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competed at the
2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...
, held in
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. China topped the medal table for the first time, becoming the first Asian country to top the medal count with more gold medals, more silver medals, and more medals overall than any other nation. This was an improvement from its previous best performance, where they had ranked sixth on the medal tally at the
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. China also broke the record for the most gold medals, the most silvers medals, the most bronze medals and the most medal overall won by Asian countries at a single Summer Paralympics, which was previously set by South Korea in
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with 40 gold, 35 silver and 19 bronze.


Medallists


Multi-medallists


Athletes

Bold athletes are athletes who have won one medal.


Archery


Men

, - , align=left, Zhang Nan , align=left, Ind. W2 , 615 , 8 ,
W 159-148 ,
W 158-139 ,
L 92-97 , colspan=3, did not advance , - , align=left, Zhu Weiliang , align=left, Ind. standing , 575 , 16 ,
W 143-136 ,
W 155-154 ,
W 97-93 ,
L 97-88 , colspan=2, did not advance


Women

, - , align=left, Yanhong Wang , align=left, Ind. recurve Standing , 603 , 2 , ,
W 136-126 ,
W 101-91 ,
W 98-80 ,
W 92-83 ,


Athletics


Men's track events


Men's field events


Women's track events


Women's field events


Cycling


Road cycling


Track cycling


Judo


Men


Women


Powerlifting


Men


Women


Shooting


Men


Women


Swimming


Men


Women


Table tennis


Men's singles


Men's teams


Women's singles


Women's teams


Volleyball


Women's team

The team earned a gold medal in this competition. * Chen Yu Ping * Sheng Yu Hong * Yang Yan Ling * Xue Jun * Zhang Xu Fei * Li Li Ping * Zhao Jin Qiu * Zheng Xiong Ying * Gong Bin * Tan Yanhua * Lu Hong Qin


Results


Wheelchair fencing


Men's individual events


Men's team events


Wheelchair tennis


See also

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China at the Paralympics China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics, Summer Games in New York City, United States and Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Since the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 2004 Athens Games, China has topped the meda ...
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China at the 2004 Summer Olympics China competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. A total of 384 Chinese athletes, 136 men and 248 women, were selecte ...


References


External links


Athens 2004 Press Release
- IPC

(NPCC) - short introduction {{NPCin2004SummerParalympics Nations at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
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