Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 2000 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Only one event, mixed team, is held.
| Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics | |
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| Governing body | IWRF |
| Events | 1 (mixed) |
| Games | |
| Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics | |
Tournaments edit
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1996 details |
Atlanta |  United States |
37 - 30 |  Canada |
 New Zealand |
46 - 34 |  Great Britain | ||
| 2000 details |
Sydney | United States |
32 - 31 |  Australia |
New Zealand |
44 - 32 | Canada | ||
| 2004 details |
Athens | New Zealand |
31 - 29 | Canada |
United States |
43 - 39 | Great Britain | ||
| 2008 details |
Beijing | United States |
53 - 44 | Australia |
Canada |
47 - 41 | Great Britain | ||
| 2012 details |
London | Australia |
66 - 51 | Canada |
United States |
53 - 43 |  Japan | ||
| 2016 details |
Rio de Janeiro | Australia |
59 - 58 | United States |
Japan |
52 - 50 | Canada | ||
| 2020 details |
Tokyo | Great Britain |
54 - 49 | United States |
Japan |
60 - 52 | Australia | ||
Medal table edit
Updated after the 2020 Summer Paralympics
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 |  Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Canada | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Participating nations edit
Four nations - United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain have appeared in every wheelchair rugby Paralympic tournament since its introduction. The 1996 tournament was considered a demonstration event, but unlike the Olympics, medals were awarded and counted in the main medals table.
The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.
| Nation | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | |
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 Australia |
6th |  |
5th | |
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4th | |
 Belgium |
– | – | 6th | – | 7th | – | – | |
 Brazil |
– | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | |
 Canada |
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4th | |
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4th | 5th | |
 China |
– | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | |
 Denmark |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | |
 France |
– | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 6th | |
 Germany |
– | 7th | 7th | 6th | – | – | – | |
 Great Britain |
4th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th |
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 Japan |
– | – | 8th | 7th | 4th | |
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 New Zealand |
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5th | – | – | 8th | |
 Sweden |
5th | 5th | – | – | 6th | 6th | – | |
 Switzerland |
– | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | |
 United States |
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See also edit
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics.
- "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- "Wheelchair Rugby". International Paralympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.