Swimming at the Summer Paralympics

Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IPC
Events	147 (men: 82; women: 65)
Games
	1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
	Medalists; Records;

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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	294	231	227	752
2	Great Britain (GBR)	248	265	244	757
3	Netherlands (NED)	191	136	118	445
4	Canada (CAN)	171	130	129	430
5	China (CHN)	161	146	116	423
6	Australia (AUS)	149	180	185	514
7	France (FRA)	122	113	114	349
8	Poland (POL)	119	115	86	320
9	Spain (ESP)	112	130	126	368
10	Sweden (SWE)	111	125	84	320
11	Ukraine (UKR)	91	95	97	283
12	West Germany (FRG)	76	67	58	201
13	Norway (NOR)	72	51	41	164
14	Germany (GER)	65	76	64	205
15	Italy (ITA)	65	71	73	209
16	Israel (ISR)	63	59	52	174
17	Brazil (BRA)	47	48	56	151
18	Japan (JPN)	44	33	47	124
19	Denmark (DEN)	38	37	65	140
20	South Africa (RSA)	34	25	27	86
21	Russia (RUS)	33	26	33	92
22	New Zealand (NZL)	33	21	17	71
23	Mexico (MEX)	32	20	31	83
24	Hungary (HUN)	28	30	34	92
25	Belarus (BLR)	25	12	6	43
26	Iceland (ISL)	24	13	24	61
27	Austria (AUT)	19	13	17	49
28	RPC (RPC)	17	14	18	49
29	Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)	16	14	11	41
30	Argentina (ARG)	15	26	25	66
31	Czech Republic (CZE)	14	7	18	39
32	Rhodesia (RHO)	12	13	11	36
33	Greece (GRE)	11	18	14	43
34	Ireland (IRL)	11	12	10	33
35	Finland (FIN)	7	17	24	48
36	Unified Team (EUN)	7	3	7	17
37	South Korea (KOR)	7	2	5	14
38	Singapore (SIN)	7	1	1	9
39	Belgium (BEL)	6	16	15	37
40	Azerbaijan (AZE)	5	8	3	16
41	Jamaica (JAM)	5	6	3	14
42	Colombia (COL)	4	14	9	27
43	Switzerland (SUI)	3	10	8	21
44	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	5	9	17
45	Cyprus (CYP)	3	2	3	8
46	Romania (ROM)	3	1	0	4
47	Estonia (EST)	2	5	2	9
48	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	4	9	15
49	Slovakia (SVK)	2	2	1	5
50	Peru (PER)	2	1	3	6
51	Turkey (TUR)	2	0	2	4
52	Faroe Islands (FRO)	1	7	5	13
53	Egypt (EGY)	1	3	6	10
54	Thailand (THA)	1	3	4	8
55	Chile (CHI)	1	2	3	6
56	Cuba (CUB)	1	2	2	5
57	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	2	0	3
58	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	1	4	6
59	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	1	1	3
60	Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)	1	1	0	2
61	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
61	Kenya (KEN)	1	0	0	1
63	Soviet Union (URS)	0	11	9	20
64	Portugal (POR)	0	3	7	10
65	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	2	3	5
66	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	4	5
67	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	2	3
68	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
68	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
73	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	6	6
74	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	2	2
75	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (77 entries)		2,644	2,514	2,445	7,603

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
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

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

References

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