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Swimming at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of 146 events.
| Swimming at the V Paralympic Games | |
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Swimming at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of 146 events.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Netherlands (NED) | 38 | 19 | 8 | 65 |
| 2 |  Israel (ISR) | 18 | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| 3 |  United States (USA) | 17 | 5 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 13 | 6 | 6 | 25 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 12 | 15 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE) | 9 | 19 | 13 | 41 |
| 7 |  West Germany (FRG) | 7 | 5 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 6 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 9 |  Austria (AUT) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 |  Canada (CAN) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 11 |  Norway (NOR) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 |  Australia (AUS) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 |  Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 |  Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 |  Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 16 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 |  Finland (FIN) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 18 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 20 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 146 | 117 | 104 | 367 | |
Argentina (8) Australia (8) Austria (10) Belgium (11)
Brazil (1) Canada (26)
Denmark (5)
Ecuador (3) Egypt (7)
Fiji (7) Finland (14) France (20) Great Britain (15)
Greece (2)
Guatemala (5)
Hong Kong (2)
Indonesia (1)
Ireland (4) Israel (24) Italy (5)
Japan (8)
Luxembourg (1) Mexico (19) Netherlands (24) New Zealand (3) Norway (10) Peru (1) Poland (18) South Africa (10) Spain (6) Sweden (25) Switzerland (9) United States (32) West Germany (18)
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