Russia at the Paralympics

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
Winter appearances
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)  Neutral Paralympic Athletes (2018W)

Russia has competed at the Paralympic Games as different nations 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 since then they participated in every summer and winter edition up until the 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Olympic doping ban

On 7 August 2016, the Russian Paralympic Committee was banned from participating in the 2016 Summer Paralympics and possibly the 2018 Winter Paralympics due to the state-sponsored doping scandal.

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]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1988 Seoul	as part of the  Soviet Union
1992 Barcelona	as part of the  Unified Team
1996 Atlanta	9	7	11	27	16
2000 Sydney	12	11	12	35	14
2004 Athens	16	8	17	41	11
2008 Beijing	18	23	22	63	8
2012 London	36	38	28	102	2
2016 Rio de Janeiro	banned due to the state-sponsored doping program
2020 Tokyo	Future event
Total	91	87	90	268	21

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1988 Innsbruck	as part of the  Soviet Union
1992 Tignes-Albertsville	as part of the  Unified Team
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
2018 PyeongChang	As Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)
2022 Beijing	Future event
Total	84	88	61	233	5

See also

• Russian Paralympic Committee
• Russia at the Olympics

References