List of Paralympic medalists in athletics

Athletics was one of the first eight sports to be competed in the Summer Paralympics which began in 1960.[1] At the time it debuted, only track events were held: club throw, javelin throw, pentathlon (for male athletes) precision club throw and shot put which held between men and women. They were held between three classes per event: class A, B and C. The first multi-medallist Maria Scutti from Italy won almost all events for women by gaining nine gold medals and made her team top the medal table. In the 1964 Summer Paralympics, track events were featured for the first for only wheelchair competitors where 60m and 100m (for male competitors) races were in place as well as 4x40m relay race. Slalom and pentathlon events began in the 1968 Summer Paralympics.

Heidelberg saw more track events added: as well as wheelchair competitors, competitors with different disabilities took part leading the total of events (both field and track) held in athletics to 207.

From 1960 to 2016

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	380	366	321	1067
2	Canada (CAN)	197	161	162	520
3	Great Britain (GBR)	196	158	176	530
4	China (CHN)	160	136	89	385
5	Australia (AUS)	151	155	157	463
6	West Germany (FRG)	140	125	121	386
7	Poland (POL)	112	104	87	303
8	Spain (ESP)	76	60	52	188
9	France (FRA)	73	83	73	229
10	South Africa (RSA)	67	54	52	173
11	Germany (GER)	66	91	100	257
12	Mexico (MEX)	62	63	63	188
13	Switzerland (SUI)	60	65	59	184
14	Japan (JPN)	57	63	48	168
15	Sweden (SWE)	55	48	34	137
16	Italy (ITA)	52	54	63	169
17	Belgium (BEL)	52	45	32	129
18	Finland (FIN)	45	61	52	158
19	Austria (AUT)	43	62	65	170
20	Russia (RUS)	43	30	21	94
21	Brazil (BRA)	40	61	35	136
22	Ireland (IRL)	38	38	56	132
23	Tunisia (TUN)	38	34	21	93
24	Denmark (DEN)	36	24	16	76
25	Israel (ISR)	35	37	39	111
26	Netherlands (NED)	33	46	42	121
27	New Zealand (NZL)	33	35	24	92
28	Ukraine (UKR)	32	40	41	113
29	Iran (IRI)	30	22	26	78
30	Cuba (CUB)	30	15	16	61
31	Norway (NOR)	26	29	26	81
32	Egypt (EGY)	25	27	35	87
33	South Korea (KOR)	21	16	17	54
34	Soviet Union (URS)	21	9	6	36
35	Algeria (ALG)	20	18	27	65
36	Kenya (KEN)	18	14	13	45
37	Portugal (POR)	17	14	20	51
38	Argentina (ARG)	15	31	28	74
39	Czech Republic (CZE)	15	19	16	50
40	Jamaica (JAM)	14	8	13	35
41	Nigeria (NGR)	13	3	2	18
42	Thailand (THA)	12	14	11	37
43	Morocco (MAR)	12	7	7	26
44	Kuwait (KUW)	11	15	15	41
45	Unified Team (EUN)	11	10	7	28
46	Belarus (BLR)	10	17	19	46
47	Yugoslavia (YUG)	10	11	16	37
48	Hong Kong (HKG)	8	7	17	32
49	Greece (GRE)	5	15	23	43
50	Lithuania (LTU)	5	9	12	26
51	Bulgaria (BUL)	5	6	3	14
52	Latvia (LAT)	5	4	6	15
53	Rhodesia (RHO)	4	5	5	14
54	Croatia (CRO)	4	4	12	20
55	Angola (ANG)	4	3	1	8
56	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	4	2	6	12
57	Serbia (SRB)	4	2	1	7
58	Azerbaijan (AZE)	3	6	7	16
59	India (IND)	3	4	2	9
60	Panama (PAN)	3	4	1	8
61	Uzbekistan (UZB)	3	1	3	7
62	Ivory Coast (CIV)	3	1	1	5
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	1	1	5
64	Malaysia (MAS)	3	0	2	5
65	Hungary (HUN)	2	10	6	18
66	Slovenia (SLO)	2	4	5	11
67	Bahrain (BRN)	2	3	5	10
68	Namibia (NAM)	2	3	3	8
69	Myanmar (MYA)	2	3	2	7
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	2	3	2	7
71	Iraq (IRQ)	2	2	1	5
72	Slovakia (SVK)	2	1	4	7
73	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	0	0	2
74	Iceland (ISL)	1	5	6	12
75	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	5	5	11
76	Colombia (COL)	1	3	5	9
77	Indonesia (INA)	1	3	3	7
78	Estonia (EST)	1	3	2	6
79	Puerto Rico (PUR)	1	2	2	5
80	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	1	2	1	4
81	Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP)	1	1	0	2
82	Botswana (BOT)	1	0	0	1
	Chile (CHI)	1	0	0	1
	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	0	1
	Fiji (FIJ)	1	0	0	1
	Sudan (SUD)	1	0	0	1
87	Venezuela (VEN)	0	5	8	13
88	Jordan (JOR)	0	4	2	6
89	East Germany (GDR)	0	3	0	3
90	Bahamas (BAH)	0	2	2	4
91	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	2	1	3
92	Cyprus (CYP)	0	2	0	2
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	2	0	2
94	Palestine (PLE)	0	1	2	3
95	Malta (MLT)	0	1	1	2
96	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	0	1
	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
99	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	2	2
100	Cape Verde (CPV)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	0	1	1
	Peru (PER)	0	0	1	1
	Rwanda (RWA)	0	0	1	1
	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (108 nations)		2803	2750	2603	8156

• International Paralympics Committee