China at the Paralympics

The People's Republic of China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the Summer Games in New York City, United States and Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Since the 2004 Summer Paralympics, China has topped the medal table with more gold medals, more silver medals, more bronze medals and more medals overall than any other nation at every Summer Paralympics.

China at the Paralympics
IPC code	CHN
NPC	China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Website	www.cdpf.org.cn
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 648 Silver 496 Bronze 375 Total 1,519
Summer appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

As of 2024, China finished first in the Summer Paralympics six times and first once in the Winter Paralympics. With the nation's 11th appearance at the Summer and 6th appearance at the Winter Paralympics, China is the most successful country overall in the Asia & Oceania region, making them the 3rd most successful country in the All-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Despite having competed at every Winter Games since Salt Lake City in 2002, China did not win a single medal until the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where China won their first-ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the wheelchair curling competition. Four years later, at home during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, China won medals in all six sports, topped the medal table for the first time at the Winter Paralympics, and became the most successful appearance of the Asian nation, as well as China's best appearance at the Winter Paralympics.

Medal by games

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Red border color indicates host nation status.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank by Gold medals	Rank by Total medals
1960 Rome	did not participate
1964 Tokyo
1968 Tel-Aviv
1972 Heidelberg
1976 Toronto
1980 Arnhem
1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville	2	12	8	22	28	26
1988 Seoul	17	17	4	38	15	19
1992 Barcelona-Madrid	16	8	7	31	10	18
1996 Atlanta	16	10	13	39	9	11
2000 Sydney	34	22	17	73	6	8
2004 Athens	63	46	32	141	1	1
2008 Beijing	89	70	52	211	1	1
2012 London	95	71	65	231	1	1
2016 Rio de Janeiro	107	81	51	239	1	1
2020 Tokyo	96	60	51	207	1	1
2024 Paris	94	76	50	220	1	1
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
Total	629	476	352	1457	3	3

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank by Gold medals	Rank by Total medals
1976 Örnsköldsvik	did not participate
1980 Geilo
1984 Innsbruck
1988 Innsbruck
1992 Tignes-Albertville
1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0	–	–
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0	–	–
2010 Vancouver-Whistler	0	0	0	0	–	–
2014 Sochi	0	0	0	0	–	–
2018 PyeongChang	1	0	0	1	20	22
2022 Beijing	18	20	23	61	1	1
2026 Milan-Cortina	Future event
Total	19	20	23	62	14	15

Medal by sports

Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Paralympics sports.
The exceptions are paratriathlon, equestrian and wheelchair rugby.

Summer Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	208	164	115	487
Swimming	161	146	116	423
Table tennis	89	38	26	153
Wheelchair fencing	44	23	16	83
Powerlifting	42	34	23	99
Shooting	19	12	10	41
Archery	14	10	9	33
Badminton	14	5	3	22
Track cycling	13	12	12	37
Judo	10	11	9	30
Road cycling	5	7	6	18
Rowing	3	3	1	7
Volleyball	3	3	0	6
Boccia	2	4	1	7
Goalball	1	4	1	6
Parataekwondo	1	0	1	2
Wheelchair basketball	0	1	1	2
Football 5-a-side	0	1	0	1
Paracanoeing	0	0	1	1
Wheelchair tennis	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)	629	478	352	1,459

Winter Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cross-country skiing	7	6	5	18
Biathlon	4	2	6	12
Alpine skiing	3	9	7	19
Snowboarding	3	3	4	10
Wheelchair curling	2	0	0	2
Para ice hockey	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)	19	20	23	62

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Summer
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Equestrian	6th	Peng Yulian	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II in 2008
Paratriathlon	4th	Wang Jiachao	Men's PTS4 in 2020
Wheelchair rugby	8th	China mixed team	Mixed tournament in 2008

Flagbearer

Summer Games

Games	Opening	Gender	Sport	Closing	Gender	Sport
1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville	Not documented			None
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona-Madrid
1996 Atlanta	Zhao Bin	M	Athletics
2000 Sydney	Zhang Haidong	M	Powerlifting
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Wang Xiaofu	M	Swimming
2012 London	Zhang Lixin	F	Athletics
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rong Jing	F	Wheelchair fencing	Liu Lei	M	Powerlifting
2020 Tokyo	Zhou Jiamin	F	Archery	Zhang Xuemei	F	Wheelchair basketball
	Wang Hao	M	Athletics
2024 Paris	Gu Haiyan	F	Wheelchair fencing	Jiang Yuyan	F	Swimming
	Qi Yongkai	M	Powerlifting	Di Dongdong	M	Athletics
2028 Los Angeles	Future event
2032 Brisbane

