France at the Paralympics

France at the Paralympic Games
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Paralympic history
Summer Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

France participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer and Winter Paralympics since then. France was the host country of the 1992 Winter Paralympics.

French athletes have won a total of 1,148 medals at the Paralympic Games, of which 385 is gold, placing France fourth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.

Among its most successful competitors is swimmer Béatrice Hess, winner of 20 gold medals.

Medal tallies

Summer Paralympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1960 Summer Paralympics	3	3	1	7	9th
1964 Summer Paralympics	4	2	5	11	11th
1968 Summer Paralympics	13	10	9	32	5th
1972 Summer Paralympics	10	8	5	33	7th
1976 Summer Paralympics	23	21	14	58	8th
1980 Summer Paralympics	28	26	31	85	8th
1984 Summer Paralympics	71	69	45	185	6th
1988 Summer Paralympics	47	44	49	140	5th
1992 Summer Paralympics	36	36	34	106	4th
1996 Summer Paralympics	35	29	31	95	6th
2000 Summer Paralympics	30	28	28	86	7th
2004 Summer Paralympics	18	26	30	74	9th
2008 Summer Paralympics	12	21	19	52	12th
2012 Summer Paralympics	8	19	18	45	16th

Winter Paralympics

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1976 Winter Paralympics	2	0	3	5	8th
1980 Winter Paralympics	1	1	1	3	9th
1984 Winter Paralympics	4	2	0	6	8th
1984 Winter Paralympics	5	5	3	13	7th
1992 Winter Paralympics	6	4	9	19	6th
1994 Winter Paralympics	14	6	11	31	4th
1998 Winter Paralympics	5	9	8	22	10th
2002 Winter Paralympics	2	11	6	19	13th
2006 Winter Paralympics	7	2	6	15	4th
2010 Winter Paralympics	1	4	1	6	10th

See also

• France at the Olympics