Top medal-winning nations at Summer Paralympics

Evolving from the Stoke Mandeville Games for wheelchair athletes, Rome hosted the first Summer Paralympics in 1960 – featuring 400 athletes from 23 nations. This year, over 4,000 athletes are due to take part in the Paris Paralympics

Host  1st place  2nd place  3rd place

1960
1964
1968
1972 
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Rome, ITA
Tokyo, JPN
Tel Aviv, ISR
Heidelberg, FRG*
Toronto, CAN
Arnhem, NED
New York, USA
Seoul, KOR
Barcelona, ESP
Atlanta, USA
Sydney, AUS
Athens, GRE
Beijing, CHN
London, GBR
Rio de Janeiro, BRA
Tokyo, JPN
ITA
USA
USA
FRG
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
USA
AUS
CHN
CHN
CHN
CHN
CHN
29
50
33
28
66
75
137
91
75
46
63
63
89
95
107
96
28
41
27
17
44
66
131
90
 52
46
39
46
70
71
81
60
23
32
39
22
45
54
129
88
48
65
47
32
52
65
51
51
GBR
GBR
GBR
USA
NED
POL
GBR
FRG
GER
AUS
GBR
GBR
GBR
RUS
GBR
GBR
20
18
29
17
45
75
107
76
61
42
41
35
42
36
64
41
15
23
20
27
25
50
112
65
51
37
43
30
29
38
39
38
20
20
20
31
14
52
112
52
59
27
47
29
31
28
44
45
GER
ITA
ISR
GBR
ISR
FRG
CAN
GBR
GBR
GER
CAN
CAN
USA
GBR
UKR
USA
15
14
18
16
40
68
87
65
40
40
38
28
36
34
41
37
6
15
21
15
13
48
82
65
47
58
33
19
35
43
37
36
9
16
23
21
16
46
69
54
41
51
25
25
28
43
39
31

Alexis Hanquinquant  (para-triathlon) and Nantenin Keita (T13 sprint), Paralympic Games flag bearers for France
Athletes from 184 delegations will compete for medals over 12 days, across 549 events, in 22 different sports

Medal specifications
Diameter: 85mm
Thickness: 9.2mm
Weight Gold: 529g
Silver: 525g
Bronze: 455g

PARALYMPIC MEDAL

ALL-TIME PARALYMPIC MEDAL TABLE
United States leads all-time ranking with haul of over 2,200 medals, winning 808 golds. China is gaining ground, having finished with most medals at last five Paralympics Table sorted by number of gold medals

1,229
1,546
1,078
1,913
1,094
807
753
1,205
Total medals: 2,283
United States
Great Britain
China
Germany†
Canada
Australia
France
Netherlands
Poland
808
668
529
521
399
389
358
301
269
736
620
399
526
336
422
362
262
265
739
625
301
499
343
394
374
244
219

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Source: International Paralympic Committee
FRG* – West Germany, Germany† – Includes medals won by West Germany 1960-88
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