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 body	IPC
Events	147 (men: 82; women: 65)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Medalists Records

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 swam at the games as Paralympic records.

Medal table

Updated to 2016 Summer Paralympics. Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympic Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	269	204	214	687
2	Great Britain (GBR)	222	248	223	693
3	Netherlands (NED)	181	127	110	418
4	Canada (CAN)	163	123	123	409
5	Australia (AUS)	135	162	157	454
6	France (FRA)	120	105	105	330
7	China (CHN)	120	104	87	311
8	Poland (POL)	117	115	85	317
9	Sweden (SWE)	111	125	84	320
10	Spain (ESP)	108	116	116	340
11	West Germany (FRG)	76	67	58	201
12	Norway (NOR)	72	51	40	163
13	Ukraine (UKR)	69	62	69	200
14	Germany (GER)	59	73	58	190
15	Israel (ISR)	55	57	49	161
16	Italy (ITA)	38	49	46	133
17	Japan (JPN)	38	23	38	99
18	Denmark (DEN)	37	37	65	139
19	South Africa (RSA)	34	25	27	86
20	Russia (RUS)	33	26	33	92
21	New Zealand (NZL)	29	20	14	63
22	Mexico (MEX)	25	16	22	63
23	Iceland (ISL)	24	13	24	61
24	Brazil (BRA)	23	30	32	85
25	Hungary (HUN)	22	23	33	78
26	Belarus (BLR)	21	11	6	38
27	Austria (AUT)	19	13	17	49
28	Argentina (ARG)	14	24	24	62
29	Czech Republic (CZE)	13	5	16	34
30	Rhodesia (RHO)	12	13	11	36
31	Greece (GRE)	10	17	11	38
32	Ireland (IRL)	10	9	9	28
33	Finland (FIN)	7	17	24	48
34	Unified Team (EUN)	7	3	7	17
35	South Korea (KOR)	7	2	5	14
36	Belgium (BEL)	6	16	15	37
37	Jamaica (JAM)	5	6	3	14
38	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	5	9	17
39	Singapore (SIN)	3	1	1	5
40	Romania (ROM)	3	1	0	4
41	Switzerland (SUI)	2	9	7	18
42	Colombia (COL)	2	5	4	11
43	Estonia (EST)	2	5	2	9
44	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	4	6	12
45	Slovakia (SVK)	2	2	1	5
46	Peru (PER)	2	1	3	6
47	Cyprus (CYP)	2	1	1	4
48	Faroe Islands (FRO)	1	7	5	13
49	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	7	0	8
50	Egypt (EGY)	1	3	6	10
51	Thailand (THA)	1	3	4	8
52	Cuba (CUB)	1	2	2	5
53	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	2	0	3
54	Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)	1	1	0	2
55	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	3	4
56	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	0	1
	Kenya (KEN)	1	0	0	1
59	Soviet Union (URS)	0	11	9	20
60	Portugal (POR)	0	3	6	9
61	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	2	3	5
62	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	4	5
63	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	2	3
64	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
65	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
68	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	4	4
69	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	2	2
70	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (72 nations)		2345	2218	2148	6711

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	3	24
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
Uri Bergman	Israel	1976 - 1988	?	11	0	1	12
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

Nations

Nation	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
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

See also

• Swimming at the Summer Olympics
• World Para Swimming Championships

References

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