MEDAL COUNT: Who topped the table in the 2024 Paris Paralympics?

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PARIS (KXAN) — More than 4,400 athletes from across the world are competing in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, France.

With 549 medal events in total, KXAN is keeping track of how many medals each participating team has won.

The convention used by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to sort by the number of gold medals, then silver, then bronze. This means the country that wins the most medals overall may not necessarily be at the top of the table.

The first gold medal of the 2024 Paralympic Games was won by Caroline Groot (Netherlands) in the women’s C4-5 500m time trial Para Cycling event. Marie Patouillet (France) won silver, and Kate O’Brien (Canada) took bronze.

The animated chart below shows how the number of medals awarded to each team changed throughout the competition. The default view shows the total number of medals. Click through in the top right to see gold, silver or bronze medals.

Here’s a look at the number of medals won in each sport by the top 20 teams in the overall medal count. All other countries have been grouped together in the last column.

Team USA medals

The first medal for the United States was silver, claimed by Ellie Marks in the women’s 50m freestyle Swimming event.

Here’s a look at all medals won by the U.S. in the Paris Paralympics. Use the controls at the top to see medal breakdowns by sport, gender and day of competition.

In the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, the United States won a total of 113 medals, down from 121 in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Here’s a look at the medal totals over the past six Summer Paralympics: