Paralympics-2020 Results: Ukraine Wins 98 Medals and Enters Top 10
For the first time in the history of the Summer Paralympics, a Ukrainian has become the most decorated athlete.
The competition programme of the 2020 Summer Paralympics has concluded. On September 5, the last day of competition, medals were contested in five sports, completing the top-10 medal table, which includes Ukraine.
Over the 12 days of the Paralympics in Tokyo, 539 sets of medals were contested, and athletes from 86 countries stood on the podium. This is not a record number of medal events: Sydney had 550 sets of medals. However, this time a record number of countries finished the Paralympics with medals.
Ukraine's team won 98 medals during its performances in Tokyo: 24 gold, 47 silver and 37 bronze. Ukrainian athletes competed in 15 sports and won medals in 10 of them.
The most productive sport for the national team was swimming, with 43 medals (14+18+11), while athletics was second with 24 medals (6+15+3). In shooting, Ukrainians shared first place with China with six medals.
In the total medal count, Ukraine took fifth place, its second-best result in Paralympic history. In the medal table, Ukraine finished sixth, behind China, Great Britain, the USA, the RPC and the Netherlands.
Top 10 countries in the medal table of the 2020 Paralympics:
- China — 96 gold, 60 silver, 51 bronze (207)
- Great Britain — 41 gold, 38 silver, 45 bronze (124)
- USA — 37, 36, 31 (104)
- RPC — 36, 33, 49 (118)
- Netherlands — 25, 17, 17 (59)
- Ukraine — 24, 47, 37 (98)
- Brazil — 22, 20, 30 (72)
- Australia — 21, 29, 30 (80)
- Italy — 15, 29, 36 (69)
- Azerbaijan — 14, 1, 4 (19)
For Ukraine's team, the 2020 Paralympics was its second most productive in terms of total medals, but for the first time since 2004 the team fell out of the top four in the medal table. All of Ukraine's performances at the Summer Paralympics:
- Atlanta-1996 — 1, 4, 2 (7 medals, 44th place)
- Sydney-2000 — 3, 20, 14 (37 medals, 35th place)
- Athens-2004 — 24, 12, 19 (55 medals, 6th place)
- Beijing-2008 — 24, 18, 32 (74 medals, 4th place)
- London-2012 — 32, 24, 28 (84 medals, 4th place)
- Rio-2016 — 41, 37, 39 (117 medals, 3rd place)
- Tokyo-2020 — 24, 47, 37 (98 medals, 6th place)
At the Tokyo Paralympics, Ukrainians set a record for silver medals and matched the Beijing and Athens results for the number of gold medals. 23 athletes received more than one award during the Games.
Swimmers led in the number of medals won, and Maksym Krypak was named the most decorated athlete of the 2020 Paralympics:
- Maksym Krypak (swimming) — 7 medals (5, 1, 1)
- Andriy Trusov (swimming) — 6 medals (2, 3, 1)
- Yelyzaveta Mereshko (swimming) — 5 medals (2, 2, 1)
- Denys Ostapchenko (swimming) — 3 medals (1, 1, 1)
For the first time in the history of the Summer Paralympics, a Ukrainian has become the most decorated athlete. The number of medals also made him the most successful Paralympian in Ukraine's history.
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