2004 Summer Paralympics medal table

The 2004 Summer Paralympics, officially known as the Games of the XII Paralympics, were an international summer multi-parasport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Brittanica">Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> Greece hosted a Paralympic Games for the first time,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and it was also the 12th Paralympic Games in history.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite journal</ref> A total of 3,806 athletes representing 136 National Paralympic Committees (NPC) participated,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and 17 NPCs made their Paralympic debuts in Athens.<ref name="PalaestraFall2004">Template:Cite journal</ref> The Games featured 519 events in 19 sports across 20 disciplines,<ref name="IPCMedalTable">Template:Cite web</ref> including the Paralympic debut of football 5-a-side.<ref name="PalaestraFall2004" />

Athletes from 75 countries had won at least one medal, leaving 61 nations without a medal.<ref name=BBCMedalTable/> Angola,<ref name="Angola2004">Template:Cite news</ref> Azerbaijan,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bosnia and Herzegovina,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Botswana,<ref name="Mmegi2004">Template:Cite news</ref> Cyprus,<ref name="Karolina">Template:Cite web (alternate link, alternate link 2 Template:Webarchive)</ref> Iraq,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Latvia,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Morocco,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Serbia and Montenegro,<ref name="IPCSCG">Template:Cite web</ref> and Turkey won their nation's first Paralympic gold medals.<ref name=Turkey2004>Template:Cite news</ref> They were also the first Paralympic medals of any kind for Angola,<ref name="Angola2004" /> Botswana,<ref name="Mmegi2004" /> Cyprus,<ref name="Karolina" /> Macedonia,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Rwanda,<ref name="PalaestraFall2004" /> Serbia and Montenegro,<ref name="IPCSCG" /> and Turkey.<ref name=Turkey2004/> The official medal was created and cut by designer Konstantinos Kazakos.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It features an engraving of the Parthenon on top of the Acropolis as well as the Games' name in Greek above it. The reverse face shows the Games' logo above its name. Below that are three Tae-Geuks as well as the phrase "Athens 2004" in braille.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

China led the medal table both in number of gold medals won and in overall medals, with 63 and 141 respectively.<ref name="BBCMedalTable" /> It was the first time that the nation led the medal count in overall medals won.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Among individual participants, Japan's Mayumi Narita and the United States's Erin Popovich won the most gold medals at the Games with seven each in swimming.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Canada's Stephanie Dixon (one gold, six silver and one bronze), Belarus's Raman Makarau (three gold, three silver and two bronze) and Narita (seven gold and one bronze) won the most overall medals at the Games with eight each in total.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>

Medal table

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the 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). The number of silver medals is next considered, followed by the number of bronze medals. If nations remain tied, they are ranked equally and listed alphabetically by IPC country code.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the mixed dressage championship Grade II Individual event, there was a tie for third place which resulted in two bronze medals being issued.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the women's table tennis class 1–3 team competition, only a gold medal was awarded to the winning team.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Key

Template:Color box Changes in medal standings (see below)

Changes in medal standings

List of official changes in medal standings

Ruling date	Event	Athlete (Template:Abbr)	Template:Gold1	Template:Silver2	Template:Bronze3	Net change	Comment
24 September 2004	Judo, men's 60kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv	−1			−1	On 24 September 2004, Cuban judo competitor Sergio Arturo Perez tested positive for the anti-inflammatory agent and banned substance prednisolone. Perez forfeited the gold medal he won in the men's 60kg judo competition.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
26 September 2004	Powerlifting, men's 56kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv			−1	−1	Youssef Cheikh Younes of Syria was stripped of his bronze medal in the men's 56kg powerlifting event after testing positive for the banned anabolic agents nandrolone and stanozolol.<ref name=26Sep2004Findings>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Template:FlagIPCathlete			+1	+1
	Powerlifting, Men's 60 kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv			−1	−1	Ali Hosseini of Iran tested positive for the banned anabolic agent metandienone and was stripped of the bronze medal he won in the men's 60 kg powerlifting competition.<ref name=26Sep2004Findings/>
		Template:FlagIPCathlete			+1	+1
	Cycling, Men's sprint tandem B1-3	Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv		−1		−1	Slovakia's Juraj Petrovic and visually-impaired cyclist Vladislav Janovjak lost the silver medal they won at the men's sprint tandem B1-3 cycling event after Petrovic tested positive for the banned glucocorticosteroid, methylprednisolone.<ref name=26Sep2004Findings/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv		−1		−1
		Template:FlagIPCathlete		+1	–1	0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete		+1	–1	0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete			+1	+1
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15 November 2004	Men's shot put F36	Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv		−1		−1	Wolfgang Dubin of Austria was stripped of his silver medal in the men's shot put F36 event after testing positive for the banned stimulant propylhexedrine.<ref name=November2004Bans>Template:Cite web</ref>
		Template:FlagIPCathlete		+1	–1	0
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	Powerlifting, Men's +100 kg	Template:FlagIPCathlete Template:Abbrv	−1			−1	Seyed Habibollah Mousavi of Iran tested positive for the banned anabolic agent metandienone and was stripped of his gold medal in the men's +100 kg powerlifting event.<ref name=November2004Bans/>
		Template:FlagIPCathlete	+1	–1		0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete		+1	–1	0
		Template:FlagIPCathlete			+1	+1

List of official changes by country

Template:Abbr	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Net change
Template:FlagIPCteam	−1	0	−1	−2
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	−2	0	−2
Template:FlagIPCteam	−1	0	0	−1
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	−1	0	−1
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	0	−1	−1
Template:FlagIPCteam	+1	–1	0	0
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	+2	–2	0
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	+1	–1	0
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	0	+1	+1
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	0	+1	+1
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	0	+1	+1
Template:FlagIPCteam	0	+1	+2	+3

See also

• 2004 Summer Olympics medal table

External links

• International Paralympic Committee