Spain at the 1984 Summer Paralympics

Spain won 22 gold medals, 10 silver medals and 12 bronze medals.[1]

Spain at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	ESP
NPC	Spanish Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralimpicos.es (in Spanish)
in Stoke Mandeville/New York
Medals	Gold 22 Silver 10 Bronze 12 Total 44
Summer Paralympics appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

These were the first Games where Spain sent participants who had cerebral palsy.[1]

In 1984, Spain had competitors in archery, wheelchair basketball, swimming, weightlifting, table tennis and athletics.[1]

Background

The 1984 Games were held in Stoke Mandeville, England and in New York, United States.[2] The Games did not use the same venues as the Summer Olympics.[3] Competitors with spinal cord injuries, amputations, cerebral palsy and vision impairments were eligible to compete in these Games.[4]

At the 1984 Games, Great Britain won the most medals among all Les Autres events. They claimed 55. Spain was second with 38 and the United States was third with 26.[5]

Archery

One of Spain's silver medals came in archery. It was won by an athlete with a physical disability.[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Double FITA round integrated	Jan Thulin  Sweden	Antonio Rebollo  Spain	Raimo Tirronen  Finland

Athletics

Three of Spain's gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals came in athletics.[1] Four of the medals were won by athletes with visual impairments. Three were won by athletes with physical disabilities.[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Long jump B1	Yvan Bourdeau  Canada	Stefan Bidzinski  Poland	Antonio Delgado  Spain
Triple jump B1	Soedjeman Dipowidjojo  Netherlands	José Manuel Rodríguez  Spain	Pauli Viertonen  Finland
Discus throw L3	Eric Pearce  Great Britain	Peter Sorensen  Sweden	Alfredo Martin  Spain
Javelin throw L3	Alfredo Martin  Spain	Peter Sorensen  Sweden	Eric Pearce  Great Britain
Shot put L3	Peter Sorensen  Sweden	Eric Pearce  Great Britain	Alfredo Martins  Spain
100 m B1	Purificacion Santamarta  Spain	Lori Bennett  United States	Joke van Rijswijk  Netherlands
400 m B1	Purificacion Santamarta  Spain	Refija Okic  Yugoslavia	Rossella Inverni  Italy

Swimming

Nineteen of Spain's gold medals, eight silver medals and nine bronze medals came in swimming. All medals were won by athletes with physical disabilities.[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 m backstroke L3	Andras Toth  Hungary	Francisco Flores  Spain	Thierry Legloanic  France
50 m breaststroke L3	Francisco Flores  Spain	Peter Williams  Great Britain	Mogens Christensen  Denmark
50 m freestyle L3	Francisco Flores  Spain	Gordon Crowe  Great Britain	Bill Lehr  United States
100 m backstroke L4	Eugenio Jimenez  Spain	Michael Lapp  West Germany	Andrew Gilbert  Great Britain
100 m backstroke L5	Alberto Gomez  Spain	Holger Woelk  West Germany	Jorge Gotzens  Spain
100 m breaststroke L4	Eric Fleury  France	Juan Castane  Spain	Michael Lapp  West Germany
100 m breaststroke L5	Theo van der Meijden  Netherlands	Alberto Gomez  Spain	Roberto Garcia  Spain
100 m butterfly L4	Alberto Jofre  Spain	Marcel Poulisse  Netherlands	Eric Fleury  France
100 m butterfly L5	Claude Dupin  France	Theo van der Meijden  Netherlands	Alberto Gomez  Spain
100 m freestyle L4	Marcel Poulisse  Netherlands	Alberto Jofre  Spain	Andrew Gilbert  Great Britain
100 m freestyle L5	Alberto Gomez  Spain	Gyorgy Tory  Hungary	Theo van der Meijden  Netherlands
200 m individual medley L4	Juan Castane  Spain	Marcel Poulisse  Netherlands	Eric Fleury  France
200 m individual medley L5	Claude Dupin  France	Gyorgy Tory  Hungary	Roberto Garcia  Spain
4×50 m freestyle relay L1–L6	Spain (ESP)	Great Britain (GBR)	France (FRA)
4×50 m medley relay L1–L6	Hungary (HUN) Attila Jeszenszky Laszlo Palinkas Ferenc Stettner Gyorgy Tory	Spain (ESP)	Great Britain (GBR)
50 m backstroke L3	Petra Schad  West Germany	Teresa Herreras  Spain	Marjolein van Riel  Netherlands
50 m breaststroke L3	Teresa Herreras  Spain	Irene Hotchin  Great Britain	Eva Lundquist  Sweden
50 m freestyle L3	Teresa Herreras  Spain	Petra Schad  West Germany	Irene Hotchin  Great Britain
100 m backstroke L4	Ana Peiro  Spain	Mirjam Sanders  Netherlands	Katarina Jewall  Sweden
100 m backstroke L5	Agnes Beraudias  France	Pilar Jabaloyas  Spain	Petra Heirbaut  Netherlands
100 m backstroke L6	Manuela Aguilera  Spain	Judit Hoffman  Hungary
100 m breaststroke L4	Mirjam Sanders  Netherlands	Maj Berger  Norway	Ana Peiro  Spain
100 m breaststroke L5	Petra Heirbaut  Netherlands	Agnes Beraudias  France	Laura Tramuns  Spain
100 m butterfly L4	Ana Peiro  Spain	Katarina Jewall  Sweden	Mirjam Sanders  Netherlands
100 m butterfly L5	Agnes Beraudias  France	Petra Heirbaut  Netherlands	Pilar Jabaloyas  Spain
100 m butterfly L6	Immaculada Palencia  Spain
100 m freestyle L4	Mirjam Sanders  Netherlands	Katarina Jewall  Sweden	Ana Peiro  Spain
100 m freestyle L6	Immaculada Palencia  Spain	Manuela Aguilera  Spain	Rachael Marshall  Trinidad and Tobago
200 m individual medley L4	Ana Peiro  Spain	Mirjam Sanders  Netherlands	Katarina Jewall  Sweden
200 m individual medley L5	Agnes Beraudias  France	Petra Heirbaut  Netherlands	Pilar Jabaloyas  Spain
200 m individual medley L6	Manuela Aguilera  Spain	Judit Hoffman  Hungary
4×50 m freestyle relay L1–L6	Spain (ESP)	Great Britain (GBR)	Norway (NOR)
4×50 m medley relay L1–L6	Spain (ESP)	Great Britain (GBR)	Norway (NOR)

References

1. http://www.paralimpico.es/publicacion/5SC_juegos/261SS_juegosparal.asp
2. Kristine Toohey; Anthony James Veal (2007). The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective. CABI. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-84593-346-3. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
3. Robert Daniel Steadward; Watkinson, E. J. (Elizabeth Jane); Garry David Wheeler (2003). Adapted Physical Activity. University of Alberta. p. 483. ISBN 978-0-88864-375-9. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
4. Karen P. DePauw; Susan J. Gavron (2005). Disability Sport. Human Kinetics 1. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4504-0847-9. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
5. Thomas, Nigel (2002). "Sport and Disability" (PDF). pp. 105–124. Retrieved August 1, 2016.