The medal table of the 2024 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that were won by their athletes during the competition. The 2024 Paralympics was the seventeenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. There were 549 medal events.
| 2024 Summer Paralympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Paris,  France |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  China (94) |
| Most total medals | China (220) |
Mauritius, Nepal and the Refugee Paralympic Team won their first Paralympic medals.[1][2] As of 2024, Nepal has not yet won an Olympic medal.
Judo, table tennis and taekwondo awarded two bronze medals per discipline - the table tennis to losing semi-finalists, and the two combat sports by a repechage system whereby defeated athletes up to the semi-final stage rejoin competition for a bronze medal.
Medals
editParis 2024 president Tony Estanguet unveiled the Olympic and Paralympic medals for the Games in February 2024, which on the obverse featured embedded hexagon-shaped tokens of scrap iron that had been taken from the original construction of the Eiffel Tower, with the Games logo engraved into it.[3] Approximately 5,084 medals would be produced by the French mint Monnaie de Paris, and were designed by Chaumet, a luxury jewellery firm based in Paris.[4]
The reverse of the medals contains a design of the Eiffel Tower viewed from below, inscriptions in braille (a writing system whose development has been credited to French educator and inventor Louis Braille), and line patterns that can be used to identify the medals by touch.[5][6] Each medal weighs 455–529 g (16–19 oz), has a diameter of 85 mm (3.3 in) and is 9.2 mm (0.36 in) thick.[7] The gold medals are made with 98.8 percent silver and 1.13 percent gold, while the bronze medals are made up with copper, zinc, and tin.[8]
Medal table
editTwo silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie in the Men's 50m Freestyle - S11, and no bronze medal was awarded. Two bronze medals were awarded for a third-place tie in the Men's High Jump - T64. After an incident during the final race, two bronze medals were also awarded in athletics for the women's T63 100m sprint.
- Key
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 94 | 76 | 50 | 220 |
| 2 |  Great Britain | 49 | 44 | 31 | 124 |
| 3 |  United States | 36 | 42 | 27 | 105 |
| 4 |  Netherlands | 27 | 17 | 12 | 56 |
| – |  Neutral Paralympic Athletes | 26 | 22 | 23 | 71 |
| 5 |  Brazil | 25 | 26 | 38 | 89 |
| 6 |  Italy | 24 | 15 | 32 | 71 |
| 7 |  Ukraine | 22 | 28 | 32 | 82 |
| 8 | France* | 19 | 28 | 28 | 75 |
| 9 |  Australia | 18 | 17 | 28 | 63 |
| 10 |  Japan | 14 | 10 | 17 | 41 |
| 11 |  Germany | 10 | 14 | 25 | 49 |
| 12 |  Canada | 10 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
| 13 |  Uzbekistan | 10 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 14 |  Iran | 8 | 10 | 7 | 25 |
| 15 |  Switzerland | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 16 |  Poland | 8 | 6 | 9 | 23 |
| 17 |  Spain | 7 | 11 | 22 | 40 |
| 18 |  India | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 |
| 19 |  Colombia | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 20 |  Belgium | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 21 |  Thailand | 6 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 22 |  South Korea | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 23 |  Turkey | 6 | 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 24 |  Cuba | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 25 |  Algeria | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 26 |  Hungary | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 27 |  Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 28 |  Azerbaijan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 29 |  Israel | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 30 |  Mexico | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 31 |  Morocco | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 32 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 33 |  Greece | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 34 |  Venezuela | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 35 |  Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 36 |  Latvia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 |  Argentina | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 38 |  Denmark | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 39 |  Kazakhstan | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 40 |  Nigeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 41 |  Egypt | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 42 |  Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 43 |  Portugal | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 44 |  Ethiopia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
 Singapore | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 46 |  South Africa | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 47 |  Ecuador | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 48 |  Jordan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 49 |  Costa Rica | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 |  Indonesia | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 |
| 51 |  Georgia | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
 New Zealand | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| 53 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 54 |  Norway | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 55 |  Ireland | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
 Serbia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 57 |  Mongolia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 58 |  Iraq | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 59 |  Croatia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 60 |  Chile | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 61 |  Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Namibia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Romania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 65 |  Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Peru | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 68 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 69 |  Austria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 70 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 71 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 72 |  Sweden | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 73 |  Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Moldova | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 75 |  Kenya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Sri Lanka | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 78 |  Refugee Paralympic Team | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 79 |  Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nepal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (85 entries) | 549 | 551 | 607 | 1,707 | |
Podium sweeps
editA podium sweep is where a team or nation comes in first, second and third, and wins all available medals.
| Date | Sport | Event | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September | Swimming | Men's 50 metre backstroke S5 | China
|
Yuan Weiyi | Guo Jincheng | Wang Lichao | [10] |
| Women's 50 metre backstroke S5 | Lu Dong | He Shenggao | Liu Yu | [11] | |||
| 5 September | Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 | Guo Jincheng | Yuan Weiyi | Wang Lichao | [12] | ||
| 6 September | Men's 50 metre butterfly S5 | Guo Jincheng | Yuan Weiyi | Wang Lichao | [13] | ||
| Athletics | Women's 100 metre T64 | Netherlands
|
Fleur Jong | Kimberly Alkemade | Marlene van Gansewinkel | [14] |
Neutral Paralympic Athletes
editNeutral Paralympic Athletes was the name used to represent approved Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) banned the nations' previous designations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Neutral athletes competed under a white flag featuring black lettering spelling out NPA. The flag’s use was limited to TV and sports presentation graphics and during medal ceremonies. Medal wins were not recorded on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games medals table and when a neutral athlete won a gold medal, the Paralympic anthem was played, but their medal was not added to the official medals table.[9]
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Although the IPC does not include Neutral Paralympic Athletes in the official medal tables,[9] they are listed here for comparison purposes only.
References
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- ^ "Paris 2024: Khudadadi wins first-ever medal for Refugee Paralympic Team". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024: Eiffel Tower metal in Olympics and Paralympics medals". BBC Sport. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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- ^ "Paris 2024: Eiffel Tower metal in Olympics and Paralympics medals". BBC Sport. 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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- ^ "Paris 2024: First look at Olympic and Paralympic medals featuring chunks of Eiffel Tower". Sky News. 8 February 2024. Archived from the original on 8 February 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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- ^ a b "IPC publish Neutral Paralympic Athletes regulations for the Paris 2024 Paralympics". 6 March 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Men's 50m Backstroke - S5 Final Results". Paralympics. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 50m Backstroke - S5 Final Results". Paralympics. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's 50m Freestyle - S5 Final Results". Paralympics. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Men's 50m Butterfly - S5 Final Results". Paralympics. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "Women's 100m - T64 Final Results". Paralympics. Retrieved 6 September 2024.