| Goalball at the Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| Governing body | IBSA |
| Events | 2 (men: 1; women: 1) |
| Games | |
| Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics | |
Goalball tournaments have been staged at the Paralympic Games since 1976, after being demonstrated in 1972.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 |  Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Canada (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 |  Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | |
Tables of both men's and women's competitions of participating nations who took part in goalball including rank classifications during the tournament.
- : denotes nation did not compete in that year.
X : denotes nation participated but didn't advance to the final rounds.
Q : denotes qualified for the next Paralympic Games.
| Nation | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Algeria | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 10 | 10 | - | 4 |
 Australia | - | X | - | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Austria |  | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
 Belgium | 4 | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | - | 6 | - | 5 |
| Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |  |  | | | 5 |
 Bulgaria | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Canada | X | X | - | X | X | | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | - | - | 10 |
| China | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 6 | 7 | | 4 | 5 |
 Czech Republic | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Denmark | | X | X | X | - | - | | | 6 | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Egypt | - | 11 | | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 5 |
| Finland | - | X | - | 9 | | | X | 5 | 7 | | 9 | - | - | 9 |
 France | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| Germany | - | - | - | - | X | 7 | 7 | 10 | - | - | 6 | 9 | - | 6 |
 Great Britain | - | X | - | - | - | 10 | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 4 |
 Greece | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Hungary | - | - | - | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
 Iran | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | 9 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 4 |
| Israel | X | X | - | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | 5 |
| Italy | - | - | - | 8 | | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Japan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | | 2 |
| Lithuania | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 9 | | 4 | | | - | 6 |
| Netherlands | - | | - | 12 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
 Slovenia | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | 11 | 8 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
 South Korea | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | 8 | - | 11 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Spain | - | - | - | - | 9 | | 4 | 6 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Sweden | X | - | - | - | - | - | | | | 9 | 4 | - | - | 6 |
| Turkey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | 5 | 8 | - | 3 |
| Ukraine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | | 2 |
 Unified Team | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| United States | X | | | | 4 | 11 | 11 | | 4 | - | | 4 | 6 | 11 |
| West Germany | | | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | - | X | | | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Nation | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - [a 1] | - | 1 |
| Australia | - | X | X | X | X | - | - | 9 | 9 | 8 | - | 7 |
| Brazil | - | - | - | - | - | X | X | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Canada | | | | - | | | X | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| China | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | 5 | | 5 |
| Denmark | | | | X | - | X | | 10 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Egypt | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 1 |
| Finland | - | - | | | 4 | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 5 |
| France | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 |
| Germany | - | X | X | | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Great Britain | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Greece | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Israel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | | 3 |
| Japan | - | - | - | - | - | | X | | 5 | | 6 | 6 |
| Netherlands | - | 4 | - | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
 RPC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 [a 2] | - | |
| South Korea | - | X | - | X | X | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 4 |
| Spain | - | - | X | 4 | | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Sweden | - | - | 4 | X | | - | 4 | | - | - | - | 5 |
| Turkey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | | 3 |
| Ukraine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | 1 |
| United States | | | X | | X | | | 8 | | | - | 10 |
Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Australia commenced its involvement in the sport in 1980. Its women's team has completed in trans-Tasman competitions, the IBSA World Goalball Championships, and the Paralympic Games.
Meica Jayne Horsburgh is an Australian goalball player. She began playing the sport in 2004, the same year she made her national team debut. After the national team took a three-year break, she was named the captain in 2010 and played in the Goalball World Championships. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and was at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics.
Tyan "Little Girl" Taylor is an Australian goalball winger and is classified as a B3 competitor. In 2009, after only a month playing the sport, Taylor was named to the New South Wales team. She made the national team in 2011 and has played in the 2010 World Championships, 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup and 2011 IBSA Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Champions. She represented Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Nicole Esdaile is an Australian goalball player and is classified as a B2 competitor. She took up the sport in 1999, and made her national team debut in 2010. Subsequently, she has competed at the 2010 Goalball World Championships, 2011 IBSA Africa Oceania Goalball Regional Champions and 2011 IBSA Goalball World Cup. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in goalball.
Great Britain women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Great Britain. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. It takes part in international goalball competitions.
Russia women's national goalball team is the women's national team of Russia. It takes part in international goalball competitions. Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.
Canada competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
The United States competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The first places the team qualified were for three athletes in sailing events. They also qualified athletes in archery, goalball, shooting, swimming, and wheelchair basketball.
China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China competed in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The country qualified athletes in cycling, goalball, judo, sailing, and wheelchair basketball.
Brazil competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, as host country, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.
Russia was originally scheduled to compete during the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in what would have been its sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics as an independent nation. Russia had qualified athletes in ten sports.
Turkey has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports the country qualified to compete in include 5-a-side football, archery, goalball, and wheelchair basketball.
Algeria competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.
Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was held in the Makuhari Messe in Tokyo. The event was held from 25 August to 3 September 2021.
Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September. This was Egypt's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
Belgium competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September.
Russian athletes competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the acronym of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), using a flag depicting a one-off emblem representing the committee.
Israel competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.
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