Winter Games

Games	Opening	Gender	Sport	Closing	Gender	Sport
2002 Salt Lake City	Not documented			None
2006 Turin	Zhang Jie	M	Cross-country skiing
2010 Vancouver-Whistler	Cheng Shishuai	M	Cross-country skiing
2014 Sochi	Tian Ye	M	Cross-country skiing
2018 PyeongChang	Peng Yuanyuan	F	Cross-country skiing	Wang Haitao	M	Wheelchair curling
2022 Beijing	Wang Zhidong	M	Para ice hockey	Yang Hongqiong	F	Cross-country skiing
	Guo Yujie	F	Biathlon
2026 Milano-Cortina	Future event

Multi medallists

Chinese competitor Yanjian Wu on his way to a silver medal in the T46 1500m event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.

Athletes who have won more than three gold medals or five medals:

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Xu Qing	Swimming	2008–2016	3	M	10	0	1	11
2	Zhang Xiaoling	Table tennis	1988–2008	6	F	9	1	2	12
3	Liu Jing	Table tennis	2008-2020	4	F	8	0	0	8
4	Hu Daoliang	Wheelchair fencing	2004-2020	5	M	7	4	1	12
5	He Junquan	Swimming	2000–2012	4	M	7	3	2	12
6	Feng Panfeng	Table tennis	2008-2020	4	M	7	0	1	8
7	Zhang Bian	Table tennis	2008-2020	4	F	7	0	0	7
8	Mi Na	Athletics (field)	2008–2020	4	F	6	3	0	9
9	Zheng Tao	Swimming	2012–2020	3	M	6	1	2	9
9	Du Jianping	Swimming	2004–2012	3	M	6	1	2	9
11	Sun Hai Tao	Athletics (track)	1996–2004	3	M	6	1	1	8
11	Rong Jing	Wheelchair fencing	2016-2020	2	F	6	1	1	8
13	Zhang Li	Swimming	2016-2020	2	F	6	1	0	7
14	Zhou Ying	Table tennis	2008-2020	4	F	6	0	0	6
14	Guo Wei	Athletics (field)	2004–2008	2	M	6	0	0	6
16	Yang Bozun	Swimming	2008–2020	4	M	5	6	5	16
17	Zhou Hongzhuan	Athletics (track)	2008–2020	4	F	5	4	3	12
18	Lu Dong	Swimming	2012-2020	3	F	5	2	0	7
19	Huang Lisha	Athletics (track)	2008–2012	2	F	5	1	1	7
20	Huang Wenpan	Swimming	2016	1	M	5	1	0	6
20	Wen Xiaoyan	Athletics (track)	2016–2020	2	F	5	1	0	6
22	Yao Juan	Athletics (field)	2000–2020	6	F	5	0	0	5
22	Zhang Lixin	Athletics (track)	2008–2012	2	M	5	0	0	5
24	Li Duan	Athletics (field)	2000–2012	4	M	4	2	2	8
25	Sun Gang	Wheelchair fencing	2016-2020	2	M	4	2	1	7
25	Liu Cuiqing	Athletics (track)	2016–2020	2	F	4	2	1	7
27	Zou Liankang	Swimming	2016-2020	2	M	4	2	0	6
27	Liu Wenjun	Athletics (track)	2008–2016	3	F	4	2	0	6
27	Pan Shiyun	Swimming	2012–2016	2	M	4	2	0	6
30	Li Qiang	Athletics (track)	2000–2008	3	M	4	1	0	5
30	Li Huzhao	Athletics (track)	2008–2016	3	M	4	1	0	5
30	Wang Fang	Athletics (track)	2004–2008	2	F	4	1	0	5
33	Zhao Shuai	Table tennis	2012-2020	3	M	4	0	0	4
33	Xue Juan	Table tennis	2016-2020	2	F	4	0	0	4
33	Mao Jingdian	Table tennis	2012-2020	3	F	4	0	0	4
33	Liu Lei	Powerlifting	2008–2020	4	M	4	0	0	4
33	Zhou Xia	Athletics (track)	2016–2020	2	F	4	0	0	4
33	Zou Lijuan	Athletics (field)	2016–2020	2	F	4	0	0	4
33	Yang Yang	Swimming	2012–2016	2	M	4	0	0	4
40	Xu Hong Yan	Athletics (track)	1996–2004	3	F	3	3	0	6
41	Wu Qing	Athletics (field)	2008–2016	3	F	3	2	1	6
42	Xia Dong	Athletics (field)	2008–2012	2	M	3	2	0	5
43	Wang Yinan	Swimming	2012–2016	2	M	3	1	2	6
44	Zheng Baozhu	Athletics (field)	2004–2008	2	F	3	0	1	4
45	Shi Yiting	Athletics (track)	2016-2020	2	F	3	0	0	3
45	Fu Taoying	Powerlifting	2004–2012	3	F	3	0	0	3
45	Yuan Yanping	Judo	2008–2016	3	F	3	0	0	3
45	Wang Zhiming	Athletics (field)	2012	1	F	3	0	0	3
45	Feng Yanke	Wheelchair fencing	2016-2020	2	M	3	0	0	3
45	Cheng Jiao	Swimming	2016	1	F	3	0	0	3
51	Li Yansong	Athletics (track)	2004–2012	3	M	2	3	2	7
52	Wang Jiachao	Swimming	2008–2012	2	M	1	3	1	5
53	Jiang Shengnan	Swimming	2012–2016	2	F	1	0	4	5

