Hong Kong made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.Hong Kong at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
The territory's first gold medals came in 1984, when Hong Kong won the women's 4 × 400 m Relay in categories 2–5 in athletics. Mui Y. L. also won an individual gold in the women's 1,500m, category 3; and Fung Yuet-wah took gold in the women's individual foil (categories 4–5) in wheelchair fencing. Table tennis was the source of all three gold medals won in 1992, as Hong Kong players won the women's team event in category 5, the men's team in category 4, and Kwong Kam-shing won the men's singles in category 5.
In 1996, it was the men's 4 × 100 m relay (T34) which yielded gold in athletics, accompanying four gold medals in men's wheelchair fencing events. Wheelchair fencing has provided gold medals for Hong Kong in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, as has athletics. Lai Wai-ling added a gold medal in table tennis (category 11) in 2000, whereas boccia provided two gold in 2004, and one in 2008. Hong Kong's most successful competitors, are Yu Chui-yee in wheelchair fencing, who won seven gold medals, and So Wa-wai in athletics, who won twelve medals, including six gold, three silver and three bronze.Hong Kong at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee
Medals
Summer Paralympics Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1960 Rome did not participate 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel Aviv Heidelberg 1972 10 0 1 1 2 29 Toronto 1976 11 0 1 2 3 31 Arnhem 1980 11 0 1 2 3 35 New York 1984 25 3 5 9 17 27 Seoul 1988 42 0 2 7 9 42 Barcelona 1992 21 3 4 4 11 28 Atlanta 1996 25 5 5 5 15 27 Sydney 2000 28 8 3 7 18 21 Athens 2004 23 11 7 1 19 17 Beijing 2008 21 5 3 3 11 26 London 2012 28 3 3 6 12 34 Rio de Janeiro 2016 24 2 2 2 6 40 Tokyo 2020 24 0 2 3 5 68 Paris 2024 23 3 4 1 8 32 Los Angeles 2028 Future Event Brisbane 2032 Total 43 43 53 139 34
Winter Paralympics Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank Örnsköldsvik 1976 did not participate Geilo 1980 Innsbruck 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Albertville 1992 Lillehammer 1994 Nagano 1998 Salt Lake City 2002 Turin 2006 Vancouver 2010 Sochi 2014 Pyeongchang 2018 Beijing 2022 Milano Cortina 2026 future event Total 0 0 0 0 −
Medals by Summer Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Wheelchair Fencing 22 18 16 56 Athletics 8 8 18 33 Boccia 7 4 1 12 Table Tennis 5 9 11 25 Swimming 1 1 4 6 Badminton 0 2 1 3 Lawn Bowls 0 1 1 2 Shooting 0 0 1 1 Total 43 43 53 139
Medals by Winter Sport Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Total 0 0 0 0
Medalists