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This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening ceremony is scheduled on the 24th of August with the last day of competition and the closing ceremony on 5 September. [1]
The preliminary schedule was announced on 19 October 2018. [2] The finalized schedule was released on 13 August 2019. [3] [4]
The original schedule was from 25 August to 10 September 2020. To postpone the Paralympics until 2021, all events were delayed by 364 days (one day less than a full year to preserve the same days of the week), giving a new schedule of 24 August to 9 September 2021. [5]
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| August/September 2021 | August | September | Events | ||||||||||||
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| 24th Tue | 25th Wed | 26th Thu | 27th Fri | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | |||
 Ceremonies | OC | CC | — | ||||||||||||
 Archery | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
 Athletics | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 167 | ||||
 Badminton | ● | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||
 Boccia | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | ● | ● | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| Cycling |  Road | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 51 | |||||||||
 Track | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||||
 Equestrian (dressage) | 3 | 2 | ● | 1 | 5 | 11 | |||||||||
 Football 5-a-side | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Goalball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | ||||
 Judo | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||||
 Paracanoe | ● | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||
 Paratriathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||||
 Powerlifting | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |||||||||
 Rowing | ● | ● | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
 Shooting | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||||||
 Sitting volleyball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 Swimming | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 146 | ||||
 Table tennis | ● | ● | ● | 5 | 8 | 8 | ● | ● | 5 | 5 | 31 | ||||
 Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
 Wheelchair basketball | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
 Wheelchair fencing | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |||||||||
 Wheelchair rugby | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
 Wheelchair tennis | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Daily medal events | 24 | 30 | 44 | 55 | 62 | 54 | 58 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 49 | 15 | 539 | ||
| Cumulative total | 24 | 54 | 98 | 153 | 215 | 269 | 327 | 372 | 420 | 475 | 524 | 539 | |||
| August/September 2021 | 24th Tue | 25th Wed | 26th Thu | 27th Fri | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | Total events | |
| August | September | ||||||||||||||
* Host nation (Host country (Japan))
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  China | 96 | 60 | 51 | 207 |
| 2 |  Great Britain | 41 | 38 | 45 | 124 |
| 3 |  United States | 37 | 36 | 31 | 104 |
| 4 |  RPC | 36 | 33 | 49 | 118 |
| 5 |  Netherlands | 25 | 17 | 17 | 59 |
| 6 |  Ukraine | 24 | 47 | 27 | 98 |
| 7 |  Brazil | 22 | 20 | 30 | 72 |
| 8 |  Australia | 21 | 29 | 30 | 80 |
| 9 |  Italy | 14 | 29 | 26 | 69 |
| 10 |  Azerbaijan | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 11–86 | Remaining teams | 209 | 230 | 279 | 718 |
| Totals (86 entries) | 539 | 540 | 589 | 1668 | |
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