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4–13 November - Tel Aviv Summer Paralympics - 750 athletes from 29 countries ; 181 events in 10 sports. [4] New sports included lawn bowls, women's basketball and Men's 100m wheelchair race. 1972: 2 – 11 August - Heidelberg Summer Paralympics - 984 athletes from 43 countries ; 1987 events in 10 sports. [4]
Games 1st place med 2nd place med 3rd place med 1976 Örnsköldsvik West Germany 10 Switzerland 10 Finland 8 12: 1: 7 6: 1: 7 1980 Geilo Norway 23 Finland 15 Austria 6 21: 7: 10 10: 12
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games , which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea , have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games .
Below is an all-time medal table for all Paralympic Games from 1960 to 2024. The International Paralympic Committee does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games.
There have also been other amputee medallists at the Olympic Games prior to the creation of the Paralympics. Olivér Halassy of Hungary, whose left leg was amputated below the knee, won three medals (two gold and a silver) in water polo, in 1928, 1932 and 1936. Károly Takács, also of Hungary, won gold in shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics ...
Discipline Contested Number of Paralympiads Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals Gold Silver Bronze Total Dartchery: 1960–1980 6 12 12
Jessica Long, 29 medals at the Summer Paralympics. This is a list of multiple Paralympic gold medalists, listing people who have won ten or more gold medals at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals.
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