The 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, more bronze medals and more medals overall than any other nation at every Summer Paralympics.
As of 2026, China finished first in the Summer Paralympics six times and second times in the Winter Paralympics. With the nation's 11th appearance at the Summer and 7th appearance at the Winter Paralympics, China is the most successful country overall in the Asia & Oceania region, making them the 3rd most successful country in the All-time Paralympic Games medal table.
Despite having competed at every Winter Games since Salt Lake City in 2002, China did not win a single medal until the 2018 Winter Paralympics, where China won their first-ever gold medal as well as the first medal in the wheelchair curling competition. Four years later, at home during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, China won medals in all six sports, topped the medal table for the first time at the Winter Paralympics, and became the most successful appearance of the Asian nation, as well as China's best appearance at the Winter Paralympics.
Medal by games
Red border color indicates host nation status.
Medals by Summer Games GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank by Gold medalsRank by Total medals 1960 Rome did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel-Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 2 12 8 22 28 26 1988 Seoul 17 17 4 38 15 19 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 94 76 50 220 1 1 2028 Los Angeles Future event Total 629 476 352 1457 3 3
Medals by Winter Games GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank by Gold medalsRank 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 – – 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 15 13 16 44 1 1 2030 French Alpes Future events 2034 Utah Total 34 33 39 106 11 13
Medal by sports Chinese athletes have won medals in most of the current Summer Paralympics sports. The exceptions are paratriathlon, equestrian and wheelchair rugby.
Summer Games
Winter Games
Best results in non-medaling sports: Summer Sport Rank Athlete Event & Year Equestrian 6th Peng Yulian Mixed individual freestyle test grade II in 2008 Paratriathlon 4th Wang Jiachao Men's PTS4 in 2020 Wheelchair rugby 8th China mixed team Mixed tournament in 2008
Flagbearer Summer Games Games Opening Gender Sport Closing Gender Sport Not documentedNone 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 Gu Haiyan F Wheelchair fencing Jiang Yuyan F Swimming Qi Yongkai M Powerlifting Di Dongdong M Athletics 2028 Los Angeles Future event 2032 Brisbane
Winter Games Games Opening Gender Sport Closing Gender Sport 2002 Salt Lake City Not documentedNone 2006 Turin Zhang Jie M Paralympic cross-country skiing 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Cheng Shishuai M Paralympic cross-country skiing 2014 Sochi Tian Ye M Paralympic cross-country skiing 2018 PyeongChang Peng Yuanyuan F Paralympic cross-country skiing Wang Haitao M Wheelchair curling 2022 BeijingWang ZhidongM Para ice hockeyYang HongqiongF Paralympic cross-country skiingGuo YujieF Para biathlon 2026 Milano-CortinaLiu SitongF Para-alpine skiingWang MengF Wheelchair curling Ji LijiaM Para snowboard Cai Jiayun M Para biathlon Paralympic cross-country skiing 2030 French Alpes Future event 2034 Utah
Multi medallists
Athletes who have won more than three gold medals or five medals:
No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Xu QingSwimming2008–20163M1001112Zhang XiaolingTable tennis1988–20086F912123Liu JingTable tennis 2008-20204F80084Hu DaoliangWheelchair fencing2004-20205M741125He JunquanSwimming2000–20124M732126Feng PanfengTable tennis 2008-20204M70187Zhang BianTable tennis 2008-20204F70078Mi NaAthletics (field)2008–20204F63099Zheng TaoSwimming2012–20203M61299Du JianpingSwimming2004–20123M612911Sun Hai TaoAthletics (track)1996–20043M611811Rong JingWheelchair fencing2016-20202F611813Zhang Li Swimming2016-20202F610714Zhou YingTable tennis 2008-20204F600614Guo WeiAthletics (field)2004–20082M600616Yang BozunSwimming2008–20204M5651617Zhou HongzhuanAthletics (track)2008–20204F5431218Lu DongSwimming2012-20203F520719Huang LishaAthletics (track)2008–20122F511720Huang WenpanSwimming20161M510620Wen XiaoyanAthletics (track)2016–20202F510622Yao JuanAthletics (field)2000–20206F500522Zhang LixinAthletics (track)2008–20122M500524Li DuanAthletics (field)2000–20124M422825Sun GangWheelchair fencing2016-20202M421725Liu CuiqingAthletics (track)2016–20202F421727Zou LiankangSwimming2016-20202M420627Liu WenjunAthletics (track)2008–20163F420627Pan ShiyunSwimming2012–20162M420630Li QiangAthletics (track)2000–20083M410530Li HuzhaoAthletics (track)2008–20163M410530Wang FangAthletics (track)2004–20082F410533Zhao ShuaiTable tennis 2012-20203M400433Xue JuanTable tennis 2016-20202F400433Mao JingdianTable tennis 2012-20203F400433Liu LeiPowerlifting2008–20204M400433Zhou XiaAthletics (track)2016–20202F400433Zou LijuanAthletics (field)2016–20202F400433Yang YangSwimming2012–20162M400440Xu Hong YanAthletics (track)1996–20043F330641Wu QingAthletics (field)2008–20163F321642Xia DongAthletics (field)2008–20122M320543Wang YinanSwimming2012–20162M312644Zheng BaozhuAthletics (field)2004–20082F301445Shi YitingAthletics (track)2016-20202F300345Fu TaoyingPowerlifting2004–20123F300345Yuan YanpingJudo2008–20163F300345Wang ZhimingAthletics (field)20121F300345Feng YankeWheelchair fencing2016-20202M300345Cheng JiaoSwimming20161F300351Li YansongAthletics (track)2004–20123M232752Wang JiachaoSwimming2008–20122M131553Jiang ShengnanSwimming2012–20162F1045
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 GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Huang Wenpan2016M51062Du Jianping2008M41163He Junquan2004M4004Yang Yang2012M40045Yang Bozun2012M32156Wang Yinan2012M31157Li Huzhao2008M3104Zou Liankang2016M31049Sun Hai Tao1996M3003Huang Lisha2008F3003Wang Zhiming2012M3003Cheng Jiao2016F3003Rong Jing2016F300314Pan Shiyun2012M220415Zhou Hongzhuan2012F211416Li Qiang2000M2103Wang Fang2004F2103Xia Dong2008M2103Liu Fuliang2012M2103Liu Ping2012F2103Liu Wenjun2016F2103Peng Qiuping2016F210323Zhang Xiaoling1996F2013Duan Qifeng2004M201325Zhang Zhen2008M2002Yang Liwan2012F2002Xia Jiangbo2012F2002Zhou Jiamin2016F2002Zou Lihong2016F2002
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 GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Zhang XiaolingWomen's singles1992–20086F3029Women's team1992–20044002Hou BinHigh jump1996–20043M3003Yuan YanpingWomen's +70 kg2008–20163F3003Xu QingMen's 50m butterfly2008–20163M3003Zhou YingWomen's singles2008–20122F30036Li DuanTriple jump2000–20124M22047Sun Hai TaoDiscus throw1996–20043M2103Xu Hong YanDiscus throw1996–20043M21039Cui Yanfeng relay2008, 20163M2002Fan LiangDiscus throw2004–20082M2002Wu YancongHigh jump2000–20042M2002Yao JuanJavelin throw2000, 20083F2002Wu QingDiscus throw2008–20123F2002Zhu PengkaiJavelin throw2008–20122M2002
See also Paralympic competitors for China Sports in China Disability in China China at the Olympics
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