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List of medal sweeps in Paralympic Games

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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]

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Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2012 London	Men's recurve standing details	Russia (RUS)	Timur Tuchinov	Oleg Shestakov	Mikhail Oyun
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Women's individual compound W1 details	Great Britain (GBR)	Jessica Stretton	Jo Frith	Vicky Jenkins

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome^[3]	Women's shot put A details	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 details	United States (USA)	Ron Stein	Tim Harris	Richard Miller
1968 Tel Aviv^[5]	Men's slalom C details	Japan (JPN)	Hisashi Furukawa 1:01.50	Mikio Egawa 1:03.20	Teruyoshi Tsuchiya 1:04.40
	60 m wheelchair A details	United States (USA)	Carol Geisse	Kirn	Cornett
	Women's club throw D details	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 details	West Germany (FRG)	Hans Josefiak 37.13 m	Dieter Belz 35.99 m	E. Kuehnel 35.13 m
	Men's discus throw D1 details	United States (USA)	John Jerome 27.16 m	J. Behan 24.61 m	Curt Brinkman 24.42 m
	Men's shot put C details	West Germany (FRG)	John Jerome	J. Behan	M. Johnson
	Men's javelin throw D1 C details	United States (USA)	Dieter Belz 13.39 m	E. Kuehnel 13.22 m	Hans Josefiak 12.90 m
	Women's pentathlon A details	Canada (CAN)	J. Pacquette 3786pts	B. Stanger 3274pts	T. Stevenson 3208pts
1980 Arnhem^[7]	Men's 400m D1 wheelchairs details	United States (USA)	Curt Brinkman 1:13.05	Jim Martinson 1:13.61	J. Finch 1:19.89
1980 Arnhem^[7]	Women's 60m A details	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 details	United States (USA)	John Sacco 22.96 s	Dean Houle 23.66 s	Mark Kemp 25.92 s
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York^[8]	Women's club throw C3 details	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 details	Canada (CAN)	Robert Easton 37.98 s	Gino Vendetti 38.61 s	Michael Johner 40.33 s
	Men's 400m 1A details	Germany (GER)	Gunther Obert	Hans Lubbering	Heinrich Koeberle
	Men's 800m 1A details	West Germany (FRG)	Gunther Obert 3:01.09	Hans Lubbering 3:01.39	Heinrich Koeberle 3:08.88
	Men's 5000m 1A details	West Germany (FRG)	Heinrich Koeberle 19:23.38	Hans Lubbering 21:15.52	Gunther Obert 22:13.63
	Men's slalom 3 details	Japan (JPN)	Seiji Hayashi 1:54.20	Takao Ishii 1:56.20	Takeshi Iwasaki 2:00.20
	Men's Distance throw C1 details	South Korea (KOR)	Keung Ho Ku	Keung Ho Lee	Ji Hwan Yun
1992 Barcelona^[10]	Men's 200m C3-4 details	United States (USA)	David Larson 31.60 s	Ross Davis 32.28 s	Christopher Ridgway 34.70 s
	Men's 400m C3-4 details	United States (USA)	David Larson 58.22 s	Ross Davis 59.54 s	Christopher Ridgway 1:01.80
	Men's 800m C3-4 details	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 details	Spain (ESP)	Magdalena Amo 5.22 m	Rosalia Lazaro 5.22 m	Purificacion Ortiz 5.07 m
1996 Atlanta^[11]	Men's 800 m T11 details	Spain (ESP)	José Antonio Sánchez	José Saura	Ruben Delgado
2000 Sydney^[12]	Men's javelin throw F58 details	Egypt (EGY)	Mahmoud Elatar 49.92 m	El Sayed Moussa 41.41 m	Hany Elbehiry 40.56 m
2000 Sydney^[12]	Women's 200 meters T38^[13] details	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 details	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 details	Brazil (BRA)	Terezinha Guilhermina 12.01 s WR	Jerusa Geber 12.75 s	Jhulia Santos 12.76 s
2012 London	Men's shot put F32-33 details	Algeria (ALG)	Kamel Kardjena 12.14 m	Karim Betina 10.37 m	Mounir Bakiri 9.49 m
2016 Rio	Women's 1500 meters T54 details	United States (USA)	Tatyana McFadden 3:22.50	Jerusa Geber 3:22.61	Jhulia Santos 3:22.67
2016 Rio	Women's 5000 meters T54 details	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 details	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 details	South Korea (KOR)	Do Geol Kwak	Jong Kil Kim	Jung Yeol Lee
1988 Seul	Men's bicycle 3000 m C5–6/8 details	South Korea (KOR)	Jong Kil Kim	Do Geol Kwak	Jung Yeol Lee
2004 Athens	Men's bicycle 1500 m C5–6 details	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 details	Great Britain (GBR)	K. Ellison	Isabel Barr	Tommy Taylor
1996 Atlanta^[15]	Men's singles LB7/8 details	Great Britain (GBR)	Alan Lyne	George Wright	Keith Brenton

