Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IWRF
Events	1 (mixed)
Games
1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 2008 • 2012 • 2016 Note: demonstration sport years indicated in italics
Medalists

Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Summer Paralympics as a demonstration sport in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport in 2000 and has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since then. Only one event, mixed team, is held.

Medalists

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics the wheelchair rugby competition was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded but did not count in medal count. Medal winning teams for every Summer Games are as follows:

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta demonstration	United States (USA)	Canada (CAN)	New Zealand (NZL)
2000 Sydney	United States (USA)	Australia (AUS)	New Zealand (NZL)
2004 Athens	New Zealand (NZL)	Canada (CAN)	United States (USA)
2008 Beijing	United States (USA)	Australia (AUS)	Canada (CAN)
2012 London	Australia (AUS)	Canada (CAN)	United States (USA)

Tournaments

Year	Host		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game
			Gold medalist	Score	Silver medalist		Bronze medalist	Score	Fourth place
1996 details	Atlanta		United States	37 - 30	Canada		New Zealand	46 - 34	Great Britain
2000 details	Sydney		United States	32 - 69	Australia		New Zealand	44 - 32	Canada
2004 details	Athens		New Zealand	31 - 29	Canada		United States	43 - 39	Great Britain
2008 details	Beijing		United States	53 - 100	Australia		Canada	47 - 41	Great Britain
2012 details	London		Australia	66 - 51	Canada		United States	53 - 43	Japan

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	2	0	2	4
2	Australia	1	2	0	3
3	New Zealand	1	0	1	2
4	Canada	0	2	1	3
Total		4	4	4	12

Participating nations

The final placement for each team in each tournament is shown in the following tables.

Nation	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Years
Australia		5th			Q	5
Belgium	–	6th	–	7th		2
Brazil	–	-	–	-	Q	1
Canada	4th				Q	5
China	–	–	8th	–		1
France	–	–	–	8th		1
Germany	7th	7th	6th	–		3
Great Britain	6th	4th	4th	5th	Q	5
Japan	–	8th	7th	4th		3
New Zealand			5th	–		3
Sweden	5th	–	–	6th	Q	3
Switzerland	8th	–	–	–		1
United States						4