The 17th Paris Paralympics came to an end on 8th September 2024 with a glittering ceremony at the Stade de France stadium in Paris, France. The 17th Paralympics was organised by the International Paralympics Committee in the French capital city of Paris from 28 August -8 September 2024.
The 18th Summer Paralympics will be held in Los Angeles, the United States of America in 2028.
The Paralympics are held after the Olympic Games. The 33rd Summer Olympics, organised by the International Olympic Committee, was held in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.
India ended the 2024 Paris Paralympics with a record 29 medals, breaking the record of 19 medals set at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Navdeep Singh’s silver medal was upgraded to gold after the gold medal winner, Iranian Beit Sayah Sadegh, was disqualified in the javelin throw F41 class.
China topped the medal tally with 220 medals, while India was at the 18th position.
Harvinder Singh and Preethi Pal were the Indian flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the Paris Paralympic Games.
Sumit Antil and Bhagyashri Jadhav were the Indian flag bearers at the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Paralympics Games,
Harvinder Singh was the first ever Indian archer to win a gold medal for India in a Paralympics Games.
Preethi Pal is the first Indian women para-athlete to win two medals in track and field at the Paralympics. She won bronze medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter T 35 events at the Paris Paralympics.
India sends a strong 84-member para-athletes team to the Paris Paralympic. India won 29 medals- seven gold, nine silver, and 13 bronze. The details of the winner are as follows;
Serial number |
Para-Athletes |
Sport |
Event |
Medal |
1 |
Avani Lakhera |
Shooting |
Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 |
Gold |
2 |
Nitesh Kumar |
Badminton |
Men’s singles SL3 class |
Gold |
3 |
Sumit Antil |
Athletics |
Javelin throw F64 |
Gold |
4 |
Harvinder Singh |
Archery |
Men's individual recurve open |
Gold |
5. |
Dharambir |
Athletics |
Men’s club throw F51 class |
Gold |
6 |
Praveen Kumar |
Athletics |
Men’s high jump T 64 |
Gold |
7. |
Navdeep Singh |
Athletics |
Men's javelin throw F41 |
Gold |
8 |
Manish Narwal |
Shooting |
Men's 10m air pistol SH1 |
Silver |
9 |
Nishad Kumar |
Athletics |
Men's high jump T47 |
Silver |
10 |
Yogesh Kathuniya |
Athletics |
Men's discus throw F56 |
Silver |
11 |
Thulasimathi Murugesan |
Badminton |
Women’s singles SU5 |
Silver |
12 |
Suhas Yathiraj |
Badminton |
Men’s singles SL4 |
Silver |
13 |
Sharad Kumar |
Athletics |
Men's high jump T63 |
Silver |
14 |
Ajeet Singh |
Athletics |
Men's javelin throw F46 |
Silver |
15 |
Sachin Khilari |
Athletics |
Men's shot put F46 |
Silver |
16 |
Pranav Soorma |
Athletics |
Men’s club throw F51 class |
Silver |
17 |
Mona Agarwal |
Shooting |
Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 |
Bronze |
18 |
Preethi Pal |
Athletics |
Women's 100m T35 |
Bronze |
19 |
Rubina Francis |
Shooting |
Women's 10m Air Pistol SH1 |
Bronze |
20 |
Preethi Pal |
Athletics |
Women's 200m T35 |
Bronze |
21 |
Manisha Ramadass |
Badminton |
Women’s singles SU5 |
Bronze |
22 |
Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi |
Archery |
Mixed team compound open |
Bronze |
23 |
Nithya Sre Sivan |
Badminton |
Women's singles SH6 |
Bronze |
24 |
Deepthi Jeevanji |
Athletics |
Women's 400m T20 |
Bronze |
25 |
Mariyappan Thangavelu |
Athletics |
Men's high jump T63 |
Bronze |
26 |
Sundar Singh Gurjar |
Athletics |
Men's javelin throw F46 |
Bronze |
27 |
Kapil Parmar |
Judo |
Men’s Judo -60kg J1 Class |
Bronze |
28 |
Hokato Hotozhe Sema |
Athletics |
Men’s shot put F57 |
Bronze |
29 |
Simran |
Athletics |
Women's 200m T12 |
Bronze |
At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, India participated in 12 of the 22 sporting disciplines. For the first time in the Paralympic Games, India participated in para-cycling, para-rowing, and blind judo.
In Paris, India won the most medals in athletics: 17 - gold-7, silver-6, and bronze-7.
Sport |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
Total medal |
Athletics |
4 |
6 |
7 |
17 |
Badminton |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
Shooting |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
Archery |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Judo |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Total |
7 |
9 |
13 |
29 |
India finished the Paris Paralympics in 18th Place. China topped the medal tally with 220 medals, followed by Great Britain.
Position |
Country |
Gold Medal |
Silver Medal |
Bronze Medal |
Total Medal |
1 |
China |
94 |
74 |
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 |