Multi medals at single Games

This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Year	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Huang Wenpan	Swimming	2016	M	5	1	0	6
2	Du Jianping	Swimming	2008	M	4	1	1	6
3	He Junquan	Swimming	2004	M	4	0	0	4
	Yang Yang	Swimming	2012	M	4	0	0	4
5	Yang Bozun	Swimming	2012	M	3	2	1	5
6	Wang Yinan	Swimming	2012	M	3	1	1	5
7	Li Huzhao	Athletics	2008	M	3	1	0	4
	Zou Liankang	Swimming	2016	M	3	1	0	4
9	Sun Hai Tao	Athletics	1996	M	3	0	0	3
	Huang Lisha	Athletics	2008	F	3	0	0	3
	Wang Zhiming	Athletics	2012	M	3	0	0	3
	Cheng Jiao	Swimming	2016	F	3	0	0	3
	Rong Jing	Wheelchair fencing	2016	F	3	0	0	3
14	Pan Shiyun	Swimming	2012	M	2	2	0	4
15	Zhou Hongzhuan	Athletics	2012	F	2	1	1	4
16	Li Qiang	Athletics	2000	M	2	1	0	3
	Wang Fang	Athletics	2004	F	2	1	0	3
	Xia Dong	Athletics	2008	M	2	1	0	3
	Liu Fuliang	Athletics	2012	M	2	1	0	3
	Liu Ping	Athletics	2012	F	2	1	0	3
	Liu Wenjun	Athletics	2016	F	2	1	0	3
	Peng Qiuping	Swimming	2016	F	2	1	0	3
23	Zhang Xiaoling	Table tennis	1996	F	2	0	1	3
	Duan Qifeng	Athletics	2004	M	2	0	1	3
25	Zhang Zhen	Athletics	2008	M	2	0	0	2
	Yang Liwan	Athletics	2012	F	2	0	0	2
	Xia Jiangbo	Swimming	2012	F	2	0	0	2
	Zhou Jiamin	Archery	2016	F	2	0	0	2
	Zou Lihong	Athletics	2016	F	2	0	0	2

Multi medals at a single event

This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Event	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Zhang Xiaoling	Table tennis	Women's singles	1992–2008	6	F	3	0	2	9
			Women's team	1992–2004			4	0	0
2	Hou Bin	Athletics	High jump	1996–2004	3	M	3	0	0	3
	Yuan Yanping	Judo	Women's +70 kg	2008–2016	3	F	3	0	0	3
	Xu Qing	Swimming	Men's 50m butterfly	2008–2016	3	M	3	0	0	3
	Zhou Ying	Table tennis	Women's singles	2008–2012	2	F	3	0	0	3
6	Li Duan	Athletics	Triple jump	2000–2012	4	M	2	2	0	4
7	Sun Hai Tao	Athletics	Discus throw	1996–2004	3	M	2	1	0	3
	Xu Hong Yan	Athletics	Discus throw	1996–2004	3	M	2	1	0	3
9	Cui Yanfeng	Athletics	4 × 400 m relay	2008, 2016	3	M	2	0	0	2
	Fan Liang	Athletics	Discus throw	2004–2008	2	M	2	0	0	2
	Wu Yancong	Athletics	High jump	2000–2004	2	M	2	0	0	2
	Yao Juan	Athletics	Javelin throw	2000, 2008	3	F	2	0	0	2
	Wu Qing	Athletics	Discus throw	2008–2012	3	F	2	0	0	2
	Zhu Pengkai	Athletics	Javelin throw	2008–2012	2	M	2	0	0	2

See also

• Paralympic competitors for China
• Sports in China
• Disability in China
• China at the Olympics