China at the Paralympics
| China at the Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | CHN |
| NPC | China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities |
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| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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| Winter appearances | |
The People's Republic of China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the Summer Games in New York City, United States and Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Since the 2004 Summer Paralympics, China has topped the medal table with more gold medals, more silver medals, more bronze medals and more medals overall than any other nation at every Summer Paralympics.
As of 2026, China finished first in the Summer Paralympics six times and second times in the Winter Paralympics. With the nation's 11th appearance at the Summer and 7th appearance at the Winter Paralympics, China is the most successful country overall in the Asia & Oceania region, making them the 3rd most successful country in the All-time Paralympic Games medal table.[1]
Despite having competed at every Winter Games since Salt Lake City in 2002, China did not win a single medal until the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where China won their first-ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the wheelchair curling competition. Four years later, at home during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, China won medals in all six sports, topped the medal table for the first time at the Winter Paralympics, and became the most successful appearance of the Asian nation, as well as China's best appearance at the Winter Paralympics.
Medal by games
- Red border color indicates host nation status.
Medal by sports
Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Paralympics sports.
The exceptions are paratriathlon, equestrian and wheelchair rugby.
Summer Games
Leading in that sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 208 | 164 | 115 | 487 |
| Swimming | 161 | 146 | 116 | 423 |
| Table tennis | 89 | 38 | 26 | 153 |
| Wheelchair fencing | 44 | 23 | 16 | 83 |
| Powerlifting | 42 | 34 | 23 | 99 |
| Shooting | 19 | 12 | 10 | 41 |
| Archery | 14 | 10 | 9 | 33 |
| Badminton | 14 | 5 | 3 | 22 |
| Track cycling | 13 | 12 | 12 | 37 |
| Judo | 10 | 11 | 9 | 30 |
| Road cycling | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| Rowing | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Volleyball | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Boccia | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Goalball | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Parataekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelchair basketball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Football 5-a-side | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paracanoeing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wheelchair tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | 629 | 478 | 352 | 1,459 |
Winter Games
Leading in that sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biathlon | 12 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| Cross-country skiing | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Snowboarding | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Alpine skiing | 4 | 10 | 12 | 26 |
| Wheelchair curling | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Para ice hockey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 34 | 33 | 38 | 105 |
Best results in non-medaling sports:
| Summer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Rank | Athlete | Event & Year |
| Equestrian | 6th | Peng Yulian | Mixed individual freestyle test grade II in 2008 |
| Paratriathlon | 4th | Wang Jiachao | Men's PTS4 in 2020 |
| Wheelchair rugby | 8th | China mixed team | Mixed tournament in 2008 |
Flagbearer
Summer Games
| Games | Opening | Gender | Sport | Closing | Gender | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville |
Not documented | None | ||||
| 1988 Seoul | ||||||
| 1992 Barcelona-Madrid | ||||||
| 1996 Atlanta | Zhao Bin | M | Athletics | |||
| 2000 Sydney | Zhang Haidong | M | Powerlifting | |||
| 2004 Athens | ||||||
| 2008 Beijing | Wang Xiaofu | M | Swimming | |||
| 2012 London | Zhang Lixin | F | Athletics | |||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Rong Jing | F | Wheelchair fencing | Liu Lei | M | Powerlifting |
| 2020 Tokyo | Zhou Jiamin | F | Archery | Zhang Xuemei | F | Wheelchair basketball |
| Wang Hao | M | Athletics | ||||
| 2024 Paris | Gu Haiyan | F | Wheelchair fencing | Jiang Yuyan | F | Swimming |
| Qi Yongkai | M | Powerlifting | Di Dongdong | M | Athletics | |
| 2028 Los Angeles | Future event | |||||
| 2032 Brisbane | ||||||
Winter Games
| Games | Opening | Gender | Sport | Closing | Gender | Sport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Not documented | None | ||||
| 2006 Turin | Zhang Jie | M | Paralympic cross-country skiing | |||
| 2010 Vancouver-Whistler | Cheng Shishuai | M | Paralympic cross-country skiing | |||
| 2014 Sochi | Tian Ye | M | Paralympic cross-country skiing | |||
| 2018 PyeongChang | Peng Yuanyuan | F | Paralympic cross-country skiing | Wang Haitao | M | Wheelchair curling |
