The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain.
The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport. Wheelchair tennis, a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, was contested as an official medal sport for the first time.
A total of 1503 medals were awarded during the Barcelona games: 490 gold, 487...
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The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Spain.
The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport. Wheelchair tennis, a demonstration sport at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, was contested as an official medal sport for the first time.
A total of 1503 medals were awarded during the Barcelona games: 490 gold, 487 silver, and 526 bronze. The United States topped the medal count with more gold medals, more silver medals, and more medals overall than any other nation. Germany took the most bronze medals, with 59. 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).
Host country (Spain)
Eighty-three delegations participated at the Barcelona Paralympics.
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