List of medal sweeps in Paralympic Games explained

A podium sweep is when one team wins all available medals in a single event in a sporting event. It is often a rare occurrence that often happens in athletics, cycling and swimming. Since the Paralympic Games started in 1960, there have been 79 podium sweeps (updated to the 2020 Summer Paralympics).^[1]

Archery

See also: Archery at the Summer Paralympics. There has been one occasion where there has been a podium sweep in archery.^[2]

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 London	Men's recurve standing		Timur Tuchinov	Oleg Shestakov	Mikhail Oyun
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Women's individual compound W1		Jessica Stretton	Jo Frith	Vicky Jenkins

Athletics

See also: Athletics at the Summer Paralympics. There are 26 podium sweeps in track and field athletics in the Paralympic Games.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome^[3]	Women's shot put A		Maria Scutti 4.18 m	Anna Maria Galimberti 3.70 m	Anna Maria Toso 3.17 m
1964 Tokyo^[4]	Men's wheelchair dash below T10		Ron Stein	Tim Harris	Richard Miller
1968 Tel Aviv^[5]	Men's slalom C		Hisashi Furukawa 1:01.50	Mikio Egawa 1:03.20	Teruyoshi Tsuchiya 1:04.40
	60 m wheelchair A		Carol Geisse	Kirn	Cornett
	Women's club throw D		Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum 27.44 m	Batia Mishani 23.93 m	Shoshana Sharabi 21.06 m
1976 Toronto^[6]	Men's discus throw C		Hans Josefiak 37.13 m	Dieter Belz 35.99 m	E. Kuehnel 35.13 m
	Men's discus throw D1		John Jerome 27.16 m	J. Behan 24.61 m	Curt Brinkman 24.42 m
	Men's shot put C		John Jerome	J. Behan	M. Johnson
	Men's javelin throw D1 C		Dieter Belz 13.39 m	E. Kuehnel 13.22 m	Hans Josefiak 12.90 m
	Women's pentathlon A		J. Pacquette 3786pts	B. Stanger 3274pts	T. Stevenson 3208pts
1980 Arnhem^[7]	Men's 400m D1 wheelchairs		Curt Brinkman 1:13.05	Jim Martinson 1:13.61	J. Finch 1:19.89
	Women's 60m A		Carmella Lovitt 9.08 s	Lou Keller 9.20 s	Melissa Ricketts 9.23 s
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York^[8]	Men's 100m C5		John Sacco 22.96 s	Dean Houle 23.66 s	Mark Kemp 25.92 s
	Women's club throw C3		Aileen Harper 12.38 m	Anne Trotman 12.04 m	Linda Fyfe 9.55 m
1988 Seoul^[9]	Men's 200m C4-5		Robert Easton 37.98 s	Gino Vendetti 38.61 s	Michael Johner 40.33 s
	Men's 400m 1A		Gunther Obert	Hans Lubbering	Heinrich Koeberle
	Men's 800m 1A		Gunther Obert 3:01.09	Hans Lubbering 3:01.39	Heinrich Koeberle 3:08.88
	Men's 5000m 1A		Heinrich Koeberle 19:23.38	Hans Lubbering 21:15.52	Gunther Obert 22:13.63
	Men's slalom 3		Seiji Hayashi 1:54.20	Takao Ishii 1:56.20	Takeshi Iwasaki 2:00.20
	Men's Distance throw C1		Keung Ho Ku	Keung Ho Lee	Ji Hwan Yun
1992 Barcelona^[10]	Men's 200m C3-4		David Larson 31.60 s	Ross Davis 32.28 s	Christopher Ridgway 34.70 s
	Men's 400m C3-4		David Larson 58.22 s	Ross Davis 59.54 s	Christopher Ridgway 1:01.80
	Men's 800m C3-4		David Larson 1:55.90	Ross Davis 1:55.98	Christopher Ridgway 2:06.19
1996 Atlanta^[11]	Women's long jump F10-11		Magdalena Amo 5.22 m	Rosalia Lazaro 5.22 m	Purificacion Ortiz 5.07 m
	Men's 800 m T11		José Antonio Sánchez	José Saura	Ruben Delgado
2000 Sydney^[12]	Men's javelin throw F58		Mahmoud Elatar 49.92 m	El Sayed Moussa 41.41 m	Hany Elbehiry 40.56 m
	Women's 200 meters T38^[13]		Lisa McIntosh 28.54 s	Alison Quinn 29.31 s	Katrina Webb 29.84 s
2008 Beijing	Women's discus throw F42-46		Wang Jun 36.99 m F42 WR	Yang Yue 42.38 m F44 WR	Zheng Baozhu 33.19 m F42
2012 London	Women's 100 meters T11		Terezinha Guilhermina 12.01 s WR	Jerusa Geber 12.75 s	Jhulia Santos 12.76 s
	Men's shot put F32-33		Kamel Kardjena 12.14 m	Karim Betina 10.37 m	Mounir Bakiri 9.49 m
2016 Rio	Women's 1500 meters T54		Tatyana McFadden 3:22.50	Jerusa Geber 3:22.61	Jhulia Santos 3:22.67
	Women's 5000 meters T54		Tatyana McFadden 11:54.07	Chelsea McClammer 11:54.33	Amanda McGrory 11:54.34
2020 Tokyo	Women's 100 metres T63		Ambra Sabatini 14.11 s WR	Martina Caironi 14.46 s	Monica Contrafatto 14.73 s

