Swimming at the Summer Paralympics Governing body IPC Events 147 (men: 82; women: 65)
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
Medal table
Updated to 2024 Summer Paralympics . Countries in italics are former countries who participated in the Paralympic Games.
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
See also
References
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