SWE)11112584320
11 Ukraine (UKR)838080243
12 West Germany (FRG)766758201
13 Norway (NOR)725140163
14 Germany (GER)617361195
15 Israel (ISR)615850169
16 Italy (ITA)496558172
17 Japan (JPN)413041112
18 Brazil (BRA)403946125
19 Denmark (DEN)373765139
20 South Africa (RSA)34252786
21 Russia (RUS)33263392
22 New Zealand (NZL)33211771
23 Mexico (MEX)31172876
24 Hungary (HUN)25273385
25 Belarus (BLR)2512643
26 Iceland (ISL)24132461
27 Austria (AUT)19131749
28 RPC (RPC)17141849
29 Argentina (ARG)14262464
30 Czech Republic (CZE)1361635
31 Rhodesia (RHO)12131136
32 Ireland (IRL)1111931
33 Greece (GRE)10171441
34 Finland (FIN)7172448
35 Unified Team (EUN)73717
36 South Korea (KOR)72514
37 Belgium (BEL)6161537
38 Azerbaijan (AZE)57012
39 Jamaica (JAM)56314
40 Singapore (SIN)5117
41 Colombia (COL)49821
42 Yugoslavia (YUG)35917
43 Cyprus (CYP)3126
44 Romania (ROM)3104
45 Switzerland (SUI)29819
46 Estonia (EST)2529
47 Uzbekistan (UZB)24814
48 Slovakia (SVK)2215
49 Peru (PER)2136
50 Faroe Islands (FRO)17513
51 Egypt (EGY)13610
52 Thailand (THA)1348
53 Cuba (CUB)1225
54 Chile (CHI)1203
 Luxembourg (LUX)1203
56 Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)1102
57 Hong Kong (HKG)1034
58 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1012
59 India (IND)1001
 Kenya (KEN)1001
61 Soviet Union (URS)011920
62 Portugal (POR)0369
63 Zimbabwe (ZIM)0235
64 Uruguay (URU)0145
65 Kuwait (KUW)0123
66 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0112
 Lithuania (LTU)0112
68 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
 Vietnam (VIE)0101
70 Croatia (CRO)0055
71 Slovenia (SLO)0022
72 Bahamas (BAH)0011
 Morocco (MAR)0011
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (75 entries)2504237123067181

Multiple Paralympic swimming medalists

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 States1980 - 2004B1, B2, B3419454
Daniel Dias Brazil2008 - 2016S5147627
Jacqueline Freney Australia2008 - 2012SM7, S7, S8, 34pts80311
Mayumi Narita Japan1996 - 2004SM4, S4, SB3, 20pts153220
Michael Edgson Canada1984 - 1992B3180018
Elizabeth Scott United States1992 - 2000B3?102517
Béatrice Hess France1984 - 2004S5205025
Erin Popovich United States2000 - 2008S6, S7145019
Joseph Wengier Israel1972 - 1988 ?104519
Uri Bergman Israel1976 - 1988 ?121215
Claudia Hengst West Germany1988 - 2004L6, SM10134825
Siobhan Paton Australia2000S146006
Mike Kenny Great Britain1976 - 19881A, 1C162018
Matthew Cowdrey Australia2004 - 2012S9137323
Stephanie Dixon Canada2000 - 2008S978217
Priya Cooper Australia1992 - 2000S893416
Natalie du Toit South Africa2004 - 2012S9132015
Erling Trondsen Norway1976 - 1992 ?13 ? ?20
David Roberts Great Britain2000 - 2008S7114116
Christopher Holmes Great Britain1988 - 2000S12?95115
Sophie Pascoe New Zealand2008 -S10, SB9, SM10, S9, SM9117119

