Sweden at the Paralympics

Sweden at the Paralympic Games

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Paralympic history
Summer Games
Winter Games

Sweden first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1960, at the 1960 Summer Paralympics.[1] Sweden first won a medal at the Paralympics in 1964, at the Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Sweden was also the host country of the inaugural Winter Paralympic Games, in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1960 Rome 0 0 0 0 -
1964 Tokyo 0 0 1 1 17
1968 Tel-Aviv 1 6 4 11 17
1972 Heidelberg 5 6 6 17 14
1976 Toronto 22 27 24 73 9
1980 Arnhem 31 36 24 91 7
1984 New York 83 43 34 160 4
1988 Seoul 42 38 23 103 6
1992 Barcelona 7 22 9 38 18
1996 Atlanta 12 14 11 37 13
2000 Sydney 5 6 10 21 29
2004 Athens 8 7 6 21 21
2008 Beijing 5 3 4 12 24
2012 London 4 4 4 12 29
Total 225 212 160 597 11

Medals by Winter Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1976 Örnsköldsvik 6 7 7 20 5
1980 Geilo 5 3 8 16 4
1984 Innsbruck 7 2 5 14 6
1988 Innsbruck 3 7 5 15 9
1992 Tignes-Albertsville 1 1 2 4 12
1994 Lillehammer 3 3 2 8 8
1998 Nagano 0 1 5 6 19
2002 Salt Lake City 0 6 3 9 19
2006 Turin 0 0 1 1 19
2010 Vancouver 0 0 2 2 19
2014 Sochi 1 2 1 4 11
Total 26 32 41 99 11

Medals by summer sport

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Swimming 104 111 72 287
Athletics 55 52 35 142
Shooting 23 9 16 48
Table tennis 17 25 22 64
Weightlifting 6 6 0 12
Wheelchair tennis 6 0 1 7
Powerlifting 5 0 2 7
Archery 4 5 3 12
Equestrian 4 0 2 6
Dartchery 1 0 0 1
Wheelchair fencing 0 2 0 2
Goalball 0 1 4 5
Volleyball 0 1 1 2
Judo 0 0 1 1
Wheelchair basketball 0 0 1 1
Total 225 212 160 597

See also

References

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