Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics has been held since the 1994 Winter Paralympics, when it was known as ice sledge hockey (the sport was renamed by the International Paralympic Committee in 2016).[1][2]
| Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| Governing body | IPC |
| Events | 1 (mixed) |
| Games | |
The tournament was to change from a men's to a mixed tournament for the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, allowing the teams to include female players,[3] but no women participated in the 2010 tournament.[4]
Medalists
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Tournaments
edit| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1994 details |
Lillehammer |  Sweden |
1–0 OT |
 Norway |
 Canada |
2–0 |  Great Britain | ||
| 1998 details |
Nagano | Norway |
2–0 | Canada |
Sweden |
10–1 |  Estonia | ||
| 2002 details |
Salt Lake City |  United States |
4–3 GWS |
Norway |
Sweden |
2–1 GWS |
Canada | ||
| 2006 details |
Torino | Canada |
3–0 | Norway |
United States |
4–3 |  Germany | ||
| 2010 details |
Vancouver | United States |
2–0 |  Japan |
Norway |
2–1 | Canada | ||
| 2014 details |
Sochi | United States |
1–0 |  Russia |
Canada |
3–0 | Norway | ||
| 2018 details |
Peyongchang | United States |
2–1 OT |
Canada |
 South Korea |
1–0 |  Italy | ||
| 2022 details |
Beijing | United States |
5–0 | Canada |
 China |
4–0 | South Korea | ||
Medal table
editThis is the all time medal count won in Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Norway | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Sweden | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
Participating nations
edit| Team | 1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
 2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
 2026 |
 Canada (CAN) |
3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
 China (CHN) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Czech Republic (CZE) |
– | – | – | – | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
 Estonia (EST) |
5 | 4 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
 Germany (GER) |
– | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | |
 Great Britain (GBR) |
4 | 7 | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | |
 Italy (ITA) |
– | – | – | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 | |
 Japan (JPN) |
– | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | – | |
 Norway (NOR) |
2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | |
 Russia (RUS) |
– | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | |
 RPC (RPC)[a] |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | DQ | |
 Slovakia (SVK) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | |
 South Korea (KOR) |
– | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
 Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | – | |
 United States (USA) |
– | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total teams | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
See also
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Notes
edit- ^ Russia and Belarus were banned from competing in the Paralympics after the countries' invasion of Ukraine.[5]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.
- ^ "Para ice hockey - Fast Facts". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019.
Para ice hockey was formerly known as ice sledge hockey until it was rebranded in 2016.
- ^ "Our Sport". paraicehockey.co.uk. British Para Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020.
In 2016, the sport was renamed and rebranded from IPC Ice Sledge Hockey to Para Ice Hockey.
- ^ Sledge Hockey Teams Can Add Women For 2010 Games, The Sports Network, April 3, 2009
- ^ Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games - Ice Sledge Hockey, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- ^ "IPC to decline athlete entries from RPC and NPC Belarus for Beijing 2022". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- "Results". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2008. Retrieved 2009-11-04.