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China at the Paralympics

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 and more medals overall than any other nation at every Summer Paralympics.

China at the
Paralympics
IPC codeCHN
NPCChina Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Websitewww.cdpf.org.cn
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
554
Silver
420
Bronze
325
Total
1,299
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

As of 2022, China finished first in the Summer Paralympics fifth times and first once in the Winter Paralympics. With the nation's 10th appearance at the Summer and 6th appearance at the Winter Paralympics, China is the most successful country overall in the Asia, 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 at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where China won their first ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the wheelchair curling competition. While four years later at home during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, China won medals at all six sports, topped the medal table for the first time on Winter Paralympics, and became the most successful appearance of an Asian nation, as well as China's best appearance at a Winter Paralympics.

Medal by games edit

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

Medal tables edit

See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table
Red border color indicates host nation status.

Medal by sports edit

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

Summer Games edit

  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics18714299428
  Swimming139125105369
  Table tennis783120129
  Powerlifting36262284
  Wheelchair fencing34181264
  Shooting1711836
  Archery117725
  Track cycling1091231
  Judo810725
  Badminton53210
  Road cycling36514
  Rowing3216
  Volleyball3205
  Goalball1405
  Boccia0415
  Football 5-a-side0101
  Wheelchair basketball0101
  Parataekwondo0011
Totals (18 entries)5354023021239

Winter Games edit

  Leading in that sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Cross-country skiing76518
  Biathlon42612
  Alpine skiing39719
  Snowboarding33410
  Wheelchair curling2002
  Para ice hockey0011
Totals (6 entries)19202362

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Flagbearer edit

Summer Games edit

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 Future event
  2028 Los Angeles
  2032 Brisbane

Winter Games edit

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   Cross-country skiing
  2026 Milano-Cortina Future event

Multi medallists edit

 
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 M 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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
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