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| NPCname = Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee
| games = Paralympics
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[[Papua New Guinea]] first competed at the [[Summer Paralympic Games]] in [[1984 Summer Paralympics|1984]], sending a delegation of four athletes to compete in [[track and field]], then missed out on three consecutive Games before returning in [[2000 Summer Paralympics|2000]], with two athletes in track and field and one in [[powerlifting]].<ref name=ipc-npc>{{IPC medals | npc = PNG }}</ref> Papua New Guinea was absent again in 2004, and returned for its third competition in [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008]].<ref>[http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2298580.htm "Toua makes comeback complete in PNG Olympic squad"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723054912/http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200807/s2298580.htm |date=23 July 2008 }}, ABC Radio Australia, 9 July 2008</ref>

[[Francis Kompaon]] won Papua New Guinea's first Paralympic or Olympic medal when he took silver in the 100 metre sprint, T46 category, at the 2008 Games. He finished 0.05 seconds behind gold medal winner [[Heath Francis]], of [[Australia at the Paralympics|Australia]].<ref>[http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1921&sID=2 "Silver for Francis Kompaon"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923203639/http://www.athletics-oceania.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1921&sID=2 |date=23 September 2009 }}, Oceania Athletics Association, 15 September 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080916/view01.htm "Kompaon a champ on our national day"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616205029/http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20080916/view01.htm |date=16 June 2011 }}, ''Post Courier'', 16 September 2008</ref>

Papua New Guinea has never taken part in the [[Winter Paralympic Games]].<ref name=ipc-npc/>

==List of medallists==
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!style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:10em"| Name
!style="width:8em"| Games
!style="width:7em"| Sport
!style="width:10em"| Event
|-
| {{silver medal}} || [[Francis Kompaon]] || [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] || [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|Athletics]] ||[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metres T46|Men's 100m T46]]
|}

==See also==
* [[Papua New Guinea at the Olympics]]

==References==
{{wikinews| Papua New Guinea represented by two Paralympians in London| Preparedness for 2012 Paralympic Games differs between National Paralympic Committees}}
{{reflist}}

{{National sports teams of Papua New Guinea}}
{{Nations at the Paralympics}}

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