| Table tennis at the IX Paralympic Games | |
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 Paralympic Table tennis | |
Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 30 events, 21 for men and 9 for women.
Swimming, athletics and table tennis used a medical based classification system for the Barcelona Games. [1] This happened as the Games were in a transition period with a number of other sports starting to move to a fully functional based classification system. [2] [3] [4]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany (GER) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 28 |
| 2 |  Finland (FIN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  France (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 |  Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 |  Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 12 |  Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 |  Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 |  Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 |  Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 20 |  Independent Paralympic Participants (IPP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 30 | 30 | 57 | 117 | |
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 239 events, 152 for men and 62 for women. Because of a tie in the first position of the men's 100m in class B1 and another tie also happened in the third place of the high jump event in the b2 class for men. 240 gold medals, 238 silver and 240 bronze were awarded.
Swimming at the 1992 Summer Paralympics consisted of 163 events, 88 for men and 75 for women. Because of ties for third place in the women's 50 metre freestyle B3 and men's 50 metre freestyle B2 events, a total of 165 bronze medals were awarded.
Australia competed at the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona for physically and vision-impaired athletes. Immediately after the Barcelona Games, the city of Madrid held events for athletes with an intellectual disability. The Madrid results are not included in International Paralympic Committee Historical Results Database. Australia finished 7th in the total medal count winning 76 medals. Australia competed in 13 sports and won medals in 3 sports – swimming, athletics and weightlifting. Australia finished first in the medal tally at the 1992 Paralympic Games for Persons with Mental Handicap in Madrid.
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