| 2022 Beijing | Wang Zhidong | M | Para ice hockey | Yang Hongqiong | F | Paralympic cross-country skiing |
| Guo Yujie | F | Para biathlon | ||||
| 2026 Milano-Cortina | Liu Sitong | F | Para-alpine skiing | Wang Meng | F | Wheelchair curling |
| Ji Lijia | M | Para snowboard | Cai Jiayun | M | Para biathlon | |
| Paralympic cross-country skiing | ||||||
| 2030 French Alpes | Future event | |||||
| 2034 Utah | ||||||
Multi medallists
Athletes who have won more than three gold medals or five medals:
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xu Qing | Swimming | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | Zhang Xiaoling | Table tennis | 1988–2008 | 6 | F | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Liu Jing | Table tennis | 2008-2020 | 4 | F | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | Hu Daoliang | Wheelchair fencing | 2004-2020 | 5 | M | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | He Junquan | Swimming | 2000–2012 | 4 | M | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 6 | Feng Panfeng | Table tennis | 2008-2020 | 4 | M | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Zhang Bian | Table tennis | 2008-2020 | 4 | F | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Mi Na | Athletics (field) | 2008–2020 | 4 | F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | Zheng Tao | Swimming | 2012–2020 | 3 | M | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 | Du Jianping | Swimming | 2004–2012 | 3 | M | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Sun Hai Tao | Athletics (track) | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 11 | Rong Jing | Wheelchair fencing | 2016-2020 | 2 | F | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Zhang Li | Swimming | 2016-2020 | 2 | F | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Zhou Ying | Table tennis | 2008-2020 | 4 | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Guo Wei | Athletics (field) | 2004–2008 | 2 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Yang Bozun | Swimming | 2008–2020 | 4 | M | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 17 | Zhou Hongzhuan | Athletics (track) | 2008–2020 | 4 | F | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 18 | Lu Dong | Swimming | 2012-2020 | 3 | F | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Huang Lisha | Athletics (track) | 2008–2012 | 2 | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | Huang Wenpan | Swimming | 2016 | 1 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Wen Xiaoyan | Athletics (track) | 2016–2020 | 2 | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Yao Juan | Athletics (field) | 2000–2020 | 6 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Zhang Lixin | Athletics (track) | 2008–2012 | 2 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Li Duan | Athletics (field) | 2000–2012 | 4 | M | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Sun Gang | Wheelchair fencing | 2016-2020 | 2 | M | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 25 | Liu Cuiqing | Athletics (track) | 2016–2020 | 2 | F | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 27 | Zou Liankang | Swimming | 2016-2020 | 2 | M | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Liu Wenjun | Athletics (track) | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 27 | Pan Shiyun | Swimming | 2012–2016 | 2 | M | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 30 | Li Qiang | Athletics (track) | 2000–2008 | 3 | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Li Huzhao | Athletics (track) | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | Wang Fang | Athletics (track) | 2004–2008 | 2 | F | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | Zhao Shuai | Table tennis | 2012-2020 | 3 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Xue Juan | Table tennis | 2016-2020 | 2 | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Mao Jingdian | Table tennis | 2012-2020 | 3 | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Liu Lei | Powerlifting | 2008–2020 | 4 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Zhou Xia | Athletics (track) | 2016–2020 | 2 | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Zou Lijuan | Athletics (field) | 2016–2020 | 2 | F | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Yang Yang | Swimming | 2012–2016 | 2 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Xu Hong Yan | Athletics (track) | 1996–2004 | 3 | F | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 41 | Wu Qing | Athletics (field) | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 42 | Xia Dong | Athletics (field) | 2008–2012 | 2 | M | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 43 | Wang Yinan | Swimming | 2012–2016 | 2 | M | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 44 | Zheng Baozhu | Athletics (field) | 2004–2008 | 2 | F | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 45 | Shi Yiting | Athletics (track) | 2016-2020 | 2 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Fu Taoying | Powerlifting | 2004–2012 | 3 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Yuan Yanping | Judo | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Wang Zhiming | Athletics (field) | 2012 | 1 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Feng Yanke | Wheelchair fencing | 2016-2020 | 2 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 45 | Cheng Jiao | Swimming | 2016 | 1 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 51 | Li Yansong | Athletics (track) | 2004–2012 | 3 | M | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 52 | Wang Jiachao | Swimming | 2008–2012 | 2 | M | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 53 | Jiang Shengnan | Swimming | 2012–2016 | 2 | F | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Multi medals at single Games
