Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Great Britain are scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. This will be Great Britain's seventeenth consecutive time competing at the Summer Paralympic Games. UK Sport has set the team a target of winning between 100 and 140 medals at the event.

Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors participating in the Games in each sport for Great Britain & Northern Ireland:

Please note that guides in athletics and paratriathlon, ramp operators and sports assistants in boccia and pilots in cycling are counted as athletes at the Paralympics.

Administration
On 4 March 2020, ParalympicsGB announced that Director of Sport Penny Briscoe would continue in the role of Chef de Mission which she had undertaken at the previous three summer Paralympic Games for the British team. She also fulfilled the role at the 2014 and 2018 winter Paralympic Games.

Archery
Great Britain secured a quota place in the mixed team compound event at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic. This also earned places in the men's and women's individual events for the two selected archers. A second quota was gained in the women's individual compound competition.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Athletics
British track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES). An NPC can enter an eligible athlete in an unlimited number of individual events within their classification (or, on occasion, in a higher classification if its open to lower classifications) - as long as the athlete has achieved an MES (minimal entry standard) performance in each respective event.

Paralympics GB announced the first tranche of ten athletes selected to compete in Paris on 21 June. A second and final selection will be made in July.


 * Key
 * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
 * Q = Qualified for the next round
 * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
 * DQ = Disqualified
 * PR = Paralympic Record
 * AR = Area (or continental) Record
 * NR = National Record
 * SB = Season's Best
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Track & road events
 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed


 * Field events
 * Men


 * Women

Badminton
Great Britain has qualified three para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking. A fourth player was added by selection.

Boccia
Great Britain secured a place in the mixed BC1-2 team event based on the rankings at 31 December 2023. This also guaranteed places in the individual competitions for the 3 team members. The Great Britain BC3 pair qualified - to compete as a pair and also generating one individual place in the male and female BC3 events - via winning gold at the Paralympic Qualification Tournament held in Coimbra, Portugal. Additional places in the men's BC3 and BC4 individual events were gained via bipartite invitations.

Cycling
Great Britain has qualified 16 para-cyclists (ten men and six women, not including pilots) based on the UCI Nations Rankings for 2024. The UCI have also confirmed that one as yet unnamed paracyclist has gained a bipartite invitation for a total of seventeen athletes.

Equestrian
Great Britain has qualified 4 riders for the team event after finishing in fourth place at the 2022 FEI World Equestrian Games. The team was announced on 18 July 2024.


 * Individual


 * Team

Judo
Great Britain qualified three judokas by virtue of their rankings when the qualifying period ended on 24 June 2024.

Paracanoeing
Great Britain earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany and the 2024 ICF Paracanoe World Championships in Hungary.

While each nation may only gain one quota place per event, a canoeist who gains such a quota can contest both events in their classification, meaning Great Britain can enter two canoeists in eight of the events, having won separate quota places in the kayak and outrigger events in the Men's L2 and L3, and Women's L2 and L3 classifications.

On 1 July 2024, Great Britain announced a team of nine canoeists including Jeanette Chippington who will be competing at her eighth Games having debuted in swimming at Seoul in 1988.

Paratriathlon
The following athletes earned quota places for Great Britain in paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.by having a top nine ranking in the World Paratriathlon rankings for their classification on 1 July 2024. Further places may be granted by invitation.

Powerlifting
Great Britain secured six quotas by virtue of the rankings when the qualifying period ended on 26 June 2024. Four of the lifters achieved qualification at two weights and will have to decide which of these they will compete in at the Games.

Rowing
British rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. The squad for the Games was announced on 8 July 2024.

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting
British shooters' achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cups, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by July 15, 2024.

ParalympicsGB announced their squad of four shooters on 27 June 2024.


 * Mixed

Swimming
Great Britain secured thirteen quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

On 20 May 2024, Aquatics GB announced their swim team of 26 athletes for the Games, but did not confirm individual events. Matthew Redfern joined his sister Rebecca in the squad on 12 July after a successful bipartite application.

Stephen Clegg (S12/SB12/SM12), Rhys Darbey (S14/SB14/SM14), Bruce Dee (S6/SB6/SM6), William Ellard (S14/SB14/SM14), Louis Lawlor (S14/SB14/SM14), Matthew Redfern (S13/SB13/SM13), Harry Stewart (S14/SB14/SM14), Mark Tompsett (S14/SB14/SM14) and Cameron Vearncombe (S14/SB14/SM14).
 * Men

Ellie Challis (S3/SB2/SM3), Louise Fiddes (S14/SB14/SM14), Grace Harvey (S6/SB5/SM6), Suzanna Hext (S5/SB4/SM5), Eliza Humphrey (S11/SB11/SM11), Scarlett Humphrey, (S11/SB11/SM11), Tully Kearney (S5/SB5/SM5), Poppy Maskill (S14/SB14/SM14), Olivia Newman-Baronius (S14/SB14/SM14), Megan Neave (S14/SB14/SM14), Rebecca Redfern (S13/SB13/SM13), Faye Rogers (S10/SB10/SM10), Toni Shaw (S9/SB9/SM9), Maisie Summers-Newton (S6/SB6/SM6), Alice Tai (S8, SB8, SM8), Callie-Ann Warrington (S10/SB10/SM10), Brock Whiston (S8, SB8, SM8) and Iona Winnifrith (S7/SB7/SM7).
 * Women

Table tennis
Great Britain entered eleven para table tennis players to compete at Paris 2024. Will Bayley secured a quota for himself by virtue of winning a gold medal in the C7 classification at the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain; meanwhile other players qualified for the games through the allocation of ITTF final ranking. In addition Tom Matthews and Megan Shackleton received invitations from the Bipartite Commission. The members of the squad were confirmed on 17 July 2024.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Taekwondo
Great Britain entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. They included Tokyo2020 medallists Beth Munro and Amy Truesdale.

Wheelchair basketball
Great Britain's men and women have qualified to compete by being finalists at the 2023 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Rotterdam. On 10 July 2024, Great Britain announced the squads for both the men's and women's teams. Terry Bywater will be competing at his seventh Games.

Men's tournament

 * Men's squad

Women's tournament

 * Women's squad

Wheelchair fencing
At the end of the qualification period, Great Britain had qualified the following fencers for Paris. Four fencers were announced in Great Britain's squad for the Games on 3 July 2024.


 * Individual


 * Teams

Wheelchair rugby
Great Britain qualified to compete by being finalists at the 2023 European Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Cardiff.

On 24 June 2024, Paralympics GB announced their squad for the tournament.


 * Squad

(c) = Captain (v-c) = Vice-captain


 * Standings

Wheelchair tennis
Great Britain qualified six players via the world rankings as at 15 July 2024. The team was confirmed on 19 July.