Vietnam competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The country was represented by four athletes competing in three sports: track and field, powerlifting and swimming. Vietnam's delegation had the particularity of being composed entirely of female athletes. None of them won a medal.
Teboho Mokgalagadi is a Paralympian athlete from South Africa competing mainly in category T35 sprint events.
Beat Bösch is a Paralympic athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Leo-Pekka Tähti is an athlete and Paralympian from Finland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.
Peth Rungsri is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T52 sprint events.
Inna Stryzhak, in some instances referred to as Inna Stryzhak-Dyachenko is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.
Terezinha Guilhermina is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events, T11 being the category for totally blind athletes. She has congenital retinitis pigmentosa, as do five of her twelve brothers.
Wu Chunmiao is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.
Olga Semenova is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category P13 sprint events. She formerly competed in P11 pentathlon events.
El Salvador first competed in the Paralympic Games at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. It has participated in the Summer Paralympic Games every four years since that time. El Salvador has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics, and until Tokyo 2020, no Salvadorian had won a Paralympic medal. In 2021, Herbert Aceituno became the first athlete to win a medal, earning bronze in powerlifting at the 59 kg category.
Anthi Karagianni is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F13 long jump and in sprint events. She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she won silver medals in the T13 100m, T13 400m and F13 long jump. Karagianni also competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's F13 long jump event and competed in the T13 100m and 200m events. In the 2012 Summer Paralympics she took the third place in F13 long jump, winning her fifth medal in the Paralympic Games. The Municipal Stadium "Anthi Karagianni" in her hometown of Kavala, Greece, was renamed in her honour in 2004.
Volha Zinkevich is a Paralympian athlete from Belarus competing mainly in category F12 long jump events.
Ewa Zielińska is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F42 long jump and T42 sprint events.
Wang Juan is a Paralympian athlete from China competing mainly in category T44 sprinter events.
Pichet Krungget is a Paralympian athlete from Thailand competing mainly in category T53 sprint events.
Wu Yancong is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category F46 high jump events.
Wu Yanjian is a paralympic athlete from China competing mainly in category T46 distance running events.
Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso is a Spanish Paralympic swimmer. He has competed at four Paralympic Games winning fifteen medals: eight gold, four silver and three bronze. His attendance at the Games was controversial after it was revealed that he had been jailed for bomb attacks while a member of First of October Anti-Fascist Resistance Groups (GRAPO).
Walter Wu is an S13 classified Canadian swimmer who has competed and set records at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Paralympics. He won 14 Paralymipic medals before retiring in 2004 after the Athens Paralympic Games. His accolades included selection as torch bearer, member of the Terry Fox Hall of Fame, and BC Disabled Athlete of the Year. He has spent time as a public speaker to local schools since retirement from active sports competition.
Damian Michał Pietrasik is a visually impaired Polish Paralympic swimmer competing in S11-classification events. He represented Poland at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece and at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. He won the silver medal in the men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.
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