Bahrain at the Paralympics

Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, sending a delegation to compete in athletics. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.[1]

Bahrain at the
Paralympics
IPC codeBRN
NPCBahrain Disabled Sports Federation
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer appearances

Bahraini competitors have won a total of ten Paralympic medals, all of them in athletics: two gold, three silver and five bronze. The country's first inaugural participation in the Games in 1984 yielded two bronze medals: K. Alqatam finished third in the men's javelin (category 5), and Adel Sultan finished third in the men's 100m sprint (category 5). Bahrain won its first gold medal four years later, with Khaled Al Saqer winning the men's slalom in the 1A category. His compatriot Ali Alhasan took bronze in the same event, while Adel Sultan took a silver medal in the 100m sprint (categories 5-6). In 1992, Al Saqer won the country's only medal, a bronze in the discus (THW2-3). There was no medals in 1996, but in 2000 Ayman Al Heddi and Ahmed Kamal obtained a silver and a bronze, respectively, in the discus and the shot put. Ahmed Meshaima's silver in the shot put (F37) in 2004.[2]

Three women have represented Bahrain at the Paralympics: M. Alkhinna and S. Mohamed in sprinting and slalom, Fatema Nedham was the first woman to win a gold medal for Bahrain in the shot put in 2016.[3] Bahraini women's participation in the Paralympics thus predates their participation in the Olympics, which began in 2004.[4]

Medal tallies
Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1984 Summer Paralympics002243rd
1988 Summer Paralympics111337th
1992 Summer Paralympics001150th
1996 Summer Paralympics0000-
2000 Summer Paralympics011258th
2004 Summer Paralympics010166th
2008 Summer Paralympics0000-
2012 Summer Paralympics0000-
2016 Summer Paralympics100060th

Medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeAdel Sultan 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New YorkAthleticsMen's 100m 5
 BronzeK. Alqatam 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New YorkAthleticsMen's javelin throw 5
 GoldKhaled Al Saqer 1988 SeoulAthleticsMen's slalom 1A
 SilverAdel Sultan 1988 SeoulAthleticsMen's 100m 5-6
 BronzeAli Alhasan 1988 SeoulAthleticsMen's slalom 1A
 BronzeKhaled Al Saqer 1992 BarcelonaAthleticsMen's discus throw THW2-3
 SilverAyman Al Heddi 2000 SydneyAthleticsMen's discus throw F51
 BronzeAhmed Kamal 2000 SydneyAthleticsMen's club throw F51
 SilverAhmed Meshaima 2004 AthensAthleticsMen's shot put F37
 GoldFatema Nedham 2016 Rio de JaneiroAthleticsWomen's shot put F53
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See also

References
  1. Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. "Running into History", ESPN, September 25, 2004


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