Great Britain At the Paralympics Information
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has participated (under the name "Great Britain") in every Summer and Winter Paralympic Games. Britain has performed particularly well at the Summer Paralympic Games, consistently finishing between second and fifth on the medal tables - a slightly better performance than at the Olympics. Britain has yet to win a gold medal at the Winter Paralympics, despite having won 493 at the Summer Games. Britain is second on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table.
Britain was the co-host of the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville, and will be the host of the next Summer Paralympics, in London in 2012.
Although the country uses the name "Great Britain", athletes from Northern Ireland are entitled to compete as part of British delegations. Representatives of the devolved Northern Ireland government, however, have objected to the name, which they argue creates a perception that Northern Ireland is not part of the British Olympic team, and have called for the team to be renamed as Team UK.[1][2]
Under the terms of a long-standing settlement between the British Olympic Association and the Olympic Council of Ireland, athletes from Northern Ireland can elect to represent Ireland at the Olympics, as Northern Irish people are legally entitled to dual citizenship.[3]
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Medal tables
See also: All-time Paralympic Games medal tableMedals by Summer Games
Host country (Great Britain)
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Rome | 20 | 15 | 20 | 55 | 2 |
| 1964 Tokyo | 18 | 23 | 20 | 61 | 2 |
| 1968 Tel-Aviv | 29 | 20 | 20 | 69 | 2 |
| 1972 Heidelberg | 16 | 15 | 21 | 52 | 3 |
| 1976 Toronto | 29 | 29 | 36 | 94 | 5 |
| 1980 Arnhem | 47 | 32 | 20 | 99 | 5 |
| 1984 Stoke Mandeville 1984 New York | 75 | 80 | 85 | 240 | 2 |
| 1988 Seoul | 62 | 66 | 51 | 179 | 3 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 40 | 46 | 41 | 127 | 3 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 39 | 42 | 41 | 122 | 3 |
| 2000 Sydney | 41 | 43 | 47 | 131 | 2 |
| 2004 Athens | 35 | 30 | 30 | 95 | 2 |
| 2008 Beijing | 42 | 29 | 31 | 102 | 2 |
| Total | 493 | 470 | 463 | 1426 | 2 |
Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Örnsköldsvik | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980 Geilo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1984 Innsbruck | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 |
| 1988 Innsbruck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 1992 Tignes-Albertsville | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 1998 Nagano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2006 Turin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Total | 0 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 26 |
See also
References
- ^ "No place for 'NI', says Olympic Team GB", Belfast Telegraph, 10 March 2011
- ^ "Minister urges BOA to change 'erroneous Team GB name'". BBC News. 10 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12688705. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
- ^ "Full text of the constitution" (PDF). Department of the Taoiseach. http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/attached_files/Pdf%20files/Constitution%20of%20Ireland.pdf. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
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