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 |
The Paralympic symbols are the icons, flags, and symbols used by the International Paralympic Committee to promote the Paralympic Games.
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.
The Netherlands participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of five athletes. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It made its Winter Paralympics début in 1984, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Games, except 2006. The Netherlands was the host country of the 1980 Summer Paralympics, in Arnhem.
Marathon events have been held at the Summer Paralympic Games, for both men and women, since the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City. They are held as part of the Paralympic athletics programme.
Australia competed at the 1980 Summer Paralympics in Arnhem, Netherlands. It was the 6th Summer Paralympic Games in which Australia had competed. These Games were the biggest Paralympics yet, with 1,973 people participating. Of those participants, 57 were Australian. The team was made up of 45 men and 12 women, and was Australia's largest team to compete at any Paralympic Games so far.
Australia competed at the 1984 Summer Paralympics that were held in two locations - Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and in the Mitchel Athletic Complex and Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, United States of America. Four months before the beginning of the 1984 summer Paralympics, the University of Illinois terminating their contract to hold the Games. Australia won 154 medals - 49 gold, 54 silver and 51 bronze medals. Australia competed in 9 sports and won medals in 6 sports. Australia finished 8th on the gold medal table and 7th on the total medal table.
Terence "Terry" Giddy is an Australian Paralympic athlete with paraplegia, who won six medals over six Paralympics.
John Martin is an Australian Paralympic archer, athlete, table tennis player, wheelchair basketballer and wheelchair fencer who won three silver medals at five Paralympics. He was born in England and emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of 13.
Mike Kenny, MBE is a retired British swimmer. He won 16 gold medals and two silvers over four Paralympic Games, making him the second most successful British Paralympian of all time. He twice retained his gold medals in three swimming events, breaking numerous world records in the process.
In September 1943, the British government asked neurologist Ludwig Guttmann to establish the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire. When the centre opened in 1944, Guttmann was appointed its director and held the position until 1966. Sport was introduced as part of the total rehabilitation programme for patients at the centre, starting with darts, snooker, punchball, and skittles, followed by archery.
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.
Kenneth Cairns MBE is a British swimmer who won five Paralympic gold medals across five Games, along with several world titles. He broke several records in swimming events, and was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours for services to disabled sports.
These defunct field events were once contested in previous Paralympic Games which were both men and women competed.
Dennis Miller is a New Zealand Paralympian who competed in athletics and table tennis. At the 1976 Summer Paralympics, he won gold medals in the 60m 1C and Slalom 1C. At the 1980 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Slalom 1C, and a bronze medal in the 60m 1C. At the 1984 Summer Paralympics, he won a gold medal in the Slalom 1C. He also competed at the 1972 Summer Paralympics.
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.
