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Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
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 ...
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. The team included 24 athletes, 15 men and 9 women. Competitors from Hong Kong won 19 medals, including 11 gold, 7 silver and 1 bronze to finish 17th in the
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Medallists


Sports


Athletics


Men's track


Women's track


Boccia


Individual events


Pairs/team events


Shooting


Table tennis


Men

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Kwong Kam Shing Kuang () is a Chinese surname originated from central China. Although Kuang is not amongst the List of common Chinese surnames, 100 most common Chinese surnames, it is common amongst the Chinese diaspora in Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, ...
was disqualified for excessive use of prohibited solvents on his rackets.
Christophe Durand Christophe Durand (born 5 April 1973 in Décines-Charpieu) is a French table tennis player. He won his first Paralympic medal, a gold, at the 2000 Summer Paralympic Games. At the 2004 Games, he won a bronze in the individual event, and anothe ...
was awarded the bronze medal for
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Women


Wheelchair fencing


Men


Women


Teams


See also

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Hong Kong at the Paralympics Hong Kong made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympics. The territory's first gold meda ...
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Hong Kong at the 2004 Summer Olympics Hong Kong competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. It was the territory's thirteenth appearance at the Olympics and, at the opening ceremony, its team was the last to enter the stadium before the host nati ...


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Summer Paralympics The Summer Paralympics also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, are an international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete. This includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral ...