Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IWRF
Events	1 (mixed)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics

Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 2000 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Only one event, mixed team, is held.

Tournaments[]

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1996 details	Atlanta		United States	37 - 30			New Zealand	46 - 34	Great Britain
2000 details	Sydney		United States	32 - 31	Australia		New Zealand	44 - 32
2004 details	Athens		New Zealand	31 - 29			United States	43 - 39	Great Britain
2008 details	Beijing		United States	53 - 44	Australia			47 - 41	Great Britain
2012 details	London		Australia	66 - 51			United States	53 - 43	Japan
2016 details	Rio de Janeiro		Australia	59 - 58	United States		Japan	52 - 50
2020 details	Tokyo		Great Britain	54 - 49	United States		Japan	60 - 52	Australia

Medal table[]

Updated after the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	2	2	7
2	Australia	2	2	0	4
3	New Zealand	1	0	2	3
4	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
5	Canada	0	3	1	4
6	Japan	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations[]

Four nations - United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain have appeared in every wheelchair rugby Paralympic tournament since its introduction. The 1996 tournament was considered a demonstration event, but unlike the Olympics, medals were awarded and counted in the main medals table.

The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.

Nation	1996		2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Australia	6th			5th				4th
Belgium	–		–	6th	–	7th	–	–
Brazil	–		–	–	–	–	8th	–
Canada			4th				4th	5th
China	–		–	–	8th	–	–	–
Denmark	–		–	–	–	–	–	7th
France	–		–	–	–	8th	7th	6th
Germany	–		7th	7th	6th	–	–	–
Great Britain	4th		6th	4th	4th	5th	5th
Japan	–		–	8th	7th	4th
New Zealand					5th	–	–	8th
Sweden	5th		5th	–	–	6th	6th	–
Switzerland	–		8th	–	–	–	–	–
United States

See also[]

• Rugby at the Summer Olympics

References[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics.

• "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

• "Wheelchair Rugby". International Paralympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.