Paris 2024 Paralympics Day 1, Medals Tally: China leads with four gold medals
The latest edition of the Paralympics in Paris will feature 4,400 athletes from around the world competing in 549 medal events across 22 sports.
Published : Aug 29, 2024 20:08 IST , Chennai - 1 MIN READ
Paris 2024 Paralympics: Netherlands’ Caroline Groot celebrates after winning gold medal in Women’s C4-5 500m Time Trial Track Cycling event at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: REUTERS
The Paris Paralympics 2024 officially got underway on Thursday and will conclude on September 8.
Netherlands’ Caroline Groot grabbed the first gold medal of the Games in Women’s C4-5 500m Time Trial Track Cycling event. Frenchwoman Marie Patouillet took silver while Canada’s Kate O’Brien won the bronze medal.
However, China took the early lead with four gold medals across track cycling and para swimming later in the day.
The latest edition of the Paralympics in Paris will feature 4,400 athletes from around the world competing in 549 medal events across 22 sports.
Here is the medal tally with the top 10 nations and India:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | People's Republic of China | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| - | India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated at 00:02 IST on August 30, 2024