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome^[16]	Men's 25m crawl incomplete class 2 details	Italy (ITA)	Renzo Rogo 25.60 s	Grimaldi 30.20 s	Ottavio Moscone 30.40 s
	Men's 25m breaststroke incomplete class 2 details	Italy (ITA)	Renzo Rogo 35.90 s	Grimaldi 36.00 s	Ottavio Moscone 36.70 s
	Women's 25m backstroke juniors incomplete class 4 details	Norway (NOR)	Reklev 28.10 s	Myrheim 29.40 s	Vagrum 30.70 s
1964 Tokyo^[17]	Women's 50m breaststroke special class details	Argentina (ARG)	Silvia Cochetti 1:08.10	Estela Falocco 1:36.00	Amelia Mier 2:07.90
	Women's 50m freestyle prone special class details	Argentina (ARG)	Silvia Cochetti 46.70 s	Estela Falocco 1:04.40	Amelia Mier 1:05.40
	Women's 50m freestyle supine special class details	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 details	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 details	Netherlands (NED)	M. Kers 1:18.94	Andre van Buiten 1:19.74	B. Koopman 1:24.51
	Women's 100m backstroke B details	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 details	United States (USA)	Trischa Zorn	Missy Akins	Marie van Liere
1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York^[20]	Women's 50m breaststroke B3 details	United States (USA)	Marie van Liere 43.46 s	Tonia McHugh 45.00 s	Kristy Satterfield 54.68 s
	Women's 100m backstroke B3 details	United States (USA)	Barbara Eiler 1:20.15	Cathy Schmitt 1:20.97	Marie van Liere 1:22.60
	Women's 400m breaststroke B3 details	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 details	Great Britain (GBR)	Peter Hull 1:09.28	James Anderson 1:20.44	Alan McGregor 1:25.71
	Men's 100m freestyle S2 details	Great Britain (GBR)	Peter Hull 2:26.30	James Anderson 2:56.56	Alan McGregor 3:02.93
	Women's 400m freestyle B2–3 details	United States (USA)	Elizabeth Scott	Trischa Zorn	Heidi Schetter
	Women's 100m breaststroke SB6-7 details	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 details	Canada (CAN)	Valerie Grand Maison 1:06.49	Kirby Cote 1:06.62	Chelsey Gotell 1:06.93
2008 Summer Paralympics	Women's 200 metre individual medley SM13 details	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 details	China (CHN)	Wenpan Huang 50.65 s WR	Tingshen Li 51.78 s	Chaowen Huang 54.29 s
	Men's 50 metre butterfly S6 details	China (CHN)	Qing Xu 29.89 s WR	Zheng Tao 29.93 s	Lichao Wang 30.95 s
	Men's 100 metre butterfly S8 details	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 details	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 details	China (CHN)	Zheng Tao 30.62 s WR	Wang Lichao 31.81 s	Yuan Weiyi 32.00 s
	Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 details	China (CHN)	Zheng Tao 31.42 s WR	Ruan Jingsong 32.97 s	Wang Lichao 33.38 s
	Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 details	China (CHN)	Zheng Tao 30.31 s PR	Yuan Weiyi 31.11 s	Wang Lichao 31.35 s
	Women's 100m backstroke S11 details	China (CHN)	Cai Liwen 1:13.46 WR	Wang Xinyi 1:13.71	Li Guizhi 1:16.98

List_of_medal_sweeps_in_Paralympic_Games

List of medal sweeps in Paralympic Games

Archery

Athletics

Cycling

Lawn bowls

Paratriathlon

Snooker

Swimming

Table tennis

Wheelchair tennis

Wheelchair fencing

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Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Women's single TT3 details	Netherlands (NED)	Maaike Smit	Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch	Chantal Vandierendonck
2000 Sydney	Women's single details	Netherlands (NED)	Esther Vergeer	Sharon Walraven	Maaike Smit
2012 London	Women's single details	Netherlands (NED)	Esther Vergeer	Aniek van Koot	Jiske Griffioen

Paralympiad	Event	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960 Rome^[22]	Men's sabre individual details	Italy (ITA)	Aurelio Tedone	Franco Rossi	Giovanni Ferraris
	Men's sabre team details	Italy (ITA)	Giovanni Ferraris Aurelio Tedone	Ottavio Moscone Aroldo Ruschioni	Giovanni Berghella Franco Rossi
	Women's foil individual details	Italy (ITA)	Anna Maria Toso	Maria Scutti	Anna Maria Galimberti
1968 Tel Aviv^[23]	Men's foil individual details	Italy (ITA)	Roberto Marson	Vittorio Loi	Giuliano Koten
1992 Barcelona^[24]	Men's foil 3-4 details	France (FRA)	Arthur Bellance	Yvon Pacault	Robert Citerne
1996 Atlanta^[25]	Women's foil individual A details	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