2012 Summer Paralympics

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XIV. Summer Paralympics
2012 Summer Paralympic Games logo
Venue: United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Opening ceremony: 29th August 2012
Closing ceremony: September 9, 2012
Opened by: Queen Elizabeth II
Competitions: 503
Countries: 164
Athletes: 4,452
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The XIV Summer Paralympic Games were held in London from August 29 to September 9, 2012 . The contract between the host countries and the IOC stipulates that the Paralympics will use the same venue as the Olympic Games.

For the first time, the Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games were planned together from the start. 4,452 athletes from 164 nations took part, the largest number of athletes in the Paralympics to date; 16 nations were represented for the first time.

Medal table
space country gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal Total
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 95 71 65 231
2 RussiaRussia Russia 36 38 28 102
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 34 43 43 120
4th UkraineUkraine Ukraine 32 24 28 84
5 AustraliaAustralia Australia 32 23 30th 85
6th United StatesUnited States United States 31 29 38 98
7th BrazilBrazil Brazil 21st 14th 8th 43
8th GermanyGermany Germany 18th 26th 22nd 66
9 PolandPoland Poland 14th 13 9 36
10 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 10 10 19th 39
...
30th AustriaAustria Austria 4th 3 6th 13
...
33 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3 6th 4th 13
Complete medal table

Sports, schedule and results

During the Summer Paralympics, a total of 503 competitions were held in 20 sports. Note: The sports links refer to the results. For a description of individual sports, see also blind football (5-a-side football), goalball , wheelchair basketball , wheelchair rugby , wheelchair tennis , equestrian sports for the disabled .

2012 Summer Paralympics Schedule (with number of decisions)
Wed do Fr. Sat So Mon Tuesday Wed do Fr. Sat So total
August September 29 30th 31. 1. 2. 3. 4th 5. 6th 7th 8th. 9.
opening
Boccia 3 4th 7th
Archery 4th 3 2 9
5-a-side football ( blind football ) 1 1
7-a-side football (for athletes with cerebral palsy , spasticity ) 1 1
Goalball 2 2
Judo 4th 4th 5 13
athletics 11 17th 20th 17th 21st 20th 21st 16 23 4th 170
Powerlifting ( bench press ) 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 20th
Cycling (track) 5 5 5 3 18th
Cycling (road) 18th 4th 6th 4th 32
horse riding 2 4th 2 3 11
Wheelchair basketball 1 1 2
Wheelchair fencing 4th 4th 2 2 2 12
Wheelchair rugby 1 1
Wheelchair tennis 1 2 3 6th
rowing 4th 4th
shoot 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 12
swim 15th 15th 15th 14th 14th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 148
sailing 3 3
Sitting volleyball 1 1 2
Table tennis 11 10 4th 4th 29
graduation
Medal decisions 28 39 49 60 51 53 64 47 46 59 6th 503
Wed do Fr. Sat So Mon Tuesday Wed do Fr. Sat So total
August September 29 30th 31. 1. 2. 3. 4th 5. 6th 7th 8th. 9.

Participating Nations

4452 athletes from 164 nations took part in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. This made the Summer Paralympic Games with the largest number of participants in the history of the Paralympics. 16 nations were represented for the first time. The number of participating athletes is shown in brackets.

Most successful athlete

Jacqueline Freney, the (2012) with cerebral palsy was born

List of the most successful Paralympics participants with at least four gold medals:

Most successful participant (with at least four gold medals)
rank athlete country discipline gold silver bronze total
1 Jacqueline Freney AustraliaAustralia Australia swim 8th - - 8th
2 Daniel Dias BrazilBrazil Brazil swim 6th - - 6th
3 Matthew Cowdrey AustraliaAustralia Australia swim 5 2 1 8th
3 Jessica Long United StatesUnited States United States swim 5 2 1 8th
5 Ihar Boki BelarusBelarus Belarus swim 5 1 - 6th
6th Oxana Savchenko RussiaRussia Russia swim 5 - - 5
7th Ellie Cole AustraliaAustralia Australia swim 4th - 2 6th
8th Martin Raymound United StatesUnited States United States athletics 4th - - 4th
8th Sarah Storey United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Cycling (road) 4th - - 4th
8th David Weir United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom athletics 4th - - 4th
8th Qing Xu China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China swim 4th - - 4th
8th Yang Yang China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China swim 4th - - 4th

See also

Web links

Commons : Summer Paralympics 2012  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London 2012 Paralympic Games Program Overview (PDF; 96 kB) on the official website of the Paralympic Movement
  2. ↑ Event overview on london2012.com (English) ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved July 29, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.london2012.com
  3. ↑ Paralympics 2012 with record number of participants . FOCUS Online May 20, 2012
  4. ↑ Countries - National Paralympic Committees (NPC), London 2012 ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.london2012.com
  5. ↑ Medal winners ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at london2012.com (accessed September 10, 2012). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.london2012.com