2008 Summer Paralympics medal table - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2008 Summer Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...

s (NPCs) ranked by the number of gold medal

Medal

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s won by their athletes during the 2008 Summer Paralympics

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

, held in Beijing

Beijing

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, People's Republic of China

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, from 6 September to 17 September 2008. 3,951 athletes from 146 NPCs participated in 472 events in 20 sports.

Athletes from a record 76 countries won medals, leaving 70 countries without a medal. Laos

Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

, Lebanon

Lebanon

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, Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

, Namibia

Namibia

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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, Papua New Guinea

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, Romania

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, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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, Singapore

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and Syria

Syria

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won their first Paralympic medals. Athletes from Croatia

Croatia

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, Mongolia

Mongolia

, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

, Singapore

Singapore

, and Venezuela

Venezuela

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won their first ever gold medals.

Medal table

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee

International Paralympic Committee

The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...

(IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee

National Paralympic Committee

). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.
To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.

1	89	70	52	211
2	42	29	31	102
3	36	35	28	99
4	24	18	32	74
5	23	29	27	79
6	21	3	6	30
7	19	10	21	50
8	18	23	22	63
9	16	14	17	47
10	15	21	22	58
11	14	25	20	59
12	12	21	19	52
13	10	8	13	31
14	10	3	7	20
15	9	9	3	21
16	6	3	18	27
17	5	14	8	27
18	5	12	13	30
19	5	10	7	22
20	5	9	10	24
21	5	7	1	13
22	5	6	3	14
23	5	3	6	14
24	5	3	4	12
24	5	3	4	12
26	5	3	3	11
27	5	3	1	9
28	4	7	7	18
29	4	4	4	12
30	4	4	1	9
31	4	3	8	15
32	4	1	2	7
33	4	1	1	6
34	3	2	6	11
35	3	2	4	9
36	3	1	1	5
37	3	1	0	4
38	2	3	5	10
39	2	3	1	6
40	2	2	2	6
41	1	5	7	13
42	1	4	2	7
43	1	3	3	7
44	1	2	1	4
45	1	2	0	3
46	1	1	2	4
46	1	1	2	4
48	1	1	0	2
49	1	0	5	6
50	1	0	1	2
50	1	0	1	2
52	1	0	0	1
53	0	5	1	6
54	0	3	0	3
55	0	2	2	4
56	0	2	0	2
56	0	2	0	2
58	0	1	5	6
59	0	1	2	3
60	0	1	1	2
60	0	1	1	2
60	0	1	1	2
63	0	1	0	1
63	0	1	0	1
63	0	1	0	1
63	0	1	0	1
63	0	1	0	1
68	0	0	2	2
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
69	0	0	1	1
Total	473	471	487	1431

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