# Chronological summary of the 2020 Summer Paralympics

This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The opening ceremony is scheduled on the 24th of August with the last day of competition and the closing ceremony on 5 September.

## Calendar

The preliminary schedule was announced on 19 October 2018. The finalized schedule was released on 13 August 2019.
The original schedule was from 25 August to 10 September 2020. To postpone the Paralympics until 2021, all events were delayed by 364 days (one day less than a full year to preserve the same days of the week), giving a new schedule of 24 August to 9 September 2021.
    All times and dates use Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Gold medal events | CC | Closing ceremony |
| August/September 2021 | August/September 2021 | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | September | September | September | September | September | Events |
| August/September 2021 | August/September 2021 | 24th Tue | 25th Wed | 26th Thu | 27th Fri | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | Events |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | OC | | | | | | | | | | | | CC | — |
| Archery | Archery | | | | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 9 |
| Athletics | Athletics | | | | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 5 | 167 |
| Badminton | Badminton | | | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Boccia | Boccia | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 4 | ● | ● | 3 | | 7 |
| Cycling | Road | | | | | | | | 19 | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | 51 |
| Cycling | Track | | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | 51 |
| Equestrian (dressage) | Equestrian (dressage) | | | 3 | 2 | ● | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | 11 |
| Football 5-a-side | Football 5-a-side | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | | ● | | 1 | | 1 |
| Goalball | Goalball | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | | | 2 |
| Judo | Judo | | | | 4 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | 13 |
| Paracanoe | Paracanoe | | | | | | | | | | ● | 4 | 5 | | 9 |
| Paratriathlon | Paratriathlon | | | | | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Powerlifting | Powerlifting | | | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | 20 |
| Rowing | Rowing | | | | ● | ● | 4 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Shooting | Shooting | | | | | | | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Sitting volleyball | Sitting volleyball | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | Swimming | | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | | | 146 |
| Table tennis | Table tennis | | ● | ● | ● | 5 | 8 | 8 | ● | ● | 5 | 5 | | | 31 |
| Taekwondo | Taekwondo | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 6 |
| Wheelchair basketball | Wheelchair basketball | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelchair fencing | Wheelchair fencing | | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | | | 16 |
| Wheelchair rugby | Wheelchair rugby | | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Wheelchair tennis | Wheelchair tennis | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | | 6 |
| Daily medal events | Daily medal events | | 24 | 30 | 44 | 55 | 62 | 54 | 58 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 49 | 15 | 539 |
| Cumulative total | Cumulative total | | 24 | 54 | 98 | 153 | 215 | 269 | 327 | 372 | 420 | 475 | 524 | 539 | 539 |
| August/September 2021 | August/September 2021 | 24th Tue | 25th Wed | 26th Thu | 27th Fri | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 31st Tue | 1st Wed | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | Total events |
| August/September 2021 | August/September 2021 | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | September | September | September | September | September | | Total events |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
2020 Summer Paralympics medal table :
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 96 | 60 | 51 | 207 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 41 | 38 | 45 | 124 |
| 3 | United States | 37 | 36 | 31 | 104 |
| 4 | RPC | 36 | 33 | 49 | 118 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 25 | 17 | 17 | 59 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 24 | 47 | 27 | 98 |
| 7 | Brazil | 22 | 20 | 30 | 72 |
| 8 | Australia | 21 | 29 | 30 | 80 |
| 9 | Italy | 14 | 29 | 26 | 69 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan | 14 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
| 11–86 | Remaining teams | 209 | 230 | 279 | 718 |
| Totals (86 entries) | Totals (86 entries) | 539 | 540 | 589 | 1,668 |

