List of Paralympic medalists in athletics
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History[]
Athletics was one of the first eight sports to be competed in the Summer Paralympics which began in 1960.[1] At the time it debuted, only track events were held: club throw, javelin throw, pentathlon (for male athletes) precision club throw and shot put which held between men and women. They were held between three classes per event: class A, B and C. The first multi-medallist Maria Scutti from Italy won almost all events for women by gaining nine gold medals and made her team top the medal table. In the 1964 Summer Paralympics, track events were featured for the first for only wheelchair competitors where 60m and 100m (for male competitors) races were in place as well as 4x40m relay race. Slalom and pentathlon events began in the 1968 Summer Paralympics.
Heidelberg saw more track events added: as well as wheelchair competitors, competitors with different disabilities took part leading the total of events (both field and track) held in athletics to 207.
Medal tables[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States (USA) | 380 | 366 | 321 | 1067 |
2 | Canada (CAN) | 197 | 161 | 162 | 520 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 196 | 158 | 176 | 530 |
4 | China (CHN) | 160 | 136 | 89 | 385 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 151 | 155 | 157 | 463 |
6 | West Germany (FRG) | 140 | 125 | 121 | 386 |
7 | Poland (POL) | 112 | 104 | 87 | 303 |
8 | Spain (ESP) | 76 | 60 | 52 | 188 |
9 | France (FRA) | 73 | 83 | 73 | 229 |
10 | South Africa (RSA) | 67 | 54 | 52 | 173 |
11 | Germany (GER) | 66 | 91 | 100 | 257 |
12 | Mexico (MEX) | 62 | 63 | 63 | 188 |
13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 60 | 65 | 59 | 184 |
14 | Japan (JPN) | 57 | 63 | 48 | 168 |
15 | Sweden (SWE) | 55 | 48 | 34 | 137 |
16 | Italy (ITA) | 52 | 54 | 63 | 169 |
17 | Belgium (BEL) | 52 | 45 | 32 | 129 |
18 | Finland (FIN) | 45 | 61 | 52 | 158 |
19 | Austria (AUT) | 43 | 62 | 65 | 170 |
20 | Russia (RUS) | 43 | 30 | 21 | 94 |
21 | Brazil (BRA) | 40 | 61 | 35 | 136 |
22 | Ireland (IRL) | 38 | 38 | 56 | 132 |
23 | Tunisia (TUN) | 38 | 34 | 21 | 93 |
24 | Denmark (DEN) | 36 | 24 | 16 | 76 |
25 | Israel (ISR) | 35 | 37 | 39 | 111 |
26 | Netherlands (NED) | 33 | 46 | 42 | 121 |
27 | New Zealand (NZL) | 33 | 35 | 24 | 92 |
28 | Ukraine (UKR) | 32 | 40 | 41 | 113 |
29 | Iran (IRI) | 30 | 22 | 26 | 78 |
30 | Cuba (CUB) | 30 | 15 | 16 | 61 |
31 | Norway (NOR) | 26 | 29 | 26 | 81 |
32 | Egypt (EGY) | 25 | 27 | 35 | 87 |
33 | South Korea (KOR) | 21 | 16 | 17 | 54 |
34 | Soviet Union (URS) | 21 | 9 | 6 | 36 |
35 | Algeria (ALG) | 20 | 18 | 27 | 65 |
36 | Kenya (KEN) | 18 | 14 | 13 | 45 |
37 | Portugal (POR) | 17 | 14 | 20 | 51 |
38 | Argentina (ARG) | 15 | 31 | 28 | 74 |
39 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 15 | 19 | 16 | 50 |
40 | Jamaica (JAM) | 14 | 8 | 13 | 35 |
41 | Nigeria (NGR) | 13 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
42 | Thailand (THA) | 12 | 14 | 11 | 37 |
43 | Morocco (MAR) | 12 | 7 | 7 | 26 |
44 | Kuwait (KUW) | 11 | 15 | 15 | 41 |
45 | Unified Team (EUN) | 11 | 10 | 7 | 28 |
46 | Belarus (BLR) | 10 | 17 | 19 | 46 |
47 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 10 | 11 | 16 | 37 |
48 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 8 | 7 | 17 | 32 |
49 | Greece (GRE) | 5 | 15 | 23 | 43 |
50 | Lithuania (LTU) | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
51 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
52 | Latvia (LAT) | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
53 | Rhodesia (RHO) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
54 | Croatia (CRO) | 4 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
55 | Angola (ANG) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
56 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
57 | Serbia (SRB) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
58 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
59 | India (IND) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
60 | Panama (PAN) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
61 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
62 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
64 | Malaysia (MAS) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
65 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 10 | 6 | 18 |
66 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
67 | Bahrain (BRN) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
68 | Namibia (NAM) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
69 | Myanmar (MYA) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
71 | Iraq (IRQ) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
72 | Slovakia (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
73 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
74 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
75 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
76 | Colombia (COL) | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
77 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
78 | Estonia (EST) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
79 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
80 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
81 | Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
82 | Botswana (BOT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Chile (CHI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Fiji (FIJ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Sudan (SUD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
87 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
88 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
89 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
90 | Bahamas (BAH) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
91 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
92 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
94 | Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
95 | Malta (MLT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
96 | Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Papua New Guinea (PNG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Uganda (UGA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
99 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
100 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Rwanda (RWA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (108 nations) | 2803 | 2750 | 2603 | 8156 |
Events[]
Defunct events[]
Athletic events that were previously scheduled in the Paralympic Games.
Current field events[]
Changed to current "F-" classes in 1996.
- (held since 1960)
- (held since 1964)
- High jump (held since 1976)
- (held since 1960)
- (held since 1976)
- (held since 1960)
Current track events[]
Changed to current "T-" classes in 1996.
- 100m (held since 1964)
- 200m (held since 1976)
- 400m (held since 1976)
- (held since 1980)
- (held since 1980)
- (held since 1984)
- (held since 1980)
- (held since 1984)
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Rome 1960 Paralympic Summer Games". National Paralympic Heritage Trust. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- Athletics at the Summer Paralympics
- Lists of Paralympic medalists