Paris Paralympics 2024 - Medal tally
September 10 , 2024
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- Judoka Kapil Parmar (Madhya Pradesh) created history by winning India's first-ever medal in judo at a Paralympic Games.
- Praveen Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) wins gold in the men's high jump T64 final with a record-breaking jump of 2.08m.
- Indian athlete Hokato Hotozhe Sema (Nagaland) has won the bronze medal in the men's shot put F57 class.
- China (220), Great Britain (124), USA (105), Brazil and Ukraine finishing as the top 5 nations by total no of medals.
- India's medals tally at the Paris Paralympics has ended at 29 - seven golds, nine silvers and 13 bronze.
- This was making it the most rewarded campaign for the country.
- Track-and-field has contributed 17 medals to this tally, four of them gold.
- Mariyappan Thangavelu (Tamilnadu) became the first Indian to win the medals at the three consecutive Paralympics.
- He won the gold medal at Rio 2016 and silver at Tokyo 2020.
- India stood at the 18th position in the points table.
- Pakistan ended the campaign at the 78/79th position, with just a solitary bronze.
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