Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics
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.
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| Governing body | IWRF |
| Events | 1 (mixed) |
| Games | |
| Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics | |
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Tournaments
| Year | Host | Gold medal game | Bronze medal game | ||||||
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| Gold medalist | Score | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1996 details |
Atlanta |  United States |
37 - 30 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
 New Zealand |
46 - 34 |  Great Britain | ||
| 2000 details |
Sydney | United States |
32 - 31 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
New Zealand |
44 - 32 | Canada | ||
| 2004 details |
Athens | New Zealand |
31 - 29 | Canada |
United States |
43 - 39 | Great Britain | ||
| 2008 details |
Beijing | United States |
53 - 44 | Australia |
Canada |
47 - 41 | Great Britain | ||
| 2012 details |
London | Australia |
66 - 51 | Canada |
United States |
53 - 43 |  Japan | ||
| 2016 details |
Rio de Janeiro | Australia |
59 - 58 | United States |
Japan |
52 - 50 | Canada | ||
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 |  Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participating nations
The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.
| Nation | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |  | 5th | |  | | 5 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | – | 6th | – | 7th | – | 2 |
 Brazil | – | - | – | - | 8th | 1 |
| Canada | 4th | |  | | 4th | 5 |
 China | – | – | 8th | – | – | 1 |
 France | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 2 |
 Germany | 7th | 7th | 6th | – | – | 3 |
| Great Britain | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5 |
| Japan | – | 8th | 7th | 4th | | 4 |
| New Zealand | | | 5th | – | – | 3 |
 Sweden | 5th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 3 |
 Switzerland | 8th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| United States | | | | | | 5 |
See also
References
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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.
International wheelchair rugby | ||
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