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
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