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

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.

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
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

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 States 1980 - 2004 B1, B2, B3 41 9 4 54
Daniel Dias   Brazil 2008 - 2016 S5 14 7 6 27
Jacqueline Freney   Australia 2008 - 2012 SM7, S7, S8, 34pts 8 0 3 11
Mayumi Narita   Japan 1996 - 2004 SM4, S4, SB3, 20pts 15 3 2 20
Michael Edgson   Canada 1984 - 1992 B3 18 0 0 18
Elizabeth Scott   United States 1992 - 2000 B3? 10 2 5 17
Béatrice Hess   France 1984 - 2004 S5 20 5 0 25
Erin Popovich   United States 2000 - 2008 S6, S7 14 5 0 19
Joseph Wengier   Israel 1972 - 1988 ? 10 4 5 19
Uri Bergman   Israel 1976 - 1988 ? 12 1 2 15
Claudia Hengst   West Germany 1988 - 2004 L6, SM10 13 4 8 25
Siobhan Paton   Australia 2000 S14 6 0 0 6
Mike Kenny   Great Britain 1976 - 1988 1A, 1C 16 2 0 18
Matthew Cowdrey   Australia 2004 - 2012 S9 13 7 3 23
Stephanie Dixon   Canada 2000 - 2008 S9 7 8 2 17
Priya Cooper   Australia 1992 - 2000 S8 9 3 4 16
Natalie du Toit   South Africa 2004 - 2012 S9 13 2 0 15
Erling Trondsen   Norway 1976 - 1992 ? 13 ? ? 20
David Roberts   Great Britain 2000 - 2008 S7 11 4 1 16
Christopher Holmes   Great Britain 1988 - 2000 S12? 9 5 1 15
Sophie Pascoe   New Zealand 2008 - S10, SB9, SM10, S9, SM9 11 7 1 19

Nations

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

References

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