Swimming at the Summer Paralympics

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

Australian swimmer Priya Cooper acknowledges the crowd after another winning performance in the S8 class at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games

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
Zorn, TrischaTrischa Zorn	United States	1980 - 2004	B1, B2, B3	41	9	4	54
Freney, JacquelineJacqueline Freney	Australia	2008 - 2012	SM7, S7, S8, 34pts	8	0	3	11
Narita, MayumiMayumi Narita	Japan	1996 - 2004	SM4, S4, SB3, 20pts	15	3	2	20
Edgson, MichaelMichael Edgson	Canada	1984 - 1992	B3	18	0	0	18
Scott, ElizabethElizabeth Scott	United States	1992 - 2000	B3?	10	2	5	17
Hess, BéatriceBéatrice Hess	France	1984 - 2004	S5	20	5	0	25
Popovich, ErinErin Popovich	United States	2000 - 2008	S6, S7	14	5	0	19
Bergman, UriUri Bergman	Israel	1976 - 1988	?	11	0	1	12
Hengst, ClaudiaClaudia Hengst	West Germany	1988 - 2004	L6, SM10	13	4	8	25
Paton, SiobhanSiobhan Paton	Australia	2000	S14	6	0	0	6
Kenny, MikeMike Kenny	Great Britain	1976 - 1988	1A, 1C	16	2	0	18
Cowdrey, MatthewMatthew Cowdrey	Australia	2004 - 2012	S9	13	7	3	23
Dixon, StephanieStephanie Dixon	Canada	2000 - 2008	S9	7	8	2	17
Cooper, PriyaPriya Cooper	Australia	1992 - 2000	S8	9	3	4	16
du Toit, NatalieNatalie du Toit	South Africa	2004 - 2012	S9	13	2	0	15
Trondsen, ErlingErling Trondsen	Norway	1976 - 1992	?	13	?	?	20
Dias, DanielDaniel Dias	Brazil	2008 - 2012	S5	10	4	1	15
Roberts, DavidDavid Roberts	Great Britain	2000 - 2008	S7	11	4	1	16
Holmes, ChristopherChristopher Holmes	Great Britain	1988 - 2000	S12?	9	5	1	15

References

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