Medal Count
A total of 1567 medals were awarded during the Athens games: 519 gold, 516 silver, and 532 bronze. China topped the medal count with more gold medals, more silver medals, and more medals overall than any other nation. In the table below, the ranking sorts by the number of gold medals earned by a nation (in this context a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee).
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 63 | 46 | 32 | 141 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 35 | 30 | 29 | 94 |
| 3 | Canada | 28 | 19 | 25 | 72 |
| 4 | United States | 27 | 22 | 39 | 88 |
| 5 | Australia | 26 | 38 | 36 | 100 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 24 | 12 | 19 | 55 |
| 7 | Spain | 20 | 27 | 24 | 71 |
| 8 | Germany | 19 | 28 | 31 | 78 |
| 9 | France | 18 | 26 | 30 | 74 |
| 10 | Japan | 17 | 16 | 20 | 53 |
Among the top individual medal winners was Mayumi Narita of Japan, who took seven golds and one bronze medal in swimming, setting six world records in the process and bringing her overall Paralympic gold medal total to fifteen. Chantal Petitclerc of Canada won five golds and set three world records in wheelchair racing, while Swedish shooter Jonas Jacobsson took four gold medals. France's Béatrice Hess won her nineteenth and twentieth Paralympic gold medals in swimming. Swimmer Trischa Zorn of the United States won just one medal, a bronze, but it was her 55th ever Paralympic medal. She retained her position as the most successful Paralympian of all times.
Read more about this topic: 2004 Summer Paralympics
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