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]
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 |  Russia (RUS) | Timur Tuchinov | Oleg Shestakov | Mikhail Oyun |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Women's individual compound W1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | Jessica Stretton | Jo Frith | Vicky Jenkins |
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 |  Italy (ITA) | 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 |  United States (USA) | Ron Stein | Tim Harris | Richard Miller |
| 1968 Tel Aviv [5] | Men's slalom C |  Japan (JPN) | Hisashi Furukawa 1:01.50 | Mikio Egawa 1:03.20 | Teruyoshi Tsuchiya 1:04.40 |
| 60 m wheelchair A | United States (USA) | Carol Geisse | Kirn | Cornett | |
| Women's club throw D |  Israel (ISR) | Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum 27.44 m | Batia Mishani 23.93 m | Shoshana Sharabi 21.06 m | |
| 1976 Toronto [6] | Men's discus throw C |  West Germany (FRG) | Hans Josefiak 37.13 m | Dieter Belz 35.99 m | E. Kuehnel 35.13 m |
| Men's discus throw D1 | United States (USA) | John Jerome 27.16 m | J. Behan 24.61 m | Curt Brinkman 24.42 m | |
| Men's shot put C | West Germany (FRG) | John Jerome | J. Behan | M. Johnson | |
| Men's javelin throw D1 C | United States (USA) | Dieter Belz 13.39 m | E. Kuehnel 13.22 m | Hans Josefiak 12.90 m | |
| Women's pentathlon A |  Canada (CAN) | J. Pacquette 3786pts | B. Stanger 3274pts | T. Stevenson 3208pts | |
| 1980 Arnhem [7] | Men's 400m D1 wheelchairs | United States (USA) | Curt Brinkman 1:13.05 | Jim Martinson 1:13.61 | J. Finch 1:19.89 |
| Women's 60m A | United States (USA) | 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 | United States (USA) | John Sacco 22.96 s | Dean Houle 23.66 s | Mark Kemp 25.92 s |
| Women's club throw C3 | Great Britain (GBR) | Aileen Harper 12.38 m | Anne Trotman 12.04 m | Linda Fyfe 9.55 m | |
| 1988 Seoul [9] | Men's 200m C4-5 | Canada (CAN) | Robert Easton 37.98 s | Gino Vendetti 38.61 s | Michael Johner 40.33 s |
| Men's 400m 1A | Germany (GER) | Gunther Obert | Hans Lubbering | Heinrich Koeberle | |
| Men's 800m 1A | West Germany (FRG) | Gunther Obert 3:01.09 | Hans Lubbering 3:01.39 | Heinrich Koeberle 3:08.88 | |
| Men's 5000m 1A | West Germany (FRG) | Heinrich Koeberle 19:23.38 | Hans Lubbering 21:15.52 | Gunther Obert 22:13.63 | |
| Men's slalom 3 | Japan (JPN) | Seiji Hayashi 1:54.20 | Takao Ishii 1:56.20 | Takeshi Iwasaki 2:00.20 | |
| Men's Distance throw C1 |  South Korea (KOR) | Keung Ho Ku | Keung Ho Lee | Ji Hwan Yun | |
| 1992 Barcelona [10] | Men's 200m C3-4 | United States (USA) | David Larson 31.60 s | Ross Davis 32.28 s | Christopher Ridgway 34.70 s |
| Men's 400m C3-4 | United States (USA) | David Larson 58.22 s | Ross Davis 59.54 s | Christopher Ridgway 1:01.80 | |
| Men's 800m C3-4 | United States (USA) | David Larson 1:55.90 | Ross Davis 1:55.98 | Christopher Ridgway 2:06.19 | |
| 1996 Atlanta [11] | Women's long jump F10-11 |  Spain (ESP) | Magdalena Amo 5.22 m | Rosalia Lazaro 5.22 m | Purificacion Ortiz 5.07 m |
| Men's 800 m T11 | Spain (ESP) | José Antonio Sánchez | José Saura | Ruben Delgado | |
| 2000 Sydney [12] | Men's javelin throw F58 |  Egypt (EGY) | Mahmoud Elatar 49.92 m | El Sayed Moussa 41.41 m | Hany Elbehiry 40.56 m |
| Women's 200 meters T38 [13] |  Australia (AUS) | Lisa McIntosh 28.54 s | Alison Quinn 29.31 s | Katrina Webb 29.84 s | |
