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.

Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IWRF
Events	1 (mixed)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Tournaments

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1996 details	Atlanta		United States	37 - 30	Canada		New Zealand	46 - 34	Great Britain
2000 details	Sydney		United States	32 - 31	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
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

• Rugby at the Summer Olympics

References

• "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.

• "Wheelchair Rugby". International Paralympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.