Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics
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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 |
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| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Australia |  | 5th | |  | Q | 5 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 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 | |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wheelchair rugby at the Summer Paralympics. |
- "IPC Historical Results Database". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- "Wheelchair Rugby". International Paralympic Committee. 2011. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
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