| 2008 Beijing | Women's discus throw F42-46 |  China (CHN) | 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 |  Brazil (BRA) | Terezinha Guilhermina 12.01 s WR | Jerusa Geber 12.75 s | Jhulia Santos 12.76 s |
| Men's shot put F32-33 |  Algeria (ALG) | Kamel Kardjena 12.14 m | Karim Betina 10.37 m | Mounir Bakiri 9.49 m | |
| 2016 Rio | Women's 1500 meters T54 | United States (USA) | Tatyana McFadden 3:22.50 | Jerusa Geber 3:22.61 | Jhulia Santos 3:22.67 |
| Women's 5000 meters T54 | United States (USA) | Tatyana McFadden 11:54.07 | Chelsea McClammer 11:54.33 | Amanda McGrory 11:54.34 | |
| 2020 Tokyo | Women's 100 metres T63 | Italy (ITA) | Ambra Sabatini 14.11 s WR | Martina Caironi 14.46 s | Monica Contrafatto 14.73 s |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Seul | Men's bicycle 1500 m C5–6 | South Korea (KOR) | Do Geol Kwak | Jong Kil Kim | Jung Yeol Lee |
| Men's bicycle 3000 m C5–6/8 | South Korea (KOR) | Jong Kil Kim | Do Geol Kwak | Jung Yeol Lee | |
| 2004 Athens | Men's bicycle 1500 m C5–6 | China (CHN) | Zhou Ju Fang 1:15.49 WR | An Feng Zhen 1:17.71 | Tang Qi 1:18.39 WR |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York [14] | Men's singles tetraplegic | Great Britain (GBR) | K. Ellison | Isabel Barr | Tommy Taylor |
| 1996 Atlanta [15] | Men's singles LB7/8 | Great Britain (GBR) | Alan Lyne | George Wright | Keith Brenton |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Rio | Women's PT2 | United States (USA) | Allysa Seely | Hailey Danisewicz | Melissa Stockwell |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York | Men tetraplegic | Great Britain (GBR) | P. Haslam | K. Ellison | Tommy Taylor |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Rome [16] | Men's 25m crawl incomplete class 2 | Italy (ITA) | Renzo Rogo 25.60 s | Grimaldi 30.20 s | Ottavio Moscone 30.40 s |
| Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 2 | Italy (ITA) | Renzo Rogo 35.90 s | Grimaldi 36.00 s | Ottavio Moscone 36.70 s | |
| Women's 25m backstroke juniors incomplete class 4 |  Norway (NOR) | Reklev 28.10 s | Myrheim 29.40 s | Vagrum 30.70 s | |
| 1964 Tokyo [17] | Women's 50m breaststroke special class |  Argentina (ARG) | Silvia Cochetti 1:08.10 | Estela Falocco 1:36.00 | Amelia Mier 2:07.90 |
| Women's 50m freestyle prone special class | Argentina (ARG) | Silvia Cochetti 46.70 s | Estela Falocco 1:04.40 | Amelia Mier 1:05.40 | |
| Women's 50m freestyle supine special class | Argentina (ARG) | Silvia Cochetti 1:05.70 | Estela Falocco 1:17.90 | Amelia Mier 1:20.20 | |
| 1976 Toronto [18] | Women's 100m backstroke 5 |  Netherlands (NED) | 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 | Netherlands (NED) | M. Kers 1:18.94 | Andre van Buiten 1:19.74 | B. Koopman 1:24.51 |
| Women's 100m backstroke B | United States (USA) | Trischa Zorn 1:11.80 | Marie van Liere 1:18.87 | Missy Akins 1:21.30 | |
| Women's 4x50m individual medley B | United States (USA) | Trischa Zorn | Missy Akins | Marie van Liere | |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York [20] | Women's 50m breaststroke B3 | United States (USA) | Marie van Liere 43.46 s | Tonia McHugh 45.00 s | Kristy Satterfield 54.68 s |
| Women's 100m backstroke B3 | United States (USA) | Barbara Eiler 1:20.15 | Cathy Schmitt 1:20.97 | Marie van Liere 1:22.60 | |
| Women's 400m breaststroke B3 | United States (USA) | 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 | Great Britain (GBR) | Peter Hull 1:09.28 | James Anderson 1:20.44 | Alan McGregor 1:25.71 |
| Men's 100m freestyle S2 | Great Britain (GBR) | Peter Hull 2:26.30 | James Anderson 2:56.56 | Alan McGregor 3:02.93 | |
