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The 2024 Paralympics was the seventeenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. There were 549 medal events. Mauritius, Nepal and the Refugee Paralympic Team won their first Paralympic medals.
Below is an all-time medal table for all Paralympic Games from 1960 to 2024. The International Paralympic Committee does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games.
The United States was the top-ranking (medals) nation for eight Paralympic Summer Games: 1964, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996. China was the top-ranking nation for the six most recent Games, 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , 2016 , 2020 and 2024 .
The International Paralympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in athletics events at the Paralympic Games. Athletics has been part of every Summer Paralympic Games . In Paralympic athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability.
United States entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Evan Medell qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in men's above 80 kg class.
The medal table of the 2020 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that are won by their athletes during the competition. The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities.
The defending gold medal-winning U.S. men's wheelchair basketball opened the 2024 Paris Paralympics with a win against Spain on Thursday.
The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de Paris 2024), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee.