Sweden at the Paralympics

Sweden at the Paralympics
IPC code	SWE
NPC	Swedish Parasports Federation
Medals	Gold 263 Silver 268 Bronze 222 Total 753
Summer appearances
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Sweden first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1960, at the 1960 Summer Paralympics. ^[1] Sweden first won a medal at the Paralympics in 1964, at the Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Sweden was also the host country of the inaugural Winter Paralympic Games, in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik.

Medals

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1960 Rome 0 0 0 0 1964 Tokyo 0 0 1 1 1968 Tel-Aviv 1 6 4 11 1972 Heidelberg 5 6 6 17 1976 Toronto 21 28 25 74 1980 Arnhem 31 36 24 91 1984 New York and Stoke Mandeville 83 43 34 160 1988 Seoul 42 38 23 103 1992 Barcelona and Madrid 16 33 19 68 1996 Atlanta 12 14 11 37 2000 Sydney 5 6 10 21 2004 Athens 8 7 6 21 2008 Beijing 5 3 4 12 2012 London 4 4 4 12 2016 Rio de Janeiro 1 4 5 10 2020 Tokyo 1 5 2 8 2024 Paris 0 1 2 3 Totals (17 entries) 235 234 180 649

Medals by Winter Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total 1976 Örnsköldsvik* 6 7 7 20 1980 Geilo 5 3 8 16 1984 Innsbruck 7 2 5 14 1988 Innsbruck 3 7 5 15 1992 Tignes-Albertsville 1 1 2 4 1994 Lillehammer 3 3 2 8 1998 Nagano 0 1 5 6 2002 Salt Lake City 0 6 3 9 2006 Turin 0 0 1 1 2010 Vancouver 0 0 2 2 2014 Sochi 1 2 1 4 2018 Pyeongchang 0 1 0 1 2022 Beijing 2 2 3 7 Totals (13 entries) 28 35 44 107

Medals by Summer Sport Source: [2] Games Gold Silver Bronze Total   Archery 4 5 3 12   Athletics 55 52 36 143   Dartchery 1 0 0 1   Equestrian 4 0 4 8   Goalball 0 1 4 5   Judo 0 0 1 1   Powerlifting 5 0 2 7   Shooting 23 10 16 49   Swimming 105 113 74 292   Table tennis 16 27 23 66   Volleyball 0 1 1 2   Weightlifting 11 6 1 18   Wheelchair basketball 0 0 1 1   Wheelchair fencing 0 2 0 2   Wheelchair tennis 1 2 0 3 Totals (15 entries) 225 219 166 610 Medals by Winter Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total   Alpine skiing 12 12 10 34   Biathlon 1 2 2 5   Cross-country skiing 14 20 25 59 Ice sledge speed racing 0 0 3 3 Para ice hockey 1 0 2 3   Wheelchair curling 0 1 2 3 Totals (6 entries) 28 35 44 107

Multi-medalists

Swedish athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five or more medals of any colour.

Summer Paralympics

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jonas Jacobsson	Shooting	1980-2016	10	M	17	4	9	30
2	Magdalena Tjernberg	Swimming	1984-1988	2	F	10	3	0	13
3	Annelie Ahrenstrand	Swimming	1980-1984	2	F	9	1	0	10
4	Anders Olsson	Swimming	2004-2012	3	M	3	1	3	7
5	Håkan Ericsson	Athletics	1988-1992, 2000	3	M	1	4	4	9
6	Maja Reichard	Swimming	2012-2016	2	F	1	2	2	5

Winter Paralympics

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Gunilla Ahren	Alpine skiing	1984-1988	2	F	4	1	1	6

See also

• Sweden at the Olympics

References

1. Handikappidrotts Historiska Föreningen (HIHF) Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish), handikappidrott.se
2. "Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympic Games | IPC". Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-08-30.