List of Paralympic teams by medals won explained

Tabulated below are the performance of the top-3 finish places on the medal table and overall rankings for this teams on the Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics, based on individual Games medals tables.

Summer Paralympics

List by games

Games	1st place	med	2nd place	med	3rd place	med	Nations with medals
		29		20		15
		28		15		6
		23		20		9
		50		18		14
		41		23		15
		32		20		16
		33		29		18
		27		20		21
		39		20		23
		28		17		16
		17		27		15
		22		15		21
		66		45		40
		44		25		13
		45		14		16
		75		75		68
		66		50		48
		54		52		46
		136		107		87
		131		112		82
		129		112		69
		92		76		64
		90		66		66
		91		51		53
		75		61		42
		52		51		51
		48		59		46
		47		42		40
		46		32		58
		66		27		51
		63		41		38
		39		43		33
		47		27		25
		63		35		28
		46		30		19
		32		29		25
		89		42		36
		70		29		35
		52		31		28
		95		36		34
		71		38		43
		65		28		43
		107		64		41
		81		39		37
		51		44		39
		96		41		37
		60		38		36
		51		45		31	86

List by team

Medalists
Rank	Nation	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1		8	1	2
2		5	0	0
3		1	2	3
4		1	1	0
5		1	0	1
6		0	9	4
7		0	1	0
		0	1	0
		0	1	0
10		0	0	3
11		0	0	2
12		0	0	1
Total	12 nations	16	16	16

Winter Paralympics

List by games

Games	1st place	med	2nd place	med	3rd place	med
		10		10		8
		12		1		7
		6		1		7
		23		15		6
		21		7		10
		10		12		6
		34		19		15
		19		9		13
		17		6		13
		25		20		9
		21		10		11
		14		14		10
		20		12	Unified Team	10
		16		17		8
		9		9		3
		29		25		24
		22		21		12
		13		18		7
		18		14		13
		9		17		8
		13		13		13
2002 Salt Lake City		17		10		10
		1		22		3
		15		11		6
		13		8		7
		13		5		9
		7		5		9
		13		12		10
		5		16		5
		6		10		4
		30		9		7
		28		5		2
		22		1		7
		13	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	8		8
		15		10		4
		8		6		16
		18		10		8
		19		10		5
		23		8		11

List by team

Medalists
Rank	Nation	1st place	2nd place	3rd place
1		4	0	2
2		3	5	1
3		2	1	2
4		2	1	0
5		1	1	1
6		1	0	0
7		0	2	1
8		0	1	1
9		0	1	0
		0	1	0
11		0	0	4
12		0	0	1
Total	14 nations	13	13	13

External links

• The Geopolitics of Winter Olympic Medal Counts, The Atlantic, February 7, 2014
• One Benefit of Hosting the Olympics? More Medals, NPR, August 8, 2012
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190826034437/https://www.paralympic.org/