Russia at the Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Russia at the
Paralympics

IPC code| RUS
NPC| Russian Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralymp.ru (in Russian)
Medals|

Gold
175
Silver
175
Bronze
151
Total
501
Summer appearances

* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016–2024

Winter appearances

* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018–2022

Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)
Unified Team (1992)
Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018)
RPC (2020)

Russia has competed at the Paralympic Games as different teams in its history. The nation competed as part of the Soviet Union at the 1988 Summer and Winter Games, while after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia competed as part of the Unified Team in 1992. The nation competed for a first time as Russia at the 1994 Winter Paralympics, and after that participated in every summer and winter edition up until the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

## Doping bans

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On 7 August 2016, the Russian Paralympic Committee was banned from participating in the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2018 Winter Paralympics due to the doping scandal in Russia, although in 2018 they were allowed to compete as the Neutral Paralympic Athletes. The decision to ban the entire Russian team contrasts the treatment of the Russian Olympic team during the 2016 Summer Olympics, whose members could compete if they were allowed by their sport's respective governing body.[1]

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. Russian athletes would be allowed to participate in the Paralympic under a neutral flag and with a neutral designation.

Russia later appealed against the WADA decision in the CAS. On 17 December 2020, the CAS announced its decision, reducing the suspension to two years and allowing Russian athletes to participate under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee, rather than under a neutral flag, and use the Russian national colours.[2] For all victory ceremonies, Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 will be used in lieu of the Russian national anthem.[3]

## Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War

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After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) condemned Russia's "breach of the Olympic Truce adopted by the UN General Assembly".[4] Following this, the International Paralympic Committee initially announced that the RPC team designation would be banned and that Russian athletes could only compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics under a fully neutral designation as in 2018.[5] After boycott threats from other nations, the IPC on 3 March 2022 banned Russian athletes from competing entirely.[6][7] On 16 November 2022, the IPC again suspended the RPC at an extraordinary meeting of the IPC General Assembly.[8]

On 29 September 2023, the IPC decided to continue to partially suspend both the Russian and Belarusian NPCs for two years. Their athletes and their support personnels may participate at the Paralympic Games under individual and neutral capacities. The IPC remarked that this means no teams.[9]

## Medal tables

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See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal table

### Medals by Summer Games

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| Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

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1960–1984 | did not compete
Seoul 1988 | Part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
Barcelona 1992 | Part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
Atlanta 1996 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 16
Sydney 2000 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 35 | 14
Athens 2004 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 41 | 11
Beijing 2008 | 18 | 23 | 22 | 63 | 8
London 2012 | 36 | 38 | 28 | 102 | 2
Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Disqualified
Tokyo 2020 | As the  RPC (RPC)
Paris 2024 | As the  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)
Los Angeles 2028 | Future event
Brisbane 2032 | Future event
Total | 91 | 87 | 90 | 268 | 22

### Medals by Winter Games

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| Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total  | Rank

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1976–1984 | did not compete
1988 Innsbruck | Part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Tignes-Albertville | Part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1994 Lillehammer | 10 | 12 | 8 | 30 | 5
1998 Nagano | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 | 5
2002 Salt Lake City | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 5
2006 Turin | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 | 1
2010 Vancouver | 12 | 16 | 10 | 38 | 2
2014 Sochi | 30 | 28 | 22 | 80 | 1
Pyeongchang 2018 | As the  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)
Beijing 2022 | Disqualified
Milan 2026 | Future event
Total | 84 | 88 | 61 | 233 | 5

## See also

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* Russian Paralympic Committee
* Russia at the Olympics
* Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

## References

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1. ^ "Rio Paralympics 2016: Russia banned after losing appeal". BBC Sport. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
2. ^ "Focus on news: CAS arbitration WADA v. RUSADA: Decision". Court of Arbitration for Sport. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
3. ^ "IPC confirm details regarding RPC's Paralympic Games participation". International Paralympic Committee. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
4. ^ "IOC strongly condemns the breach of the Olympic Truce". International Olympic Committee. 24 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
5. ^ "Russian and Belarusian athletes to still receive medals at Beijing 2022". 2 March 2022.
6. ^ "Russian, Belarusian athletes banned from Beijing Paralympics in reversal of original decision by organizers". The San Francisco Diego Union Tribute. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
7. ^ Houston, Michael (3 March 2022). "Athletes from Russia and Belarus banned from competing at Beijing 2022 Paralympics". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
8. ^ "IPC suspends Russian, Belarusian committees with immediate effect". Reuters. 17 November 2022.
9. ^ "IPC General Assembly partially suspends NPC Russia and NPC Belarus". IPC. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

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Africa|

* Algeria
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* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cameroon
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* Central African Republic
* Comoros
* Congo
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* Liberia
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* Tajikistan
* Thailand
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* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

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* San Marino
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* Slovenia
* Spain
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* Australia
* Winter
* Fiji
* Kiribati
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Vanuatu

Other|

* Independent Paralympic Participants
* Individual Paralympic Athletes
* Neutral Paralympic Athletes
* Refugee Paralympic Team
* RPC
* Unified Team

Historical|

* Czechoslovakia
* East Germany
* Rhodesia
* Serbia and Montenegro
* Soviet Union
* Yugoslavia

1 Israel has been a member of the European Paralympic Committee (EOC) since 1994.

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