China topped the Beijing 2008 Paralympics Medal Table by some distance winning 211 medals including a whopping 89 golds.
Great Britain was second, following on from the country’s good medal performance at the Beijing Olympics and the USA was third.
Position Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China 89 70 52 211
2 Great Britain 42 29 31 102
3 United States 36 35 28 99
4 Ukraine 24 18 32 74
5 Australia 23 29 27 79
6 South Africa 21 3 6 30
7 Canada 19 10 21 50
8 Russia 18 23 22 63
10 Brazil 16 14 17 47
9 Spain 15 21 22 58
11 Germany 14 25 20 59
12 France 12 21 19 52
13 South Korea 10 8 13 31
15 Mexico 10 3 7 20
14 Tunisia 9 9 3 21
16 Czech Republic 6 3 18 27
18 Japan 5 14 8 27
17 Poland 5 12 13 30
19 Netherlands 5 10 7 22
20 Greece 5 9 10 24
21 Belarus 5 7 1 13
22 Iran 5 6 3 14
23 Cuba 5 3 6 14
24 New Zealand 5 3 4 12
24 Sweden 5 3 4 12
27 Hong Kong 5 3 3 11
26 Kenya 5 3 1 9
28 Italy 4 7 7 18
29 Egypt 4 4 4 12
30 Nigeria 4 4 1 9
31 Algeria 4 3 8 15
32 Morocco 4 1 2 7
34 Austria 4 1 1 6
39 Switzerland 3 2 6 11
33 Denmark 3 2 4 9
34 Ireland 3 1 1 5
36 Croatia 3 1 0 4
37 Azerbaijan 2 3 5 10
38 Slovakia 2 3 1 6
40 Finland 2 2 2 6
41 Thailand 1 5 7 13
42 Portugal 1 4 2 7
43 Norway 1 3 3 7
44 Cyprus 1 2 1 4
45 Latvia 1 2 0 3
46 Singapore 1 1 2 4
46 Venezuela 1 1 2 4
48 Saudi Arabia 1 1 0 2
49 Hungary 1 0 5 6
50 Chinese Taipei 1 0 1 2
50 Turkey 1 0 1 2
52 Mongolia 1 0 0 1
53 Israel 0 5 1 6
54 Angola 0 3 0 3
55 Jordan 0 2 2 4
56 Lithuania 0 2 0 2
56 Serbia 0 2 0 2
58 Argentina 0 1 5 6
59 Slovenia 0 1 2 3
60 Bulgaria 0 1 1 2
68 Colombia 0 1 1 2
60 Iraq 0 1 1 2
62 Bosnia-Hercegovina 0 1 0 1
62 Pakistan 0 1 0 1
62 Papua New Guinea 0 1 0 1
62 Romania 0 1 0 1
62 United Arab Emirates 0 1 0 1
67 Lebanon 0 0 2 2
68 Belgium 0 0 1 1
68 Estonia 0 0 1 1
68 Jamaica 0 0 1 1
68 Lao PDR 0 0 1 1
68 Malaysia 0 0 1 1
68 Namibia 0 0 1 1
68 Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
68 Syria 0 0 1 1
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