| Women's 400m freestyle B2–3 | United States (USA) | Elizabeth Scott | Trischa Zorn | Heidi Schetter | |
| Women's 100m breaststroke SB6-7 | Germany (GER) | Britta Siegers 1:44.47 | Heidi Kopp 1:49.82 | Beate Schretzmann 1:50.55 | |
| 2008 Summer Paralympics | Women's 100 metre butterfly S13 | Canada (CAN) | Valerie Grand Maison 1:06.49 | Kirby Cote 1:06.62 | Chelsey Gotell 1:06.93 |
| Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13 | Canada (CAN) | 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 | China (CHN) | Wenpan Huang 50.65 s WR | Tingshen Li 51.78 s | Chaowen Huang 54.29 s |
| Men's 50 metre butterfly S6 | China (CHN) | Qing Xu 29.89 s WR | Zheng Tao 29.93 s | Lichao Wang 30.95 s | |
| Men's 100 metre butterfly S8 | China (CHN) | Maodang Song 59.19 s WR | Haijiao Xu 1:00.08 | Guanglong Yang 1:01.18 | |
| Men's 200 metre individual medley SM10 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 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 | China (CHN) | Zheng Tao 30.62 s WR | Wang Lichao 31.81 s | Yuan Weiyi 32.00 s |
| Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 | China (CHN) | Zheng Tao 31.42 s WR | Ruan Jingsong 32.97 s | Wang Lichao 33.38 s | |
| Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 | China (CHN) | Zheng Tao 30.31 s PR | Yuan Weiyi 31.11 s | Wang Lichao 31.35 s | |
| Women's 100m backstroke S11 | China (CHN) | Cai Liwen 1:13.46 WR | Wang Xinyi 1:13.71 | Li Guizhi 1:16.98 |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Seul | Men's single TT3 | West Germany (FRG) | Thomas Kurfess | Rainer Schmidt | Stephan Welting |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta | Women's single TT3 | Netherlands (NED) | Maaike Smit | Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch | Chantal Vandierendonck |
| 2000 Sydney | Women's single | Netherlands (NED) | Esther Vergeer | Sharon Walraven | Maaike Smit |
| 2012 London | Women's single | Netherlands (NED) | Esther Vergeer | Aniek van Koot | Jiske Griffioen |
| Paralympiad | Event | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Rome [22] | Men's sabre individual | Italy (ITA) | Aurelio Tedone | Franco Rossi | Giovanni Ferraris |
| Men's sabre team | Italy (ITA) | Giovanni Ferraris Aurelio Tedone | Ottavio Moscone Aroldo Ruschioni | Giovanni Berghella Franco Rossi | |
| Women's foil individual | Italy (ITA) | Anna Maria Toso | Maria Scutti | Anna Maria Galimberti | |
| 1968 Tel Aviv [23] | Men's foil individual | Italy (ITA) | Roberto Marson | Vittorio Loi | Giuliano Koten |
| 1992 Barcelona [24] | Men's foil 3-4 |  France (FRA) | Arthur Bellance | Yvon Pacault | Robert Citerne |
| 1996 Atlanta [25] | Women's foil individual A | France (FRA) | Josette Bourgain | Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici | Patricia Picot |
| Country | Number of podium sweeps |
|---|---|
 United States | 19 |
 China | 9 |
 Italy | 8 |
 Great Britain | 7 |
 West Germany | 6 |
 Netherlands | 5 |
 Canada | 4 |
 South Korea | 3 |
 Argentina | 3 |
 France | 2 |
 Spain | 2 |
 Japan | 2 |
 Israel | 1 |
| Germany | 1 |
 Egypt | 1 |
 Australia | 1 |
 Russia | 1 |
| Brasil | 1 |
 Algeria | 1 |
 Ukraine | 1 |
 Norway | 1 |
The 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, retroactively designated as the 1960 Summer Paralympics, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation. The term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984, while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.