Nations

Nation 60 64 68 72 768084889296000408121620Total
 Argentina (ARG)58107852288101281114
 Armenia (ARM)112
 Aruba (ARU)11
 Australia (AUS)1814781129252730533035343615
 Austria (AUT)841791094313223214
 Azerbaijan (AZE)122
 Bahamas (BAH)242
 Barbados (BAR)11
 Belarus (BLR)2276666
 Belgium (BEL)42111232444324413
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)11
 Brazil (BRA)111591311632124203412
 Bulgaria (BUL)11
 Canada (CAN)1514263153272313251921242613
 Chile (CHI)1111126
 China (CHN)151071127514051619
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)2311126
 Colombia (COL)2423696
 Costa Rica (CRC)11
 Croatia (CRO)32234427
 Cuba (CUB)42111237
 Cyprus (CYP)121232118
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)322
 Czech Republic (CZE)213167766
 Denmark (DEN)355151514141414845413
 Ecuador (ECU)3113
 Egypt (EGY)783935128
 Estonia (EST)34432237
 Faroe Islands (FRO)3421211119
 Fiji (FIJ)7113
 Finland (FIN)11014877445412313
 France (FRA)11131920282925191615111210615
 Georgia (GEO)112
 Germany (GER)74342826182121309
 Great Britain (GBR)14132923152270424553483435493015
 Greece (GRE)221510121311169
 Guatemala (GUA)522
 Honduras (HON)11
 Hong Kong (HKG)323234528
 Hungary (HUN)98810128119109
 Iceland (ISL)5710984122310
 India (IND)332115
 Indonesia (INA)131111148
 Individual Paralympic Athletes (IPA)11
 Iran (IRI)112
 Iraq (IRQ)112
 Ireland (IRL)1344155433365414
 Israel (ISR)25191524813121178875715
 Italy (ITA)16141245211201072710112115
 Jamaica (JAM)384115
 Japan (JPN)63186737107172418201914
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)11244
 Kenya (KEN)1213
 Kuwait (KUW)3213
 Latvia (LAT)112
 Lithuania (LTU)112115
 Luxembourg (LUX)12114
 Macau (MAC)11114
 Madagascar (MAD)11
 Malaysia (MAS)221232218
 Malta (MLT)112
 Mauritius (MRI)112
 Mexico (MEX)119158134121111162012
 Moldova (MDA)11
 Montenegro (MNE)112
 Morocco (MAR)3313
 Myanmar (MYA)2113
 Namibia (NAM)11
 Nepal (NEP)11
 Netherlands (NED)2412152438271812191577131915
 New Zealand (NZL)653613375536813
 Norway (NOR)10101110142311087654314
 Pakistan (PAK)11
 Panama (PAN)112
 Peru (PER)1122226
 Philippines (PHI)1113
 Poland (POL)1418291417982324129812
 Portugal (POR)6658456
 Puerto Rico (PUR)21
 Rhodesia (RHO)1311124
 Romania (ROU)232
 Russia (RUS)10201534365
 Rwanda (RWA)11
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)211
 Seychelles (SEY)11
 Singapore (SGP)212225
 Slovakia (SVK)5643216
 Slovenia (SLO)11111117
 Soviet Union (URS)81
 South Africa (RSA)3391021291010610
 South Korea (KOR)1632345988
 Spain (ESP)414610201952415547393212
 Sri Lanka (SRI)112
 Sudan (SUD)21
 Sweden (SWE)5102531232418178345613
 Switzerland (SUI)2969935332511114
 Syria (SYR)11
 Thailand (THA)221110128749
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)4413
 Turkey (TUR)112235
 Uganda (UGA)11
 Ukraine (UKR)711213144456
 Unified Team (EUN)111
 United States (USA)6253320324563736642294538343315
 Uruguay (URU)1113
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1173
 Venezuela (VEN)12133427
 Vietnam (VIE)11344
 West Germany (FRG)2019184435146
 Yemen (YEM)11
 Yugoslavia (YUG)3572116
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)312
Nations151324333436434456506261626679
Competitors7798264279362441541502487457575560547600593
Year60646872768084889296000408121620

See also

References

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