London 2012 Paralympics top countries: Top five and GB, India rank

It concluded on September 9 with new world records set by athletes from around the globe. Here is a quick look at the medal winners, country rankings and the medal counts for Paralympics Team GB and Team India.

BREAKING NEWS: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 03, 2012 10.30pm BST
24-year old Indian athlete Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda has won a silver medal in the high jump event at London 2012 Paralympics. His won secured India a place in the medal table.

London 2012 Paralympics medal table final:

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
China	95	71	65	231	1
Russia	36	38	28	102	More like this Indian HN Girisha wins silver medal at Paralympics for high jump London 2012 Paralympic Games: List of Indian contingent members In pics: London 2012 Paralympics Opening Ceremony, Indian contingent 2
Great Britain	34	43	43	120	3
Ukraine	32	24	28	84	4
Australia	32	23	30	85	5
India	0	1	0	1	67

Among other major participating countries, the US ranks sixth with 98 medals, followed by Brazil (7th) with 43 medals and Germany (8th) with 66 medals but two gold medals fewer than Brazil. For a brief period on the last day of the Paralympics, the US was among the top five but slipped back to sixth position after Australia won gold medals to regain its spot in the top five countries.

France is 16th on the medal table (with 45 medals), Ireland is 19th (16 medals)and Canada is 20th (31 medals but fewer gold medals than Ireland).

Team India has ten athletes at London 2012 Paralympics. 

The London 2012 Paralympic Games comes to a close on Sunday, September 9.

On September 8, Oscar Pistorius, the South African sprint runner brought the Paralympic track and field athletics to a close with his gold medal performance in the T44 400m race which was watched by a peak audience of 4.2 million viewers on Channel 4.  

In the lead up to the last day of the London 2012 Paralympics, audiences across the UK were brought together through shared cultural experiences in mass, community-wide celebrations of music and dance. 

The Paralympics closing ceremony was scheduled for Sunday evening and the cauldron was extinguised at the end of the ceremony signalling the end of London 2012 Olympic Games. The next Olympic Games will be in 2016 held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
 

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