Spain at the Paralympics explained

Athletes from Spain have competed at the Paralympic Games since the 1968 Summer events and the country hosted the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Competitors have represented Spain in ten of the twelve Summer Paralympics, missing only the first two events in Rome and Tokyo.

Spain's breakthrough year came in 1992 when they hosted the event; their medal tally rocketed with a level of performance that would be maintained for the following two events. The 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney saw their greatest achievements at the Games but the medal victories were overshadowed by a cheating controversy that would change the way that intellectually disabled competitors were tested for their disability (see Cheating at the Paralympic Games).^[1]

Medal by games

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Red border color indicates host nation status.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
	did not participate
	0	3	1	4		20
	0	4	0	4		27
	4	6	2	12		22
	1	13	9	23		28
	22	10	12	44	11
	18	13	12	43		13
	34	31	42	107		5
	39	31	36	106		5
	38	30	38	106		4
	20	27	24	71		7
	15	21	22	58		10
	8	18	16	42		17
	9	14	8	31		11
	9	15	12	36		15
	7	11	22	40	17
	Future event
Total	224	247	256	727	11

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
	did not participate
	0	0	0	0	–
	1	2	1	4	11
	0	1	3	4	17
	1	6	3	10	13
	8	0	0	8	7
	3	2	2	7	12
	0	1	1	2	13
	1	2	0	3	13
	1	1	1	3	13
	0	1	1	2	23
	0	0	0	0		–
	Future event
Total	15	16	12	43	18

Medals by summer sport

After the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Medals by winter sport

Summary by sport

Archery

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1984 Los Angeles	0	1	0	1	13
1988 Seoul	0	0	1	1	9
1992 Barcelona	0	1	0	1	7
Total	0	2	1	3	35

Athletics

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1976 Toronto	2	3	1	6	24
1980 Moscow	0	3	3	6	28
1984 Los Angeles	3	1	3	7	25
1988 Seoul	6	3	3	12	19
1992 Barcelona	22	14	12	48	2
1996 Atlanta	21	15	13	49	2
2000 Sydney	14	12	11	37	4
2004 Athens	2	6	3	11	26
2008 Beijing	1	1	5	7	32
2012 London	3	2	0	5	17
	3	2	2	7	17
	4	4	1	9	15
	1	3	4	8	30
Total	82	69	61	212	8

Boccia

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	2	0	0	2	1
1996 Atlanta	2	1	1	4	1
2000 Sydney	0	3	2	5	5
2004 Athens	1	2	2	5	3
2008 Beijing	0	1	2	3	6
Total	5	7	7	19	7

Wheelchair basketball

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	1	0	1	2
Total	0	1	0	1	11

Event	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's tournament	2016		0	1	0	1	(2016)
Women's tournament			0	0	0	0	8th (2020,2024)

Cycling

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	0	3	4	6
1996 Atlanta	1	1	3	5	6
2000 Sydney	1	2	3	6	6
2004 Athens	3	4	0	7	2
2008 Beijing	3	5	3	11	5
2012 London	2	2	3	7	8
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	1	2	3	16
2020 Tokyo	2	0	4	6	11
2024 Paris	2	3	3	8	7
Total	15	18	24	57	8

Wheelchair fencing

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	0	2	3	4
1996 Atlanta	0	0	1	1	7
2000 Sydney	0	0	1	1	7
2024 Paris	0	0	1	1	11
Total	1	0	5	6	16

Football 5-a-side

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2004 Athens	0	0	1	1	3
2012 London	0	0	1	1	3
Total	0	0	2	2	6

Football 7-a-side

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1996 Atlanta	0	0	1	1	3
Total	0	0	1	1	12

Goalball

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1996 Atlanta	0	0	1	1	3
2000 Sydney	0	1	0	1	2
Total	0	1	1	2	16

Event	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's tournament	1996		0	0	1	1	(1996)
Women's tournament	2000		0	1	0	1	(2000)

Judo

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	1	1	0	2	2
1996 Atlanta	0	1	1	2	9
2000 Sydney	0	2	1	3	6
2004 Athens	1	3	2	6	4
2008 Beijing	1	1	1	3	5
2012 London	1	0	2	3	6
2020 Tokyo	0	1	0	1	11
2024 Paris	0	0	1	1	17
Total	4	9	8	21	9

Event	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's Heavyweight	2000		0	1	0	1	(2000)
Men's Half-heavyweight			0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals (2004)
Men's Middleweight	1996		0	1	1	2	(1996)
Men's Half-middleweight	1996		0	0	1	1	(1996)
Men's lightweight	1992		0	1	0	1	(1992)
Men's Half-lightweight	1992	1992	1	3	0	4	(1992)
Men's Extra-lightweight	2000		0	0	1	1	(2000)
Women's Heavyweight	2004		0	1	0	1	(2004)
Women's Middleweight	2004	2004	3	0	0	3	(2004, 2008, 2012)
Women's Half-middleweight	2004		0	1	2	3	(2008)
	2004		0	1	2	3	(2004)
			0	0	0	0	4th (2008)
			0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals (2008, 2012)

