Most Paralympic Medals — All Time Country Rankings

About This Dataset

Countries ranked by total medals won across all Summer Paralympic Games since Rome 1960. The United States leads the all-time Summer Paralympic medal table with over 2,600 total medals — a record built across more than 60 years of competition that reflects both consistent athletic investment and an early tradition of hosting disability sports programmes tied to veterans' rehabilitation after the Second World War.

Analysis

United States heads the table on 2,639, ahead of Great Britain (1,791) and Germany (1,690) in Total Paralympic Medals. The total is spread widely: even United States accounts for only 22.4% of the 8 combined. Places 3 to 8 are close together, spanning 1,690 to 820 Total Paralympic Medals.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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United States leads in Total Paralympic Medals with 2,639.

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Average Total Paralympic Medals: 1,472 · median: 1,362.

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Gap: United States is 3.2× larger than Netherlands.