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The 2018 Winter Paralympics medal table is a list of National Paralympic Committees ranked by the number of medals won during the 2018 Winter Paralympics, which were held in PyeongChang, South Korea, in March 2018. In the standing men's 1.5 kilometre cross-country sprint, two bronze medals were awarded due to a tie. [1]
The 2018 Winter Paralympics, officially the XII Paralympic Winter Games, or the 12th Winter Paralympics, were held from 9 to 18 March 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea. 80 events in 6 winter sport disciplines were contested.
Below is an all-time medal table for all Paralympic Games from 1960 to 2024. The International Paralympic Committee does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by collating single entries from the IPC database. [1]
The 2018 Winter Paralympics (Korean: 2018년 동계 패럴림픽; RR: 2018nyeon Donggye Paereollimpik), the 12th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, were an international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), that was held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 ...
The United States competed at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea from 9 to 18 March 2018.. With 13 gold, 15 silver and 8 bronze medals, the US athletes had their best performance in 16 years and were the most successful national selection for the first time since 1994, ahead of the neutral athletes from Russia and the Canadian team.
The nation used to be a dominant Paralympic power in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, but has steadily declined since the 1990s to a point where it finished sixth in the 2012 Summer Paralympics medal count. The team then improved to a fourth-place finish in 2016, and third in 2020, and unexpectedly finished first at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
This also met the goal set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee to improve on the 16 medals won at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. [ 6 ] Opening ceremony flag-bearer Brian McKeever became Canada's most decorated Winter Paralympian after winning his 14th career medal at the Games, surpassing the previous record by Lana Spreeman , who won 13 medals ...
At the 2018 Winter Olympics, athletes were tied in three events. In the women's 10 km cross-country skiing, two bronze medals were awarded due to a tie. [19] In the two-man bobsleigh, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded due to a tie, [20] while in the four-man bobsleigh, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a ...