List of medal sweeps in Paralympic Games

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 44 podium sweeps (updated to the 2016 Summer Paralympics).

Archery

There has been one occasion where there has been a podium sweep in archery.[1]

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Women's individual compound W1	Great Britain (GBR)	Jessica Stretton	Jo Frith	Vicky Jenkins

Athletics

There are 25 podium sweeps in track and field athletics in the Paralympic Games.

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome[2]	Women's shot put A	Italy (ITA)	Maria Scutti 4.18m	Anna Maria Galimberti 3.70m	Anna Maria Toso 3.17m
1964 Tokyo[3]	Men's wheelchair dash below T10	United States (USA)	Ron Stein	Tim Harris	Richard Miller
1968 Tel Aviv[4]	Men's slalom C	Japan (JPN)	Hisashi Furukawa 1:01.50	Mikio Egawa 1:03.20	Teruyoshi Tsuchiya 1:04.40
	Women's club throw D	Israel (ISR)	Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum 27.44m	Batia Mishani 23.93m	Shoshana Sharabi 21.06m
1976 Toronto[5]	Men's discus throw C	West Germany (FRG)	Hans Josefiak 37.13m	Dieter Belz 35.99m	E. Kuehnel 35.13m
	Men's discus throw D1	United States (USA)	John Jerome 27.16m	J. Behan 24.61m	Curt Brinkman 24.42m
	Men's shot put C	West Germany (FRG)	Dieter Belz 13.39m	E. Kuehnel 13.22m	Hans Josefiak 12.90m
	Women's pentathlon A	Canada (CAN)	J. Pacquette 3786pts	B. Stanger 3274pts	T. Stevenson 3208pts
1980 Arnhem[6]	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 9.08s	Lou Keller 9.20s	Melissa Ricketts 9.23s
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York[7]	Men's 100m C5	United States (USA)	John Sacco 22.96s	Dean Houle 23.66s	Mark Kemp 25.92s
	Women's club throw C3	Great Britain (GBR)	Aileen Harper 12.38m	Anne Trotman 12.04m	Linda Fyfe 9.55m
1988 Seoul[8]	Men's 200m C4-5	Canada (CAN)	Robert Easton 37.98s	Gino Vendetti 38.61s	Michael Johner 40.33s
	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
1992 Barcelona[9]	Men's 200m C3-4	United States (USA)	David Larson 31.60s	Ross Davis 32.28s	Christopher Ridgway 34.70s
	Men's 400m C3-4	United States (USA)	David Larson 31.60s	Ross Davis 32.28s	Christopher Ridgway 34.70s
	Men's 800m C3-4	United States (USA)	David Larson 31.60s	Ross Davis 32.28s	Christopher Ridgway 34.70s
1996 Atlanta[10]	Women's long jump F10-11	Spain (ESP)	Magdalena Amo 5.22	Rosalia Lazaro 5.22	Purificacion Ortiz 5.07
2000 Sydney[11]	Men's javelin throw F58	Egypt (EGY)	Mahmoud Elatar 49.92m	El Sayed Moussa 41.41m	Hany Elbehiry 40.56m

Cycling

Lawn bowls

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York[12]	Men's singles tetraplegic	Great Britain (GBR)	K. Ellison	Isabel Barr	Tommy Taylor
1996 Atlanta[13]	Men's singles LB7/8	Great Britain (GBR)	Alan Lyne	George Wright	Keith Brenton

Swimming

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome[14]	Men's 25m crawl incomplete class 2	Italy (ITA)	Renzo Rogo 25.60s	Grimaldi 30.20s	Ottavio Moscone 30.40s
	Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 2	Italy (ITA)	Renzo Rogo 35.90s	Grimaldi 36.00s	Ottavio Moscone 36.70s
	Women's 25m backstroke juniors incomplete class 4	Norway (NOR)	Reklev 28.10s	Myrheim 29.40s	Vagrum 30.70s
1964 Tokyo[15]	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 46.70s	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[16]	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[17]	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
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York[18]	Women's 50m breaststroke B3	United States (USA)	Marie van Liere 43.46s	Tonia McHugh 45.00s	Kristy Satterfield 54.68s
	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[19]	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 100m breaststroke SB6-7	Germany (GER)	Britta Siegers 1:44.47	Heidi Kopp 1:49.82	Beate Schretzmann 1:50.55

Wheelchair fencing

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome[20]	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[21]	Men's foil individual	Italy (ITA)	Roberto Marson	Vittorio Loi	Giuliano Koten
1992 Barcelona[22]	Men's foil 3-4	France (FRA)	Arthur Bellance	Yvon Pacault	Robert Citerne
1996 Atlanta[23]	Women's foil individual A	France (FRA)	Josette Bourgain	Sophie Belgodere-Paralitici	Patricia Picot

See also

• List of Paralympic records in athletics
• List of Paralympic records in cycling
• List of Paralympic records in swimming

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