The 2004 Summer Paralympics medal table is a list of
National Paralympic Committee
A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...
s (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold
medal
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides. They typically have a commemorative purpose of some kind, and many are presented as awards. They may be int ...
s won by their athletes during the
2004 Summer Paralympics, held in
Athens
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,
Greece
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, from September 17 to 28, 2004. Athletes from 75 countries has won at least one medal, leaving 61 countries without a medal.
Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
(IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a
National Paralympic Committee
A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...
). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by
IPC country code.
References
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See also
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2004 Summer Olympics medal table
External links
International Paralympic Committee
{{Paralympics
Medal count
2004
fr:Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2004#Tableau des médailles