The 1964 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
The 1968 Summer Paralympics were the third Paralympic Games to be held. Organised under the guidance of the International Stoke Mandeville Games Federation (ISMGF), they were known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games at the time. The games were originally planned to be held alongside the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but in 1966, the Mexican government decided against it due to difficulties. The Israeli government offered to host the games in Tel Aviv, a suggestion that was accepted.
The 1972 Summer Paralympics, the fourth edition of the Paralympic Games, were held in Heidelberg, West Germany, from 2 to 11 August 1972. The games ended 15 days before the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, also in West Germany.
The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. In addition, the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with mental handicap were held immediately after the regular Paralympics in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
The 2004 Summer Paralympics, the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,808 athletes from 136 countries participated. During these games 304 World Records were broken with 448 Paralympic Games Records being broken across 19 different sports. 8,863 volunteers worked along the Organizing Committee.
The Summer Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. The Paralympic Games are held every four years, organized by the International Paralympic Committee. Medals are awarded in every event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that the Olympic Games started in 1904.
Australia has participated officially in every Paralympic Games since its inauguration in 1960 except for the 1976 Winter Paralympics.
Great Britain was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom and New York City, United States. It was represented by 227 athletes competing in archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, football, lawn bowls, powerlifting, shooting, snooker, swimming, table tennis, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair fencing. It finished second in the overall medal count, with a total of 331 medals.
The 1968 Summer Paralympics was an international multi-sport event held in Tel Aviv, Israel, from November 4 to 13, 1968, in which athletes with physical disabilities competed against one another. The Paralympics are run in parallel with the Olympic Games; these Games were originally planned to be held alongside the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, but two years prior to the event the Mexican government pulled out due to technical difficulties. At the time, the event was known as the 17th International Stoke Mandeville Games. The Stoke Mandeville Games were a forerunner to the Paralympics first organized by Sir Ludwig Guttmann in 1948. This medal table ranks the competing National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.
Roberto Marson was an Italian multisport athlete who competed at the Summer Paralympics on four occasions and won a total of 26 Paralympic medals. He lost the use of his legs when a pine tree he was chopping down fell on his back.
Argentina competed at the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel. The team finished ninth in the medal table and won a total of 30 medals; 10 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze.
Daphne Jean Hilton was an Australian Paralympic competitor. She was the first Australian woman to compete at the Paralympic Games. She won fourteen medals in three Paralympics in archery, athletics, fencing, swimming, and table tennis from 1960 to 1968.
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New Zealand sent a 12 sportspeople strong delegation to the 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At these Games, New Zealand won 13 medals at the 1976 Summer Paralympics: 7 golds, 1 silver, and 5 bronze medals. Eve Rimmer was the most decorated Paralympian at these Games, winning 5 gold medals in athletics.
The 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games, later known as the 1964 Summer Paralympics, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from November 3 to 12, 1964, in which paraplegic and tetraplegic athletes competed against one another. The Stoke Mandeville Games were a forerunner to the Paralympics first organized by Sir Ludwig Guttmann in 1948. This medal table ranks the competing National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.
Caz Walton OBE is a British retired wheelchair athlete and former Great Britain Paralympic team manager. She was a multi-disciplinary gold medallist who competed in numerous Paralympic Games. Between 1964 and 1976 she won medals in athletics, swimming, table tennis, and fencing. She took a break from the Paralympics, entering the basketball and fencing competitions in 1988. In total Walton won ten gold medals during her Paralympic career, making her one of the most successful British athletes of all time. Walton should also have been awarded gold in the 1968 Tel Aviv Women's Pentathlon incomplete but, due to a miscalculation of her total score which went unnoticed at the time, she was given third place and a bronze medal.
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Great Britain competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, the Games were postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. British athletes have competed at all sixteen consecutive Summer Paralympics since 1960.
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