2016 Summer Paralympics medal table

2016 Summer Paralympics medals
LocationRio de Janeiro,  Brazil
Highlights
Most gold medals China (107)
Most total medals China (239)
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The medal table of the 2016 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2016 Paralympics was the fifteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 September to 18 September.

Athletes from 63 NPCs won at least one gold medal, with a total of 83 having won at least one medal of any colour. Athletes from Cape Verde,[1] Georgia,[2] Mozambique,[3] Qatar,[4] Uganda,[5] and Vietnam won their first Paralympic medals.[6] Of those nations, the National Olympic Committee of Cape Verde had never won an Olympic medal.[7] Kazakhstan won their first medals at the Summer Paralympics, having previously won a silver medal at the Winter Paralympic Games.[8] Georgia,[2] Kazakhstan,[8] Malaysia,[9] Uzbekistan,[8] and Vietnam won their first Paralympic gold medals.[6]

For the fourth consecutive games, China topped the table, with 107 gold medals and 239 in total; their best result of any games to date. Great Britain followed in second place, with 64 gold and 147 total medals. Ukraine finished in third place, with 41 gold and 117 total medals, its most medals and highest finish to date.

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  3. ^ "Seven more world records go on epic day of athletics". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
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  5. ^ "Cockroft's golden hat-trick for Great Britain". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
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  9. ^ "It's Malaysia's moment in Rio as pair make history". Paralympic. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

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