Beijing Paralympics 2008
Total medals taken by Wales at the Paralympic Games
|
GOLD |
SILVER |
BRONZE |
|
10 |
3 |
1 |
|
TOTAL MEDALS |
14 |
FACT: The Welsh athletes contributed more than 20% of the gold medals won by Team GB.
Population per gold medals won
(qualifying criteria – top ten countries winning 5 or more gold medals)
|
Country |
No. of gold medals |
Population (millions) per medal won |
|
Wales |
8.28* |
0.359 |
|
New Zealand |
5 |
0.855 |
|
Australia |
23 |
0.931 |
|
Tunisia |
9 |
1.147 |
|
Hong Kong |
5 |
1.391 |
|
England |
32.75* |
1.550 |
|
Czech Republic |
6 |
1.737 |
|
Canada |
19 |
1.757 |
|
Sweden |
5 |
1.845 |
|
Ukraine |
24 |
1.919 |
* medals shared with other home countries are counted as 0.5 or 0.25 depending on event e.g. relays/team events.