Goalball at the Summer Paralympics

Goalball at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IBSA
Events	2 (men: 1; women: 1)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Men's goalball match of China (left) vs United States (right) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Goalball tournaments have been staged at the Paralympic Games since 1976, after being demonstrated in 1972.

Results

Men

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976 Toronto	Austria	West Germany	Denmark
1980 Arnhem	West Germany	United States	Netherlands
1984 New York City	United States	Egypt	Yugoslavia
1988 Seoul	Yugoslavia	United States	Egypt
1992 Barcelona	Italy	Finland	Egypt
1996 Atlanta	Finland	Canada	Spain
2000 Sydney	Denmark	Lithuania	Sweden
2004 Athens	Denmark	Sweden	United States
2008 Beijing	China	Lithuania	Sweden
2012 London	Finland	Brazil	Turkey
2016 Rio	Lithuania	United States	Brazil
2020 Tokyo	Brazil	China	Lithuania
2024 Paris	Japan	Ukraine	Brazil

Women

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 New York City	United States	Canada	Denmark
1988 Seoul	Denmark	United States	Canada
1992 Barcelona	Finland	Denmark	Canada
1996 Atlanta	Germany	Finland	United States
2000 Sydney	Canada	Spain	Sweden
2004 Athens	Canada	United States	Japan
2008 Beijing	United States	China	Denmark
2012 London	Japan	China	Sweden
2016 Rio	Turkey	China	United States
2020 Tokyo	Turkey	United States	Japan
2024 Paris	Turkey	Israel	China

Medal table

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

Participating nations

Tables of both men's and women's competitions of participating nations who took part in goalball including rank classifications during the tournament.

Key

- : 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.

Men

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

Women

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

1. Algeria qualified but withdrew in April 2021, and Egypt was offered the slot.
2. Whilst the Russian women's team has qualified, it is required to compete as the Russia Paralympic Committee (RPC).

See also

• International Blind Sports Federation
• World Goalball Championships

References

• "Results". International Paralympic Committee. 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2009.

External links

• Toronto 1976 Paralympic Games results
• Arnhem 1980 Paralympic Games results
• New York 1984 Paralympic Games results
• Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games results
• Bercelona 1992 Paralympic Paralympic Games results
• Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games results
• Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games results
• Athens 2004 Paralympic Games results
• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games results
• Rio London 2012 Paralympic Games results
• Rio de Janeiro 2016 Paralympic Games results
• Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games results