Shooting

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	0	1	0	1	11
1996 Atlanta	1	0	0	1	7
2000 Sydney	0	0	1	1	13
2012 London	0	1	0	1	11
2020 Tokyo	0	0	1	1	14
2024 Paris	0	0	1	1	17
Total	1	2	3	6	28

Swimming

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1968 Tel Aviv	0	3	1	4	17
1972 Heidelberg	0	4	0	4	16
1976 Toronto	2	3	1	6	14
1980 Moscow	1	10	6	17	14
1984 Los Angeles	19	8	9	36	10
1988 Seoul	12	10	8	30	10
1992 Barcelona	7	14	22	43	10
1996 Atlanta	14	13	14	41	5
2000 Sydney	22	9	16	47	2
2004 Athens	13	12	15	40	5
2008 Beijing	10	12	9	31	6
2012 London	2	11	9	22	14
2016 Rio de Janeiro	6	8	3	17	7
	2	9	3	14	18
	2	4	9	15	14
Total	112	130	125	367	9

Table tennis

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1992 Barcelona	0	0	3	3	19
1996 Atlanta	0	0	1	1	21
2000 Sydney	1	1	3	5	8
2004 Athens	0	0	1	1	16
2008 Beijing	0	1	2	3	11
2012 London	0	2	1	3	14
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	2	0	2	14
2020 Tokyo	0	0	1	1	21
2024 Paris	0	0	1	1	25
Total	1	6	13	20	32

Wheelchair tennis

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2024 Paris	0	0	1	1	4
Total	0	0	1	1	11

Event	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's singles			0	0	0	0	4th (2024)
	2024		0	0	1	1	(2024)
			0	0	0	0	Round of 16 (1992)
			0	0	0	0	Round of 16 (2004, 2012)

Triathlon

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
2016 Rio de Janeiro	0	0	1	1	8
2020 Tokyo	1	1	2	4	2
2024 Paris	2	1	1	4	3
Total	3	2	4	9	3

Teams

Traditionally, Spain has sent three times as many male competitors as female competitors. At the same time, women have won 48.39% of all Spain's Paralympic medals compared to 24.32% for men.^[2]

Multi medalists

Spanish athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five medals.

Years in Italics mean the athlete participated but did not win any medal.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Participations	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Purificacion Santamarta		1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	F	11	4	1	16
2	Richard Oribe		1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	M	9	6	2	17
3	Sebastián Rodríguez		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	M	8	3	4	15
4	Teresa Perales		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024	F	7	10	11	28
5	Javier Conde		1992,1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	M	7	2	0	9
6	Sara Carracelas Garcia		1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	F	6	1	3	10
7	Javier Torres		1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008	M	5	5	6	16
8	Júlio Requena		1992, 1996, 2000	M	5	1	2	8
9	Ricardo Ten		1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024	M	4	2	5	11
10	Enhamed Enhamed		2004, 2008, 2012	M	4	2	3	9
11	David Casinos		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	M	4	0	1	5
12	Antonio Cid		1992, 1996, 2000, 2004	M	3	2	1	6
13	Jesus Collado Alarcon		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	M	3	0	3	6
14	Carmen Herrera		2004, 2008, 2012	F	3	0	0	3
	Michelle Alonso		2012, 2016, 2020	F	3	0	0	3
16	Enrique Floriano		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	M	2	4	2	8
17	Miguel Luque		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024	M	2	3	3	8
18	Christian Venge		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	M	2	2	1	5
19	Beatriz Mendoza		1992, 1996, 2000	F	2	1	3	6
	Alfonso Cabello		2012, 2016, 2020, 2024	M	2	1	3	6
21	Juan Viedma		1992, 1996, 2000	M	2	1	2	5
22	Núria Marquès		2016, 2020, 2024	F	1	4	2	7
23	Álvaro Valera		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024	M	1	3	2	6
24	Deborah Font		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012	F	1	2	4	7
25	Marta Fernández Infante		2020, 2024	F	1	2	3	6
26	Sarai Gascón Moreno		2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024	F	0	6	2	8
27	José Manuel Ruiz Reyes		2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016	M	0	3	2	5

See also

• Spain at the Olympics
• Spain at the Deaflympics

Notes and References

1. IPC. 2 February 2003. "INAS-FID Eligibility System Unsatisfactory: Athletes with Intellectual Disability Cannot Participate". Accessed 14 August 2007.
2. Web site: Federación Mujeres Jóvenes . Mujeresjovenes.org . 26 December 2013 . es . Spain . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227061345/http://www.mujeresjovenes.org/noticias2.php?id=198 . 27 December 2013 .