Bahrain at the Paralympics

Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, sending a delegation to compete in athletics. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.[1]

Bahrain at the
Paralympics
IPC codeBRN
NPCBahrain Disabled Sports Federation
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer appearances

Bahraini competitors have won a total of ten Paralympic medals, all of them in athletics: two gold, three silver and five bronze. The country's first inaugural participation in the Games in 1984 yielded two bronze medals: K. Alqatam finished third in the men's javelin (category 5), and Adel Sultan finished third in the men's 100m sprint (category 5). Bahrain won its first gold medal four years later, with Khaled Al Saqer winning the men's slalom in the 1A category. His compatriot Ali Alhasan took bronze in the same event, while Adel Sultan took a silver medal in the 100m sprint (categories 5–6). In 1992, Al Saqer won the country's only medal, a bronze in the discus (THW2-3). There was no medals in 1996, but in 2000 Ayman Al Heddi and Ahmed Kamal obtained a silver and a bronze, respectively, in the discus and the shot put. Ahmed Meshaima's silver in the shot put (F37) in 2004.[2]

Three women have represented Bahrain at the Paralympics: M. Alkhinna and S. Mohamed in sprinting and slalom, Fatema Nedham was the first woman to win a gold medal for Bahrain in the shot put in 2016.[3] Bahraini women's participation in the Paralympics thus predates their participation in the Olympics, which began in 2004.[4]

Medal tallies

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Event Gold Silver Bronze Total Ranking
1984 Summer Paralympics 0 0 2 2 43rd
1988 Summer Paralympics 1 1 1 3 37th
1992 Summer Paralympics 0 0 1 1 50th
1996 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -
2000 Summer Paralympics 0 1 1 2 58th
2004 Summer Paralympics 0 1 0 1 66th
2008 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -
2012 Summer Paralympics 0 0 0 0 -
2016 Summer Paralympics 1 0 0 0 60th

Medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Bronze Adel Sultan     1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's 100m 5
  Bronze K. Alqatam     1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics Men's javelin throw 5
  Gold Khaled Al Saqer   1988 Seoul Athletics Men's slalom 1A
  Silver Adel Sultan   1988 Seoul Athletics Men's 100m 5-6
  Bronze Ali Alhasan   1988 Seoul Athletics Men's slalom 1A
  Bronze Khaled Al Saqer   1992 Barcelona Athletics Men's discus throw THW2-3
  Silver Ayman Al Heddi   2000 Sydney Athletics Men's discus throw F51
  Bronze Ahmed Kamal   2000 Sydney Athletics Men's club throw F51
  Silver Ahmed Meshaima   2004 Athens Athletics Men's shot put F37
  Gold Fatema Nedham   2016 Rio de Janeiro Athletics Women's shot put F53

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  2. ^ Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  3. ^ Bahrain at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
  4. ^ "Running into History", ESPN, September 25, 2004