Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
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Events | 147 (men: 82; women: 65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 swam at the games as Paralympic records.
Multiple Paralympic swimming medalists
This table is updated to the 2012 Paralympics.
Athlete | Nation | Years active | Class(es) | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Trischa Zorn | United States | 1980 - 2004 | B1, B2, B3 | 41 | 9 | 4 | 54 |
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 |
Daniel Dias | Brazil | 2008 - 2012 | S5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
David Roberts | Great Britain | 2000 - 2008 | S7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
Christopher Holmes | Great Britain | 1988 - 2000 | S12? | 9 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
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