China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the Summer Games in

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and Stoke Mandeville,

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. Since the 2004 Athens Games, China has topped the medal table with more gold medals, more silver medals and more medals overall than any other nation at every Summer Paralympics. As of 2022, China finished first in the Summer Paralympics fifth times and first once in the Winter Paralympics. With the nation's 10th appearance at the Summer and 6th appearance at the Winter Paralympics, China is the most successful country overall in the

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region, making them the 3rd most successful country in the

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. Despite having competed at every Winter Games since

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in 2002, China did not win a single medal until at the

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, where China won their first ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the

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competition. While four years later at home during the

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, China won medals at all six sports, topped the medal table, and became the most successful appearance of an Asian nation, as well as China's best appearance at a Winter Paralympics.

Medal by games

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medal by sports

Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Paralympics sports.
The exceptions are paratriathlon,

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and

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Summer Games

Winter Games

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Flagbearer

Summer Games

Winter Games

Multi medallists

Athletes who have won more than three gold medals or five medals:

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.

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.

References

{{National sports teams of China

Medal by games

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medal by sports

Summer Games

Winter Games

Flagbearer

Summer Games

Winter Games

Multi medallists

Multi medals at single Games

Multi medals at a single event

See also

References