Men's medal summaries
Amputee athletes
Blind athletes
Intellectually impaired athletes
| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F20 | 2000 | Wissam Ben Bahri  Tunisia | Parashos Stogiannidis  Greece | Hein Seyerling  South Africa |
The high jump was first contested in the 1976 Summer Paralympics for men and women. However, the women's high jump is now discontinued with the last event being held in the 2000 Summer Paralympics.
| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F20 | 2000 | Wissam Ben Bahri Tunisia | Parashos Stogiannidis Greece | Hein Seyerling South Africa |
| Class | Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 1976 [12] | B. Stanger Canada | Only one competitor | |
| 1980 [13] | Joke van Rijswijk  Netherlands | Ilse Bohning  West Germany | Cheryl Hurd Canada | |
| Class A6 | 1984 [14] | Petra Buddelmeyer West Germany | Julie Holley  United States | No bronze medalist |
| B | 1976 | G. Bloomfield Canada | Only one competitor | |
| 1980 | Janet Rowley United States | Lynelle Brantner United States | Anna Ostapa Canada | |
| B1 | 1984 | Catherine Welsby  Great Britain | Vera Kroes Netherlands | Joke van Rijswijk Netherlands |
| B2 | 1984 | Janet Rowley United States | Margaret Murphy  Australia | No bronze medalist |
| B3 | 1984 | Melba Houghton United States | Zhao Jihong  China | No bronze medalist |
| C | 1980 | Charmaine Cree Australia | Only one competitor | |
| D | 1980 | Sue Grimstead Canada | Only one competitor | |
| F20 | 2000 [15] | Lisa Llorens Australia | Kazumi Sakai  Japan | Sirly Tiik  Estonia |
Uri Bergman is an Israeli paralympic swimming champion. He competed at the 1976, 1980, and 1984, and 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Volleyball at the Summer Paralympics was first held in 1976, when the traditional form of standing volleyball for men was contested and sitting volleyball for men was a demonstration sport. From 1980 through 2000, men's standing and sitting events were contested. The women's sitting volleyball event was introduced in 2004.
Wheelchair basketball has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since the 1960 Summer Paralympics in Rome.
Greece, the birthplace of the Ancient Olympic Games that hosted the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics, did not compete in the Summer Paralympics until 1976 and in the Winter Paralympics until 2002, but since then the Greeks have taken part in every edition of both events. Although the Greek delegation traditionally enters first during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, this tradition does not apply to the Paralympics, where Greece enters within alphabetical order. The National Paralympic Committee for Greece is the Hellenic Paralympic Committee.
Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum is an Israeli athlete who has won 31 Paralympic medals. She has represented Israel at the Summer Paralympic Games seven times and has competed in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and wheelchair basketball at the Games.
Tommy Taylor was a British Paralympic athlete who won sixteen medals across five sports, including ten gold medals. Taylor was treated by Ludwig Guttmann after an accident in 1956 caused severe paralysis. He went on to compete at numerous Paralympic Games, finding particular success in para table tennis from Rome 1960 to Arnhem 1980. Eight of Taylor's gold medals came in table tennis, along with one in snooker and one in lawn bowls.
James Muirhead was a British Paralympic swimmer who won thirteen medals at the Summer Paralympic Games. His Paralympic debut was at the 1976 Summer Paralympics where he won two gold medals and two silvers. Muirhead repeated that feat in Arnhem for the 1980 Games, albeit in different events. He returned from the 1984 Summer Paralympics with a fifth gold, another silver, and three bronze medals.
These defunct field events were once contested in previous Paralympic Games in which both men and women competed in various classes.
Roni Fradkin competed for Israel in men's standing volleyball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, 1980 Summer Paralympics, 1984 Summer Paralympics and 1988 Summer Paralympics. As a member of the Israeli team, he won gold medals in 1976, 1980, and 1984 and a silver medal in 1988.
Nitzan Atzmon competed for Israel and won gold medals in the men's standing volleyball events at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, the 1980 Summer Paralympics, and the 1984 Summer Paralympics.
Aharon Danziger is an Israeli volleyball player, who competed for Israel in men's standing volleyball at the 1976 Summer Paralympics, the 1980 Summer Paralympics, the 1984 Summer Paralympics, and the 1992 Summer Paralympics. As a member of the Israeli team, he won gold medals in 1976, 1980, and 1984.
Ingrid Lauridsen is a Danish TW3 classified wheelchair racer who competed in the Paralympic Games and the IPC Athletics World Championships. She won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem and took six gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York and Stoke Mandeville. Lauridsen finished third in the women's 800 metres wheelchair event at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics in Rome. She took two gold medals and three bronze medals at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul and four silver medals at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. Lauridsen won three medals at the 1994 IPC Athletics World Championships in Berlin.
Waltraud Hagenlocher was a German paralympic athlete. She won fourteen medals.
Chris De Craene is a Belgian paralympic athlete, and para swimmer. She competed at the 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Paralympics. She won three medals, one silver and two bronze.
Ariela Meizannée Cohen is a former Israeli paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. She won seven Paralympic medals, three individual medals in swimming and four medals as a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team.
Yisachar Navon is a former Paralympic athlete representing Israel.
