Paralympic Games

75: this is the number of medals won by France during the 2024 Paralympic Games

Publié le 10 septembre 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

French athletes won 75 medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, which ran from August 28 to September 8, 2024. This is the best result of the French delegation since Sydney in 2000. A list that places France in 8e ranking of nations.

The Paralympic Games saw 549 sporting events in 23 disciplines. 236 French athletes participated.

The 75 medals won by France are distributed as follows:

  • 19 gold medals;
  • 28 silver medals;
  • 28 bronze medals.

Eighth of the country ranking established by the International Paralympic Committee, France is ahead of:

  1. China (220 medals, including 94 gold, 76 silver and 50 bronze);
  2. Britain (124 medals, 49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze);
  3. the United States (105 medals, including 36 gold, 42 silver and 27 bronze);
  4. The Netherlands (56 medals, including 27 gold, 17 silver and 12 bronze).
  5. Brazil (89 medals, including 25 gold, 26 silver and 38 bronze);
  6. Italy (71 medals, including 24 gold, 15 silver and 32 bronze);
  7. Ukraine (82 medals, including 22 gold, 28 silver and 32 bronze).

Countries are ranked according to the number of gold medals won by their athletes. In the case of a tie, they are divided by the number of silver medals obtained, then by the number of bronze medals.

At the previous Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2020, the French delegation won 55 medals (11 gold, 15 silver and 29 bronze).

Please note

Approximately 4,400 athletes from 184 delegations participated in the event, including 1,859 women (42%), a record in Paralympic Games history. More than 2.5 million tickets were sold.

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