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.
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| IPC code | CHN |
| NPC | China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities |
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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.[1]
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
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Medal by sports
editChinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Paralympics sports.
The exceptions are paratriathlon, equestrian and wheelchair rugby.
Summer Games
edit| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | 164 | 115 | 487 | |
| 161 | 146 | 116 | 423 | |
| 89 | 38 | 26 | 153 | |
| 44 | 23 | 16 | 83 | |
| 42 | 34 | 23 | 99 | |
| 19 | 12 | 10 | 41 | |
| 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 | |
| 14 | 5 | 3 | 22 | |
| 13 | 12 | 12 | 37 | |
| 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 | |
| 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 629 | 478 | 352 | 1,459 |
Winter Games
edit| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| 3 | 9 | 7 | 19 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 19 | 20 | 23 | 62 |
Best results in non-medaling sports:
| Summer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Rank | Athlete | Event & Year |
| 6th | Peng Yulian | Mixed individual freestyle test grade II in 2008 | |
| 4th | Wang Jiachao | Men's PTS4 in 2020 | |
| 8th | China mixed team | Mixed tournament in 2008 | |
Flagbearer
editSummer Games
edit| Games | Opening | Gender | Sport | Closing | Gender | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not documented | None | |||||
| Zhao Bin | M | |||||
| Zhang Haidong | M | |||||
| Wang Xiaofu | M | |||||
| Zhang Lixin | F | |||||
| Rong Jing | F | Liu Lei | M | |||
| Zhou Jiamin | F | Zhang Xuemei | F | |||
| Wang Hao | M | |||||
| Gu Haiyan | F | Jiang Yuyan | F | |||
| Qi Yongkai | M | Di Dongdong | M | |||
| Future event | ||||||
Winter Games
edit| Games | Opening | Gender | Sport | Closing | Gender | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not documented | None | |||||
| Zhang Jie | M | |||||
| Cheng Shishuai | M | |||||
| Tian Ye | M | |||||
| Peng Yuanyuan | F | Wang Haitao | M | |||
| Wang Zhidong | M | Yang Hongqiong | F | |||
| Guo Yujie | F | |||||
| Future event | ||||||
Multi medallists
editAthletes 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
editThis 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 | 2016 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2 | Du Jianping | 2008 | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | He Junquan | 2004 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Yang Yang | 2012 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Yang Bozun | 2012 | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 6 | Wang Yinan | 2012 | M | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 7 | Li Huzhao | 2008 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Zou Liankang | 2016 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun Hai Tao | 1996 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Huang Lisha | 2008 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Wang Zhiming | 2012 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Cheng Jiao | 2016 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Rong Jing | 2016 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Pan Shiyun | 2012 | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 15 | Zhou Hongzhuan | 2012 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 16 | Li Qiang | 2000 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wang Fang | 2004 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Xia Dong | 2008 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Liu Fuliang | 2012 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Liu Ping | 2012 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Liu Wenjun | 2016 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Peng Qiuping | 2016 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 23 | Zhang Xiaoling | 1996 | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Duan Qifeng | 2004 | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Zhang Zhen | 2008 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Yang Liwan | 2012 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Xia Jiangbo | 2012 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Zhou Jiamin | 2016 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Zou Lihong | 2016 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Multi medals at a single event
editThis 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 | Women's singles | 1992–2008 | 6 | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Women's team | 1992–2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Hou Bin | High jump | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Yuan Yanping | Women's +70 kg | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Xu Qing | Men's 50m butterfly | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Zhou Ying | Women's singles | 2008–2012 | 2 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Li Duan | Triple jump | 2000–2012 | 4 | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun Hai Tao | Discus throw | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Xu Hong Yan | Discus throw | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Cui Yanfeng | 4 × 400 m relay | 2008, 2016 | 3 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fan Liang | Discus throw | 2004–2008 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wu Yancong | High jump | 2000–2004 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Yao Juan | Javelin throw | 2000, 2008 | 3 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Wu Qing | Discus throw | 2008–2012 | 3 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Zhu Pengkai | Javelin throw | 2008–2012 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-03-12.