[1][2] Colombians have won a total of seventy five medals: thirteen gold, twenty two silver and forty bronze, in swimming, athletics, cycling, powerlifting and boccia.

[3] Pedro Mejía won the country's first medals when he took a gold and a bronze in swimming in 1980.

His winning time of 1:27.88 in the final of the 100m breaststroke, D category, set a new world record.

Elkin Serna ran the men's marathon in 2:31:16 in the T12 category for athletes with severe visual disability, finishing less than a minute behind Chinese athlete Qi Shun's world record time of 2:30:32, and took silver.

[4] The 2020 Summer Paralympics represented the best performance by the Colombian committee, with a total amount of 24 medals won.