Paralympics medals: National winners and losers at London 2012

The Paralympics have been a huge success for Great Britain, and not only within the sporting arenas.

The public have been out in force to support the events while Team GB have responded with a record haul of 120 medals.

London v Beijing medal placings

London		Beijing
1	China	1
2	Russia	8
3	GB	2
4	Ukraine	4
5	Australia	5
6	USA	3

But leaving the hosts aside, who are the big winners and losers in the London 2012 medal table?

China have continued their dominance, which began at their own home games in Beijing four years ago.
But the biggest disappointment has come from traditional powerhouse the United States, who slid down the Paralympics medal table despite regaining their number one status at the Olympics.
Elsewhere, Russia, Ukraine and Australia have all produced healthy medal hauls to cheer their nations.
Here, BBC Sport assesses the achievements of a number of countries and how their relative success or failure has been perceived at home.