2012 Summer Paralympics medal table

The medal table of the 2012 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2012 Paralympics was the fourteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.[1]

2012 Summer Paralympics medals
LocationLondon,  Great Britain
Highlights
Most gold medals China (95)
Most total medals China (231)
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A Caucasian woman with brunette hair waves to a crowd. She is wearing a white polo shirt with the Union Jack flag on the left shoulder. Around her neck hang four Olympic gold medals.
British cyclist Sarah Storey, pictured with her four 2012 Summer Paralympics gold medals

Some 4,280 athletes, representing 164 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), competed in 503 events in 20 sports. This was the highest number of athletes and NPCs ever competing at a Paralympic Games.[2] The medals were designed by Lin Cheung and show a representation of the wing of the Greek goddess Nike taken directly from a statue held by the British Museum. The engraving on the medals was conducted by the Royal Mint.[3]

Athletes from 57 NPCs won at least one gold medal, with a total of 75 having won at least one medal of any colour.[4] Athletes from Chile,[5] Ethiopia,[6] Fiji,[7] Sri Lanka,[8] and Uzbekistan won their first Paralympic medals.[9][10] Of those nations, the National Olympic Committee of Fiji had never won an Olympic medal until 2016.[11] China topped the medal table with 231 medals in total, including 95 gold medals. Host Great Britain placed third with 120 medals, including 34 golds.[4] The most successful athlete at the Games was Australian swimmer Jacqueline Freney, who won eight gold medals. The most successful athletes outside the swimming competition were Raymond Martin from the United States and David Weir from Great Britain, who both won four gold medals each in athletics, and Sarah Storey from Great Britain, who won four gold medals in cycling.[12]

Medal table

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Australian swimmer Jacqueline Freney was the most successful athlete at the 2012 Paralympics.
 
German T42 sprinter Heinrich Popow holding his gold medal aloft whilst standing on the podium
 
David Weir was one of the most successful wheelchair racers, winning four gold medals for Great Britain.

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is next considered, followed by the number of bronze medals. If nations remain tied, they are ranked equally and listed alphabetically by IPC country code.[13]

In the judo competition, an additional thirteen bronze medals were awarded as the winners of the two repechage brackets (for those who lost to the eventual finalists) each received a bronze medal.[14]


  *   Host nation (Host nation (Great Britain))

2012 Summer Paralympics medal table[15]
RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)957165231
2  Russia (RUS)363828102
3  Great Britain (GBR)*344343120
4  Ukraine (UKR)32242884
5  Australia (AUS)32233085
6  United States (USA)31293898
7  Brazil (BRA)2114843
8  Germany (GER)18262266
9  Poland (POL)1413936
10  Netherlands (NED)10101939
11  Iran (IRI)107724
12  South Korea (KOR)99927
13  Italy (ITA)981128
14  Tunisia (TUN)95519
15  Cuba (CUB)95317
16  France (FRA)8191845
17  Spain (ESP)8181642
18  South Africa (RSA)812929
19  Ireland (IRL)83516
20  Canada (CAN)715931
21  New Zealand (NZL)67417
22  Nigeria (NGR)65213
23  Mexico (MEX)641121
24  Japan (JPN)55616
25  Belarus (BLR)52310
26  Algeria (ALG)46919
27  Azerbaijan (AZE)45312
28  Egypt (EGY)44715
29  Sweden (SWE)44412
30  Austria (AUT)43613
31  Thailand (THA)4228
32  Finland (FIN)4116
33  Switzerland (SUI)36413
34  Hong Kong (HKG)33612
35  Norway (NOR)3238
36  Belgium (BEL)3137
37  Morocco (MAR)3036
38  Hungary (HUN)26614
39  Serbia (SRB)2305
40  Kenya (KEN)2226
41  Slovakia (SVK)2136
42  Czech Republic (CZE)16411
43  Turkey (TUR)15410
44  Greece (GRE)13812
45  Israel (ISR)1258
46  United Arab Emirates (UAE)1113
47  Latvia (LAT)1102
  Namibia (NAM)1102
  Romania (ROU)1102
50  Denmark (DEN)1045
51  Angola (ANG)1012
52  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1001
  Chile (CHI)1001
  Fiji (FIJ)1001
  Iceland (ISL)1001
  Jamaica (JAM)1001
  Macedonia (MKD)1001
58  Croatia (CRO)0235
59  Bulgaria (BUL)0213
  Iraq (IRQ)0213
61  Colombia (COL)0202
62  Argentina (ARG)0145
63  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0123
  Portugal (POR)0123
65  Malaysia (MAS)0112
  Singapore (SIN)0112
67  Cyprus (CYP)0101
  Ethiopia (ETH)0101
  India (IND)0101
  Saudi Arabia (KSA)0101
  Slovenia (SLO)0101
  Uzbekistan (UZB)0101
73  Venezuela (VEN)0022
74  Indonesia (INA)0011
  Sri Lanka (SRI)0011
Totals (75 entries)5035035161,522

See also

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References

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