Cycling

See also: Cycling at the Summer Paralympics.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988 Seoul	Men's bicycle 1500 m C5–6		Do Geol Kwak	Jong Kil Kim	Jung Yeol Lee
	Men's bicycle 3000 m C5–6/8		Jong Kil Kim	Do Geol Kwak	Jung Yeol Lee
2004 Athens	Men's bicycle 1500 m C5–6		Zhou Ju Fang 1:15.49 WR	An Feng Zhen 1:17.71	Tang Qi 1:18.39 WR

Lawn bowls

See also: Lawn bowls at the Summer Paralympics.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York^[14]	Men's singles tetraplegic		K. Ellison	Isabel Barr	Tommy Taylor
1996 Atlanta^[15]	Men's singles LB7/8		Alan Lyne	George Wright	Keith Brenton

Paratriathlon

See also: Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics.

Snooker

See also: Paratriathlon at the Summer Paralympics.

Swimming

See also: Swimming at the Summer Paralympics.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome^[16]	Men's 25m crawl incomplete class 2		Renzo Rogo 25.60 s	Grimaldi 30.20 s	Ottavio Moscone 30.40 s
	Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 2		Renzo Rogo 35.90 s	Grimaldi 36.00 s	Ottavio Moscone 36.70 s
	Women's 25m backstroke juniors incomplete class 4		Reklev 28.10 s	Myrheim 29.40 s	Vagrum 30.70 s
1964 Tokyo^[17]	Women's 50m breaststroke special class		Silvia Cochetti 1:08.10	Estela Falocco 1:36.00	Amelia Mier 2:07.90
	Women's 50m freestyle prone special class		Silvia Cochetti 46.70 s	Estela Falocco 1:04.40	Amelia Mier 1:05.40
	Women's 50m freestyle supine special class		Silvia Cochetti 1:05.70	Estela Falocco 1:17.90	Amelia Mier 1:20.20
1976 Toronto^[18]	Women's 100m backstroke 5		Marijke Ruiter 1:21.76	Riekie Adelerhof 1:33.53	Jeanne Backx-de Backer 1:36.35
1980 Arnhem^[19]	Men's 100m backstroke E		M. Kers 1:18.94	Andre van Buiten 1:19.74	B. Koopman 1:24.51
	Women's 100m backstroke B		Trischa Zorn 1:11.80	Marie van Liere 1:18.87	Missy Akins 1:21.30
	Women's 4x50m individual medley B		Trischa Zorn	Missy Akins	Marie van Liere
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York^[20]	Women's 50m breaststroke B3		Marie van Liere 43.46 s	Tonia McHugh 45.00 s	Kristy Satterfield 54.68 s
	Women's 100m backstroke B3		Barbara Eiler 1:20.15	Cathy Schmitt 1:20.97	Marie van Liere 1:22.60
	Women's 400m breaststroke B3		Cathy Schmitt 6:55.13	Lori Johnson 7:06.28	Marie van Liere 7:19.34
1992 Summer Paralympics^[21]	Men's 50m freestyle S2		Peter Hull 1:09.28	James Anderson 1:20.44	Alan McGregor 1:25.71
	Men's 100m freestyle S2		Peter Hull 2:26.30	James Anderson 2:56.56	Alan McGregor 3:02.93
	Women's 400m freestyle B2–3		Elizabeth Scott	Trischa Zorn	Heidi Schetter
	Women's 100m breaststroke SB6-7		Britta Siegers 1:44.47	Heidi Kopp 1:49.82	Beate Schretzmann 1:50.55
2008 Summer Paralympics	Women's 100 metre butterfly S13		Valerie Grand Maison 1:06.49	Kirby Cote 1:06.62	Chelsey Gotell 1:06.93
	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13		Chelsey Gotell 1:13.46	Kirby Cote 1:13.71	Valerie Grand Maison 1:16.98
2016 Summer Paralympics	Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2		Wenpan Huang 50.65 s WR	Tingshen Li 51.78 s	Chaowen Huang 54.29 s
	Men's 50 metre butterfly S6		Qing Xu 29.89 s WR	Zheng Tao 29.93 s	Lichao Wang 30.95 s
	Men's 100 metre butterfly S8		Maodang Song 59.19 s WR	Haijiao Xu 1:00.08	Guanglong Yang 1:01.18
	Men's 200 metre individual medley SM10		Denys Dubrov 2:06.87 WR	Maksym Krypak 2:08.10	Dmytro Vanzenko 2:10.48
2020 Summer Paralympics	Men's 50 metre butterfly S5		Zheng Tao 30.62 s WR	Wang Lichao 31.81 s	Yuan Weiyi 32.00 s
	Men's 50 metre backstroke S5		Zheng Tao 31.42 s WR	Ruan Jingsong 32.97 s	Wang Lichao 33.38 s
	Men's 50 metre freestyle S5		Zheng Tao 30.31 s PR	Yuan Weiyi 31.11 s	Wang Lichao 31.35 s
	Women's 100m backstroke S11		Cai Liwen 1:13.46 WR	Wang Xinyi 1:13.71	Li Guizhi 1:16.98

