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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	284	214	224	722
2	Great Britain (GBR)	230	257	238	725
3	Netherlands (NED)	186	133	116	435
4	Canada (CAN)	166	126	125	417
5	Australia (AUS)	143	172	172	487
6	China (CHN)	139	125	105	369
7	France (FRA)	120	107	108	335
8	Poland (POL)	117	115	86	318
9	Spain (ESP)	111	125	118	354
10	Sweden (SWE)	111	125	84	320
11	Ukraine (UKR)	83	80	80	243
12	West Germany (FRG)	76	67	58	201
13	Norway (NOR)	72	51	40	163
14	Germany (GER)	61	73	61	195
15	Israel (ISR)	61	58	50	169
16	Italy (ITA)	49	65	58	172
17	Japan (JPN)	41	30	41	112
18	Brazil (BRA)	40	39	46	125
19	Denmark (DEN)	37	37	65	139
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)	31	17	28	76
24	Hungary (HUN)	25	27	33	85
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	Argentina (ARG)	14	26	24	64
30	Czech Republic (CZE)	13	6	16	35
31	Rhodesia (RHO)	12	13	11	36
32	Ireland (IRL)	11	11	9	31
33	Greece (GRE)	10	17	14	41
34	Finland (FIN)	7	17	24	48
35	Unified Team (EUN)	7	3	7	17
36	South Korea (KOR)	7	2	5	14
37	Belgium (BEL)	6	16	15	37
38	Azerbaijan (AZE)	5	7	0	12
39	Jamaica (JAM)	5	6	3	14
40	Singapore (SIN)	5	1	1	7
41	Colombia (COL)	4	9	8	21
42	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	5	9	17
43	Cyprus (CYP)	3	1	2	6
44	Romania (ROM)	3	1	0	4
45	Switzerland (SUI)	2	9	8	19
46	Estonia (EST)	2	5	2	9
47	Uzbekistan (UZB)	2	4	8	14
48	Slovakia (SVK)	2	2	1	5
49	Peru (PER)	2	1	3	6
50	Faroe Islands (FRO)	1	7	5	13
51	Egypt (EGY)	1	3	6	10
52	Thailand (THA)	1	3	4	8
53	Cuba (CUB)	1	2	2	5
54	Chile (CHI)	1	2	0	3
	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	2	0	3
56	Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)	1	1	0	2
57	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	3	4
58	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	1	0	1	2
59	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
	Kenya (KEN)	1	0	0	1
61	Soviet Union (URS)	0	11	9	20
62	Portugal (POR)	0	3	6	9
63	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	0	2	3	5
64	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	4	5
65	Kuwait (KUW)	0	1	2	3
66	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	1	2
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	1	2
68	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	0	1
70	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	5	5
71	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	2	2
72	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (75 entries)		2504	2371	2306	7181

Multiple Paralympic swimming medalists

This table is updated to the 2016 Paralympics.

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