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single Games. Ordered categorically by gold medals earned, sports then year.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Year | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huang Wenpan | Swimming | 2016 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Du Jianping | Swimming | 2008 | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | He Junquan | Swimming | 2004 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yang Yang | Swimming | 2012 | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Yang Bozun | Swimming | 2012 | M | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Wang Yinan | Swimming | 2012 | M | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Li Huzhao | Athletics | 2008 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Zou Liankang | Swimming | 2016 | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun Hai Tao | Athletics | 1996 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Huang Lisha | Athletics | 2008 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wang Zhiming | Athletics | 2012 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cheng Jiao | Swimming | 2016 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rong Jing | Wheelchair fencing | 2016 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 14 | Pan Shiyun | Swimming | 2012 | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Zhou Hongzhuan | Athletics | 2012 | F | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 | Li Qiang | Athletics | 2000 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Wang Fang | Athletics | 2004 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Xia Dong | Athletics | 2008 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Liu Fuliang | Athletics | 2012 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Liu Ping | Athletics | 2012 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Liu Wenjun | Athletics | 2016 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Peng Qiuping | Swimming | 2016 | F | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 23 | Zhang Xiaoling | Table tennis | 1996 | F | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Duan Qifeng | Athletics | 2004 | M | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 25 | Zhang Zhen | Athletics | 2008 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yang Liwan | Athletics | 2012 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Xia Jiangbo | Swimming | 2012 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zhou Jiamin | Archery | 2016 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zou Lihong | Athletics | 2016 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Multi medals at a single event
This is a list of Chinese athletes who have won at least two gold medals in a single event at the Summer Paralympics. Ordered categorically by medals earned, sports then gold medals earned.
| No. | Athlete | Sport | Event | Years | Games | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang Xiaoling | Table tennis | Women's singles | 1992–2008 | 6 | F | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Women's team | 1992–2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Hou Bin | Athletics | High jump | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yuan Yanping | Judo | Women's +70 kg | 2008–2016 | 3 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Xu Qing | Swimming | Men's 50m butterfly | 2008–2016 | 3 | M | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zhou Ying | Table tennis | Women's singles | 2008–2012 | 2 | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | Li Duan | Athletics | Triple jump | 2000–2012 | 4 | M | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Sun Hai Tao | Athletics | Discus throw | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Xu Hong Yan | Athletics | Discus throw | 1996–2004 | 3 | M | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 9 | Cui Yanfeng | Athletics | 4 × 400 m relay | 2008, 2016 | 3 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Fan Liang | Athletics | Discus throw | 2004–2008 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wu Yancong | Athletics | High jump | 2000–2004 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Yao Juan | Athletics | Javelin throw | 2000, 2008 | 3 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wu Qing | Athletics | Discus throw | 2008–2012 | 3 | F | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zhu Pengkai | Athletics | Javelin throw | 2008–2012 | 2 | M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
See also
- Paralympic competitors for China
- Sports in China
- Disability in China
- China at the Olympics
References
- ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2022-03-12.