Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics

Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics has been held since the 1994 Winter Paralympics, when it was known as ice sledge hockey (the sport was renamed by the International Paralympic Committee in 2016).[1][2]

Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics
Governing bodyIPC
Events1 (mixed)
Games

The tournament was to change from a men's to a mixed tournament for the 2010 Paralympic Games in Vancouver, allowing the teams to include female players,[3] but no women participated in the 2010 tournament.[4]

Medalists edit

Open
Games Gold Silver Bronze
1994 Lillehammer   Sweden   Norway   Canada
1998 Nagano   Norway   Canada   Sweden
2002 Salt Lake City   United States   Norway   Sweden
2006 Turin   Canada   Norway   United States
2010 Vancouver   United States   Japan   Norway
2014 Sochi   United States   Russia   Canada
2018 Pyeongchang   United States   Canada   South Korea
2022 Beijing   United States   Canada   China

Tournaments edit

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold medalist Score Silver medalist Bronze medalist Score Fourth place
1994
details
Lillehammer  
Sweden
1–0
OT
 
Norway
 
Canada
2–0  
Great Britain
1998
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Nagano  
Norway
2–0  
Canada
 
Sweden
10–1  
Estonia
2002
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Salt Lake City  
United States
4–3
GWS
 
Norway
 
Sweden
2–1
GWS
 
Canada
2006
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Torino  
Canada
3–0  
Norway
 
United States
4–3  
Germany
2010
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Vancouver  
United States
2–0  
Japan
 
Norway
2–1  
Canada
2014
details
Sochi  
United States
1–0  
Russia
 
Canada
3–0  
Norway
2018
details
Peyongchang  
United States
2–1
OT
 
Canada
 
South Korea
1–0  
Italy
2022
details
Beijing  
United States
5–0  
Canada
 
China
4–0  
South Korea

Medal table edit

This is the all time medal count won in Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States5016
2  Canada1326
3  Norway1315
4  Sweden1023
5  Japan0101
  Russia0101
7  China0011
  South Korea0011
Totals (8 entries)88824

Participating nations edit

Key
The team did not participate that year.
References:[5]
Nation 94
98
02
06
10
14
18
22
Total
  Canada (CAN) 3 2 4 1 4 3 2 2 8
  China (CHN) 3 1
  Czech Republic (CZE) 5 5 6 6 4
  Estonia (EST) 5 4 6 3
  Germany (GER) 4 1
  Great Britain (GBR) 4 7 7 3
  Italy (ITA) 8 7 6 4 5 5
  Japan (JPN) 5 5 5 2 8 5
  Norway (NOR) 2 1 2 2 3 4 5 - 7
  Russia (RUS) 2 1
  RPC (RPC)[a] DQ 0
  Slovakia (SVK) 7 1
  South Korea (KOR) 6 7 3 4 4
  Sweden (SWE) 1 3 3 6 8 8 7 7
  United States (USA) 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 7
Total teams 5 7 6 8 8 8 8 7

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Russia and Belarus were banned from competing in the Paralympics after the countries' invasion of Ukraine.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Para ice hockey - Fast Facts". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Para ice hockey was formerly known as ice sledge hockey until it was rebranded in 2016.
  2. ^ "Our Sport". paraicehockey.co.uk. British Para Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. In 2016, the sport was renamed and rebranded from IPC Ice Sledge Hockey to Para Ice Hockey.
  3. ^ Sledge Hockey Teams Can Add Women For 2010 Games, The Sports Network, April 3, 2009
  4. ^ Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games - Ice Sledge Hockey, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  5. ^ Participation and Medallist Reports, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  6. ^ "IPC to decline athlete entries from RPC and NPC Belarus for Beijing 2022". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 3 March 2022.