| Sport: | football 5-a-side |
| Size: | 150 |
| Menevents: | 1 |
Football 5-a-side, also known as blind football, has been contested at the Summer Paralympics since 2004. The competition has consisted of a single event, men's team; women have never competed.[1] Football 5-a-side is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules.
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | width=9% | Score | Silver | Bronze | width=9% | Score | 4th place | |
| 2004 Details |  Athens | 0–0 | 2–0 | |||||
| 2008 Details |  Beijing | 2–1 | 1–1 | |||||
| 2012 Details | London | 2–0 | 0–0 | |||||
| 2016 Details |  Rio de Janeiro | 1–0 | 0–0 | |||||
| 2020 Details |  Tokyo | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||||
| 2024 Details |  Paris | 1–1 | 1–0 | |||||
- : denotes nation that did not take part that year.
X : denotes nation that did not advance into the final rounds.
| Team | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | |
| 4 | |||||||
| - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| 6 | - | - | 8 | ||||
| - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - | ||
| 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| - | - | 6 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | ||
| - | - | - | 7 | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | 8 | 6 | |||
| 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4 | 6 | 6 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | 7 | - | ||
| - | - | 8 | 5 | - | 7 | ||
| Total teams | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |