China at the Paralympics
IPC code	CHN
NPC	China Administration of Sports for Persons with Disabilities
Website	www.cdpf.org.cn
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 554 Silver 420 Bronze 325 Total 1,299
Summer appearances
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

People's Republic of China first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1984, at the Summer Games in New York City, United States and Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom. Since the 2004 Summer Paralympics, 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 Asia, making them the 3rd most successful country in the All-time Paralympic Games medal table.^[1]

Despite having competed at every Winter Games since Salt Lake City in 2002, China did not win a single medal until at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where China won their first ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the wheelchair curling competition. While four years later at home during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, China won medals at all six sports, topped the medal table for the first time on Winter Paralympics, 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

Red border color indicates host nation status.

Medals by Summer Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank by Gold medals Rank by Total medals 1960 Rome did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel-Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville 2 12 8 22 28 26 1988 Seoul 17 17 4 38 15 19 1992 Barcelona-Madrid 16 8 7 31 10 18 1996 Atlanta 16 10 13 39 9 11 2000 Sydney 34 22 17 73 6 8 2004 Athens 63 46 32 141 1 1 2008 Beijing 89 70 52 211 1 1 2012 London 95 71 65 231 1 1 2016 Rio de Janeiro 107 81 51 239 1 1 2020 Tokyo 96 60 51 207 1 1 2024 Paris Future event 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 535 400 302 1237 3 4

Medals by Winter Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank by Gold medals Rank by Total medals 1976 Örnsköldsvik did not participate 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck 1992 Tignes-Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 0 0 0 0 – – 2006 Turin 0 0 0 0 – – 2010 Vancouver-Whistler 0 0 0 0 – – 2014 Sochi 0 0 0 0 – – 2018 PyeongChang 1 0 0 1 20 22 2022 Beijing 18 20 23 61 1 1 2026 Milan-Cortina Future event Total 19 22 23 62 14 15

Medal by sports

Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Paralympics sports.
The exceptions are paratriathlon, equestrian, wheelchair rugby, wheelchair tennis and paracanoe.

Summer Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	187	142	99	428
Swimming	139	125	105	369
Table tennis	78	31	20	129
Powerlifting	36	26	22	84
Wheelchair fencing	34	18	12	64
Shooting	17	11	8	36
Archery	11	7	7	25
Track cycling	10	9	12	31
Judo	8	10	7	25
Badminton	5	3	2	10
Road cycling	3	6	5	14
Rowing	3	2	1	6
Volleyball	3	2	0	5
Goalball	1	4	0	5
Boccia	0	4	1	5
Football 5-a-side	0	1	0	1
Wheelchair basketball	0	1	0	1
Parataekwondo	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)	535	402	302	1239

Winter Games

  Leading in that sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cross-country skiing	7	6	5	18
Biathlon	4	2	6	12
Alpine skiing	3	9	7	19
Snowboarding	3	3	4	10
Wheelchair curling	2	0	0	2
Para ice hockey	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)	19	20	23	62

Best results in non-medaling sports:

Summer
Sport	Rank	Athlete	Event & Year
Equestrian	6th	Peng Yulian	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II in 2008
Paracanoe	5th	Xie Maosan	Women's KL1 in 2020
Paratriathlon	4th	Wang Jiachao	Men's PTS4 in 2020
Wheelchair rugby	8th	China mixed team	Mixed tournament in 2008
Wheelchair tennis	4th	Wang Ziying & Zhu Zhenzhen	Women's doubles in 2020

Flagbearer

Summer Games

Games	Opening	Gender	Sport	Closing	Gender	Sport
1984 New York 1984 Stoke Mandeville	Not documented			None
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona-Madrid
1996 Atlanta	Zhao bin	M	Athletics
2000 Sydney	Zhang Haidong	M	Powerlifting
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Wang Xiaofu	M	Swimming
2012 London	Zhang Lixin	F	Athletics
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Rong Jing	F	Wheelchair fencing	Liu Lei	M	Powerlifting
2020 Tokyo	Zhou Jiamin	F	Archery	Zhang Xuemei	F	Wheelchair basketball
	Wang Hao	M	Athletics
2024 Paris	Future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane

Winter Games

Games	Opening	Gender	Sport	Closing	Gender	Sport
2002 Salt Lake City	Not documented			None
2006 Turin	Zhang Jie	M	Cross-country skiing
2010 Vancouver-Whistler	Cheng Shishuai	M	Cross-country skiing
2014 Sochi	Tian Ye	M	Cross-country skiing
2018 PyeongChang	Peng Yuanyuan	F	Cross-country skiing	Wang Haitao	M	Wheelchair curling
2022 Beijing	Wang Zhidong	M	Para ice hockey	Yang Hongqiong	F	Cross-country skiing
	Guo Yujie	F	Cross-country skiing
2026 Milano-Cortina	Future event

Multi medallists

Chinese competitor Yanjian Wu on his way to a silver medal in the T46 1500m event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games.

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.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Year	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Huang Wenpan	Swimming	2016	M	5	1	0	6
2	Du Jianping	Swimming	2008	M	4	1	1	6
3	He Junquan	Swimming	2004	M	4	0	0	4
	Yang Yang	Swimming	2012	M	4	0	0	4
5	Yang Bozun	Swimming	2012	M	3	2	1	5
6	Wang Yinan	Swimming	2012	M	3	1	1	5
7	Li Huzhao	Athletics	2008	M	3	1	0	4
	Zou Liankang	Swimming	2016	M	3	1	0	4
9	Sun Hai Tao	Athletics	1996	M	3	0	0	3
	Huang Lisha	Athletics	2008	F	3	0	0	3
	Wang Zhiming	Athletics	2012	M	3	0	0	3
	Cheng Jiao	Swimming	2016	F	3	0	0	3
	Rong Jing	Wheelchair fencing	2016	F	3	0	0	3
14	Pan Shiyun	Swimming	2012	M	2	2	0	4
15	Zhou Hongzhuan	Athletics	2012	F	2	1	1	4
16	Li Qiang	Athletics	2000	M	2	1	0	3
	Wang Fang	Athletics	2004	F	2	1	0	3
	Xia Dong	Athletics	2008	M	2	1	0	3
	Liu Fuliang	Athletics	2012	M	2	1	0	3
	Liu Ping	Athletics	2012	F	2	1	0	3
	Liu Wenjun	Athletics	2016	F	2	1	0	3
	Peng Qiuping	Swimming	2016	F	2	1	0	3
23	Zhang Xiaoling	Table tennis	1996	F	2	0	1	3
	Duan Qifeng	Athletics	2004	M	2	0	1	3
25	Zhang Zhen	Athletics	2008	M	2	0	0	2
	Yang Liwan	Athletics	2012	F	2	0	0	2
	Xia Jiangbo	Swimming	2012	F	2	0	0	2
	Zhou Jiamin	Archery	2016	F	2	0	0	2
	Zou Lihong	Athletics	2016	F	2	0	0	2

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.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Event	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Zhang Xiaoling	Table tennis	Women's singles	1992–2008	6	F	3	0	2	9
			Women's team	1992–2004			4	0	0
2	Hou Bin	Athletics	High jump	1996–2004	3	M	3	0	0	3
	Yuan Yanping	Judo	Women's +70 kg	2008–2016	3	F	3	0	0	3
	Xu Qing	Swimming	Men's 50m butterfly	2008–2016	3	M	3	0	0	3
	Zhou Ying	Table tennis	Women's singles	2008–2012	2	F	3	0	0	3
6	Li Duan	Athletics	Triple jump	2000–2012	4	M	2	2	0	4
7	Sun Hai Tao	Athletics	Discus throw	1996–2004	3	M	2	1	0	3
	Xu Hong Yan	Athletics	Discus throw	1996–2004	3	M	2	1	0	3
9	Cui Yanfeng	Athletics	4 × 400 m relay	2008, 2016	3	M	2	0	0	2
	Fan Liang	Athletics	Discus throw	2004–2008	2	M	2	0	0	2
	Wu Yancong	Athletics	High jump	2000–2004	2	M	2	0	0	2
	Yao Juan	Athletics	Javelin throw	2000, 2008	3	F	2	0	0	2
	Wu Qing	Athletics	Discus throw	2008–2012	3	F	2	0	0	2
	Zhu Pengkai	Athletics	Javelin throw	2008–2012	2	M	2	0	0	2

See also

• Paralympic competitors for China
• Sports in China
• Disability in China
• China at the Olympics

References