What is India’s rank in the Paralympics 2024 medal tally?

India secured six gold, nine silver, and eleven bronze medals, which pushed the country to rank number 14 in the Paralympics medal tally. On one hand, India ranked 71st at the Paris Olympics 2024, but Indian Paralympians are doing an impressive job.

With 84 Paralympic athletes participating in 12 disciplines at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, India has added more medals than in the last Paralympics in Tokyo, where the country secured five gold, six silver, and eight bronze medals, totaling 19. Now, they have an impressive 26 medals and are standing 14th in the medal tally. Hopes are high for more medals. It will be interesting to see how things go for them, with a few events still left and their chances remaining alive.

Paralympics medal 2024 tally

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	74	56	39	169
2	Great Britain	38	30	19	87
3	United States	27	34	18	79
4	Netherlands	21	10	8	39
5	France	17	24	22	63
6	Italy	17	11	29	57
7	Ukraine	16	21	27	64
8	Brazil	15	18	30	63
9	Australia	14	12	19	45
10	Germany	9	9	16	34
11	Uzbekistan	9	6	5	20
12	Japan	8	8	13	29
13	Spain	7	10	19	36
14	India	6	9	11	26

Sumit Antil did it once again by setting a world record in the javelin event with a throw of 73.29 meters. Just as he claimed a gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympics, he cleared this distance easily as well. Meanwhile, India’s Paralympic poster girl, Avani Lekhara, became the first Indian woman to clinch two gold medals, topping the charts in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 shooting event. See all the Paralympics medal winners who are making India proud, and since a few events are left, we may see a few more additions to the medal tally.

India Paralympics medal winners 2024 list

No.	Athlete	Sport	Event	Medal
1	Avani Lekhara	Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	Gold
2	Mona Agarwal	Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1	Bronze
3	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women’s 100m T35	Bronze
4	Manish Narwal	Shooting	Men’s 10m Air Pistol SH1	Silver
5	Rubina Francis	Shooting	Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1	Bronze
6	Preethi Pal	Athletics	Women’s 200m T35	Bronze
7	Nishad Kumar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump T47	Silver
8	Yogesh Kathuniya	Athletics	Men’s Discus Throw F56	Silver
9	Nitesh Kumar	Badminton	Men’s Singles SL3	Gold
10	Thulasimathi Murugesan	Badminton	Women’s Singles SU5	Silver
11	Manisha Ramadass	Badminton	Women’s Singles SU5	Bronze
12	Suhas Yathiraj	Badminton	Men’s Singles SL4	Silver
13	Rakesh Kumar / Sheetal Devi	Archery	Mixed Team Compound Open	Bronze
14	Sumit Antil	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw F64	Gold
15	Nithya Sre Sivan	Badminton	Women’s Singles SH6	Bronze
16	Deepthi Jeevanji	Athletics	Women’s 400m T20	Bronze
17	Mariyappan Thangavelu	Athletics	Men’s High Jump T63	Bronze
18	Sharad Kumar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump T63	Silver
19	Ajeet Singh	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	Silver
20	Sundar Singh Gurjar	Athletics	Men’s Javelin Throw F46	Bronze
21	Sachin Khilari	Athletics	Men’s Shot Put F46	Silver
22	Harvinder Singh	Archery	Men’s Individual Recurve Open	Gold
23	Dharambir	Athletics	Men’s Club Throw F51	Gold
24	Parnav Soorma	Athletics	Men’s Club Throw F51	Silver
25	Kapil Parmar	Judo	Men’s 60kg J1 category	Bronze
25	Kapil Parmar	Judo	Men’s 60kg J1 category	Bronze
26	Praveen Kumar	Athletics	Men’s High Jump T64	Gold