2008 Summer Paralympics medal table

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2008 Summer Paralympics medals
Location Beijing, Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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Most gold medalsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (89)
Most total medalsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (211)
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The front and reverse of each medal from the 2008 Summer Paralympics 2008 Paralympic Medals.jpg
The front and reverse of each medal from the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The medal table of the 2008 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2008 Paralympics was the thirteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 6 September to 17 September 2008. [1]

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Some 3,951 athletes from 146 NPCs participated in 472 events in 20 sports, with Burundi, Gabon, Georgia, Haiti and Montenegro making their Paralympic debuts. This set new records for both the number of NPCs competing and the number of athletes overall. [1] The design of the medals was similar to those awarded in the 2008 Summer Olympics, [2] featuring jade discs inserted into the medals themselves, with different color discs included for the three types of medals. A total of 21 designs were submitted from designers from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University and the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation, with the final design approved in the autumn of 2007. [3]

Athletes from a record 76 NPCs won medals, leaving 70 NPCs without a medal. [4] Athletes from Croatia, [5] Mongolia, [6] Saudi Arabia, [7] Singapore [8] and Venezuela won their first ever gold medals. [9] Host China topped the medal table with 211 medals in total, including 89 gold medals, while Great Britain placed second with 102 medals, including 42 golds. [1] [10] Canadian wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc, S9 swimmers Natalie du Toit and Matthew Cowdrey, from South Africa and Australia respectively, each won five gold medals at the 2008 Games. [4] Brazilian S5 swimmer Daniel Dias won the most individual medals overall, [11] a total of nine medals, comprising four golds, four silvers and a bronze. [1]

Medal table

Daniel Dias (center left), who won nine medals overall at the 2008 Games, with President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff Daniel Dias and Dilma Rousseff.jpg
Daniel Dias (center left), who won nine medals overall at the 2008 Games, with President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff
Canadian wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc won five gold medals at the 2008 Games. Chantal Petitclerc.jpg
Canadian wheelchair racer Chantal Petitclerc won five gold medals at the 2008 Games.
Sprinter Oscar Pistorius won three gold medals for South Africa at the 2008 Paralympics. Oscar Pistorius 2 Daegu 2011.jpg
Sprinter Oscar Pistorius won three gold medals for South Africa at the 2008 Paralympics.
British para-dressage rider Lee Pearson wearing his medals from the 2008 Paralympics Lee Pearson, October 2008.jpg
British para-dressage rider Lee Pearson wearing his medals from the 2008 Paralympics

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 taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.

In the judo competition, an additional thirteen bronze medals were awards as the losing competitors in both of the semi-finals were each awarded a medal rather than having a playoff bout to decide the medallist. [13] The swimming also saw multiple instances of the same medals being awarded, in the women's 100m backstroke S10, both Sophie Pascoe and Shireen Sapiro swam a dead heat in the final and were both awarded a gold medal, resulting in no silver medal being given that for event. In both the women's 400, freestyle S13 and the men's 100m butterfly S11, two bronze medals were awarded each as two swimmers set the same time in third place. [13]

  *   Host nation (Host nation (China))

2008 Summer Paralympics medal table
RankNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)*897052211
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)422931102
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)36352899
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)24183274
5Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)23292779
6Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)213630
7Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)19102150
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)18232263
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)16141747
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)15212258
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)14252059
12Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)12211952
13Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)1081331
14Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)103720
15Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)99321
16Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)631827
17Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)514827
18Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)5121330
19Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)510722
20Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)591024
21Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)57113
22Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)56314
23Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)53614
24Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)53412
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)53412
26Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)53311
27Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)5319
28Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)47718
29Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)44412
30Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)4419
31Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)43815
32Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)4127
33Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)4116
34Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)32611
35Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)3249
36Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)3115
37Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)3104
38Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan  (AZE)23510
39Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)2316
40Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)2226
41Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)15713
42Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1427
43Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1337
44Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)1214
45Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)1203
46Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)1124
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)1124
48Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)1102
49Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1056
50Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)1012
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1012
52Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia  (MGL)1001
53Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)0516
54Flag of Angola.svg  Angola  (ANG)0303
55Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)0224
56Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)0202
Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia  (SRB)0202
58Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)0156
59Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0123
60Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0112
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)0112
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq  (IRQ)0112
63Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina  (BIH)0101
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan  (PAK)0101
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea  (PNG)0101
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)0101
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates  (UAE)0101
68Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon  (LIB)0022
69Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)0011
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)0011
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos  (LAO)0011
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)0011
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM)0011
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)0011
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria  (SYR)0011
Totals (76 entries)4734714871431

Changes in medal standings

List of changes in medal standings
Ruling dateSportEventNPCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
14 September 2008 Athletics Women's discus throw F37-38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)-1-1
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)+1-1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)+1+1

On 14 September 2008, Rebecca Chin was stripped of the silver medal she had won in the F37-38 discus competition. The IPC overruled a change in her classification made earlier in the month, making her ineligible to have won the medal as she was reclassified as a F44 competitor. [14]

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