Table tennis

See also: Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics.

Wheelchair tennis

See also: Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Women's single TT3		Maaike Smit	Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch	Chantal Vandierendonck
2000 Sydney	Women's single		Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	Maaike Smit
2012 London	Women's single		Esther Vergeer	Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen

Wheelchair fencing

See also: Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome^[22]	Men's sabre individual		Aurelio Tedone	Franco Rossi	Giovanni Ferraris
	Men's sabre team		Giovanni Ferraris Aurelio Tedone	Ottavio Moscone Aroldo Ruschioni	Giovanni Berghella Franco Rossi
	Women's foil individual		Anna Maria Toso	Maria Scutti	Anna Maria Galimberti
1968 Tel Aviv^[23]	Men's foil individual		Roberto Marson	Vittorio Loi	Giuliano Koten
1992 Barcelona^[24]	Men's foil 3-4		Arthur Bellance	Yvon Pacault	Robert Citerne
1996 Atlanta^[25]	Women's foil individual A		Josette Bourgain	Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici	Patricia Picot

Recap

Country	Number of podium sweeps
United States	19
China	9
Italy	8
	7
	6
Netherlands	5
Canada	4
	3
Argentina	3
France	2
Spain	2
Japan	2
Israel	1
Germany	1
Egypt	1
Australia	1
	1
	1
Algeria	1
Ukraine	1
Norway	1

See also

• List of Paralympic records in athletics
• List of Paralympic records in cycling
• List of Paralympic records in swimming

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Paralympic Committee. 12 June 2023. International Paralympic Committee.
2. Web site: Archery secure GB's first clean medal sweep. 12 August 2018. Channel 4 Parasport.
3. Web site: 1960 Summer Paralympics - Athletics . 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
4. Web site: 1964 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
5. Web site: 1968 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
6. Web site: 1976 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
7. Web site: 1980 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
8. Web site: 1984 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
9. Web site: 1988 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
10. Web site: 1992 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
11. Web site: 1996 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
12. Web site: 2000 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
13. https://www.paralympic.org/sydney-2000/results/athletics/womens-200-m-t38
14. Web site: 1984 Summer Paralympics - Lawn bowls. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
15. Web site: 1996 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
16. Web site: 1960 Summer Paralympics - Swimming. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
17. Web site: 1964 Summer Paralympics - Swimming. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
18. Web site: 1976 Summer Paralympics - Swimming. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
19. Web site: 1980 Summer Paralympics - Athletics. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
20. Web site: 1984 Summer Paralympics - Swimming. 13 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
21. Web site: 1992 Summer Paralympics - Swimming. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
22. Web site: 1960 Summer Paralympics - Wheelchair Fencing. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
23. Web site: 1968 Summer Paralympics - Wheelchair Fencing. 12 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
24. Web site: 1992 Summer Paralympics - Wheelchair Fencing. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.
25. Web site: 1996 Summer Paralympics - Wheelchair Fencing. 14 August 2018. www.paralympic.org.