## Day-by-day summaries
### Day 1 — Wednesday 25 August

25 August 2021 — summary table :
| Sport | Event | Gold medalist(s) | Gold medalist(s) | Gold medalist(s) | Silver medalist(s) | Silver medalist(s) | Bronze medalist(s) | Bronze medalist(s) | Ref |
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | Team | Rec | Competitor(s) | Team | Competitor(s) | Team | Ref |
| Cycling | Men's individual pursuit B | Tristan Bangma piloted by Patrick Bos | Netherlands | | Steve Bate piloted by Adam Duggleby | Great Britain | Marcin Polak piloted by Michał Ładosz | Poland | |
| Cycling | Women's individual pursuit C1–3 | Paige Greco | Australia | WR | Wang Xiaomei | China | Denise Schindler | Germany | |
| Cycling | Women's individual pursuit C4 | Emily Petricola | Australia | | Shawn Morelli | United States | Keely Shaw | Canada | |
| Cycling | Women's individual pursuit C5 | Sarah Storey | Great Britain | | Crystal Lane-Wright | Great Britain | Marie Patouillet | France | |
| Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle S10 | Rowan Crothers | Australia | | Maksym Krypak | Ukraine | Phelipe Rodrigues | Brazil | |
| Swimming | Women's 50 metre freestyle S6 | Yelyzaveta Mereshko | Ukraine | | Elizabeth Marks | United States | Anna Hontar | Ukraine | |
| Swimming | Women's 50 metre freestyle S10 | Anastasiia Gontar | RPC | | Chantalle Zijderveld | Netherlands | Aurélie Rivard | Canada | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle S8 | Ben Popham | Australia | | Andrei Nikolaev | RPC | Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | Greece | |
| Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle S5 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | PR | Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | Daniel Dias | Brazil | |
| Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle S5 | Zhang Li | China | | Tully Kearney | Great Britain | Monica Boggioni | Italy | |
| Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle S9 | William Martin | Australia | PR | Ugo Didier | France | Alexander Tuckfield | Australia | |
| Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle S9 | Lakeisha Patterson | Australia | | Zsófia Konkoly | Hungary | Toni Shaw | Great Britain | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke S1 | Iyad Shalabi | Israel | | Anton Kol | Ukraine | Francesco Bettella | Italy | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke S2 | Alberto Abarza | Chile | | Gabriel Geraldo Araújo | Brazil | Vladimir Danilenko | RPC | |
| Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke S2 | Yip Pin Xiu | Singapore | | Miyuki Yamada | Japan | Fabiola Ramírez | Mexico | |
| Swimming | Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 | Roman Zhdanov | RPC | WR | Miguel Luque Ávila | Mexico | Tatayuki Suzuki | Japan | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly S13 | Ihar Boki | Belarus | PR | Oleksii Virchenko | Ukraine | Islam Aslanov | Uzbekistan | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly S14 | Gabriel Bandeira | Brazil | PR | Reece Dunn | Great Britain | Benjamin Hance | Australia | |
| Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly S13 | Carlotta Gilli | Italy | | Alessia Berra | Italy | Daria Pikalova | RPC | |
| Swimming | Women's 100 metre butterfly S14 | Valeriia Shabalina | RPC | WR | Paige Leonhardt | Australia | Ruby Storm | Australia | |
| Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre A | Li Hao | China | | Artem Manko | Ukraine | Tian Jianquan | China | |
| Wheelchair fencing | Men's sabre B | Feng Yanke | China | | Adrian Castro | Poland | Panagiotis Triantafyllou | Greece | |
| Wheelchair fencing | Women's sabre A | Bian Jing | China | | Nino Tibilashvili | Georgia | Yevheniia Breus | Ukraine | |
| Wheelchair fencing | Women's sabre B | Tan Shumei | China | | Olena Fedota | Ukraine | Xiao Rong | China | |

### Day 2 — Thursday 26 August

26 August 2021 — summary table :
| Sport | Event | Gold medalist(s) | Gold medalist(s) | Gold medalist(s) | Silver medalist(s) | Silver medalist(s) | Bronze medalist(s) | Bronze medalist(s) | Ref |
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | Team | Rec | Competitor(s) | Team | Competitor(s) | Team | Ref |
| Cycling | Women's time trial B | Larissa Klaassen piloted by Imke Brommer | Netherlands | PR | Aileen McGlynn piloted by Helen Scott | Great Britain | Griet Hoet piloted by Anneleen Monsieur | Belgium | |
| Cycling | Men's time trial C4–5 | Alfonso Cabello | Spain | WR | Jody Cundy | Great Britain | Jozef Metelka | Slovakia | |
| Cycling | Men's individual pursuit C1 | Mikhail Astashov | RPC | | Tristen Chernove | Canada | Li Zhangyu | China | |
| Cycling | Men's individual pursuit C2 | Alexandre Léauté | France | WR | Darren Hicks | Australia | Liang Guihua | China | |
| Cycling | Men's individual pursuit C3 | Jaco van Gass | Great Britain | | Finlay Graham | Great Britain | David Nicholas | Australia | |
| Equestrian | Dressage Individual Test Grade II | Lee Pearson | Great Britain | | Pepo Puch | Austria | Georgia Wilson | Great Britain | |
| Equestrian | Dressage Individual Test Grade IV | Sanne Voets | Netherlands | | Rodolpho Riskalla | Brazil | Manon Claeys | Belgium | |
| Equestrian | Dressage Individual Test Grade V | Michèle George | Belgium | | Sophie Wells | Great Britain | Frank Hosmar | Netherlands | |
| Powerlifting | Men's 49 kg | Omar Qarada | Jordan | | Lê Văn Công | Vietnam | Parvin Mammadov | Azerbaijan | |
| Powerlifting | Men's 54 kg | David Degtyarev | Kazakhstan | | Axel Bourlon | France | Dimitrios Bakochristos | Greece | |
| Powerlifting | Women's 41 kg | Guo Lingling | China | WR | Ni Nengah Widiasih | Indonesia | Clara Fuentes Monasterio | Venezuela | |
| Powerlifting | Women's 45 kg | Latifat Tijani | Nigeria | | Cui Zhe | China | Justyna Kozdryk | Poland | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 | Takayuki Suzuki | Japan | PR | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | Roman Zhdanov | RPC | |
| Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle S5 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | | Wang Lichao | China | Daniel de Faria Dias | Brazil | |