India Triumph at 2024 Paris Paralympics: Know Medal Tally

The 2024 Paris Paralympics were held in France from August 28 to September 8, 2024. China won the gold medals with 220. India represented 84 para-athletes across 12 disciplines. India secured 29 medals, surpassing the previous best of 19 at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

Overview of the 2024 Paris Paralympics

17th Paralympic Games held from August 28 to September 8, 2024, in Paris, France
Organized by the International Paralympics Committee
Closing ceremony took place at the Stade de France stadium on September 8, 2024
China topped the medal tally with 220 medals
18th Summer Paralympics to be held in Los Angeles, USA, in 2028
84 para-athletes represented India across 12 disciplines, including 3 new sports: para cycling, para rowing, and blind judo

India's Record-Breaking Performance

India secured a historic 29 medals: 7 gold, 9 silver, and 13 bronze
Surpassed previous best of 19 medals at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Finished 18th in the overall medal tally
Crossed the 50-medal mark in Paralympic history

India’s Medal Tally in Paris Paralympics 2024

S. No	Athlete	Medal	Sport	Event
1	Avani Lakhera	Gold	Shooting	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1
2	Nitesh Kumar	Gold	Badminton	Men’s singles SL3 class
3	Sumit Antil	Gold	Athletics	Javelin throw F64
4	Harvinder Singh	Gold	Archery	Men's individual recurve open
5	Dharambir	Gold	Athletics	Men’s club throw F51 class
6	Praveen Kumar	Gold	Athletics	Men’s high jump T 64
7	Navdeep Singh	Gold	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F41
8	Manish Narwal	Silver	Shooting	Men's 10m air pistol SH1
9	Nishad Kumar	Silver	Athletics	Men's high jump T47
10	Yogesh Kathuniya	Silver	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
11	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Silver	Badminton	Women’s singles SU5
12	Suhas Yathiraj	Silver	Badminton	Men’s singles SL4
13	Sharad Kumar	Silver	Athletics	Men's high jump T63
14	Ajeet Singh	Silver	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46
15	Sachin Khilari	Silver	Athletics	Men's shot put F46
16	Pranav Soorma	Silver	Athletics	Men’s club throw F51 class
17	Mona Agarwal	Bronze	Shooting	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1
18	Preethi Pal	Bronze	Athletics	Women's 100m T35
19	Rubina Francis	Bronze	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1
20	Preethi Pal	Bronze	Athletics	Women's 200m T35
21	Manisha Ramadass	Bronze	Badminton	Women’s singles SU5
22	Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi	Bronze	Archery	Mixed team compound open
23	Nithya Sre Sivan	Bronze	Badminton	Women's singles SH6
24	Deepthi Jeevanji	Bronze	Athletics	Women's 400m T20
25	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Bronze	Athletics	Men's high jump T63
26	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Bronze	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F46
27	Kapil Parmar	Bronze	Judo	Men’s Judo -60kg J1 Class
28	Hokato Hotozhe Sema	Bronze	Athletics	Men’s shot put F57
29	Simran	Bronze	Athletics	Women's 200m T12

India’s 18th Rank in Global Medal List

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	94	76	50	220
2	Great Britain	49	44	31	124
3	United States of America	36	42	27	105
4	Netherlands	27	17	12	56
5	Brazil	25	26	38	89
18	India	7	9	13	29

First-ever medals in specific events:

Dharambir and Parnav Soorma: Gold and silver in men's club throw F51
Preethi Pal: Bronze in women's 100m T35 (first track event medal)
Deepthi Jeevanji: First intellectually impaired Indian athlete to win a Paralympic medal
Harvinder Singh: India's first-ever Paralympic archery champion

Noteworthy Performances and Records

Avani Lakhera defended her gold in SH1 shooting event, setting a world record
Sumit Antil defended his javelin F64 class gold with a new Paralympic record of 70.59m
Dharambir set a new Asian record of 34.92m in men's club throw F51
Praveen Kumar set an Asian record in high jump T64
Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar achieved a world record score in compound mixed team archery qualification
India won four medals in track events, including Preethi Pal's two bronzes
Navdeep Singh's silver medal in javelin throw F41 class upgraded to gold after disqualification of the initial winner

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