Swimming at the 1980 Summer Paralympics
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Swimmingat the1980 Summer Paralympicsconsisted of 192 events.
In certain events, there were only three competitors, thus guaranteeing each a medal upon successfully completing the race. In others, there were fewer than three; in thewomen's 4x100 metre freestyle relay C-D,for instance, the Canadian team swam unopposed, obtaining gold upon completing the event. Thewomen's 3x50 metre medley relay CP Cwas the only event in which no medal was awarded. The United States team were the only competitors, but were disqualified during the race; thus, no team completed the event.[1]
Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Poland(POL) | 40 | 19 | 23 | 82 |
| 2 |  Canada(CAN) | 25 | 15 | 13 | 53 |
| 3 |  Netherlands(NED) | 24 | 15 | 13 | 52 |
| 4 |  United States(USA) | 21 | 15 | 20 | 56 |
| 5 |  West Germany(FRG) | 19 | 15 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 |  Great Britain(GBR) | 18 | 10 | 7 | 35 |
| 7 |  Sweden(SWE) | 17 | 22 | 17 | 56 |
| 8 |  Israel(ISR) | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| 9 |  Norway(NOR) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 |  France(FRA) | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 11 |  Argentina(ARG) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 |  Yugoslavia(YUG) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 13 |  Mexico(MEX) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 |  Spain(ESP) | 1 | 10 | 6 | 17 |
| 15 |  Australia(AUS) | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 |
| 16 |  Jamaica(JAM) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 |  Colombia(COL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 New Zealand(NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Iceland(ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 |  Finland(FIN) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 21 |  Zimbabwe(ZIM) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 |  Belgium(BEL) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 23 |  Czechoslovakia(TCH) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Switzerland(SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 |  Egypt(EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 |  Denmark(DEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Japan(JPN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 28 |  Bahamas(BAH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (28 entries) | 193 | 175 | 158 | 526 | |
Participating nations
[edit]- Argentina(5)
- Australia(11)
Austria(9)- Bahamas(2)
- Belgium(12)
Brazil(1)- Canada(31)
- Colombia(2)
- Czechoslovakia(2)
- Denmark(15)
- Egypt(8)
- Finland(8)
- France(28)
- Great Britain(22)
Hong Kong(3)- Iceland(5)
Indonesia(3)
Ireland(1)- Israel(8)
Italy(2)- Jamaica(4)
- Japan(6)
Luxembourg(2)- Mexico(15)
- Netherlands(38)
- New Zealand(6)
- Norway(14)
- Poland(29)
- Spain(10)
Sudan(2)- Sweden(31)
- Switzerland(9)
- United States(45)
- West Germany(44)
- Yugoslavia(5)
- Zimbabwe(3)
Medal summary
[edit]Men's events
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Women's events
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References
[edit]- ^"Swimming at the 1980 Paralympics".IPC Historical Results Archive.
