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The
Paralympics
Summer
Games |
Year
|
Host |
|
Categories* |
Countries |
Athletes |
Sports |
1960 |
Rome, Italy |
|
SCI |
23 |
400 |
8 |
1964 |
Tokyo,
Japan |
|
SCI |
21 |
375 |
9 |
1968 |
Tel
Aviv, Israel |
|
SCI |
29 |
750 |
10 |
1972 |
Heidelberg,
West Germany |
|
SCI,
VI |
41 |
1,004 |
10 |
1976 |
Toronto,
Canada |
|
SCI,
VI, LA |
42 |
1,657 |
13 |
1980 |
Arnhem,
Netherlands |
|
SCI,
A, VI, CP |
42 |
1,973 |
12 |
1984 |
Stoke Mandeville, UK |
|
SCI,
A, VI, CP |
41 |
1,100 |
14 |
|
New
York, USA |
|
45 |
1,800 |
13 |
1988 |
Seoul,
Korea |
|
SCI,
A, VI, CP, LA |
61 |
3,053 |
17 |
1992 |
Barcelona,
Spain |
|
SCI,
A, VI, CP, LA |
82 |
3,020 |
15 |
|
Madrid,
Spain |
ID |
74 |
1,400 |
5 |
1996 |
Atlanta,
USA |
|
SCI,
A, VI, CP, LA, ID |
103 |
3,195 |
17 |
2000 |
Sydney, Australia |
|
SCI,
CP, LA, ID, VI, A |
123 |
3,843 |
18 |
2004 |
Athens, Greece |
|
SCI,
A, CP, LA, VI, ID |
130 |
4,000 |
21 |
2008 |
Beijing, China |
|
SCI,
A, CP, LA, ID |
|
|
|
|
2012 |
London,
UK |
|
|
164 |
4,302 |
20 |
Winter
Games |
Year
|
Host |
|
Categories* |
Countries
|
Athletes
|
Sports
|
1976 |
Omskoldsvik, Sweden |
|
VI,
A |
14 |
250 |
2 |
1980 |
Geilo,
Norway |
|
PI,
VI |
18 |
350 |
2 |
1984 |
Innsbruck,
Austria |
|
PI,
VI |
22 |
350 |
2 |
1988 |
Innsbruck,
Austria |
|
PI,
VI |
22 |
397 |
2 |
1992 |
Albertville,
France |
|
PI,
VI |
24 |
475 |
2 |
1994 |
Lillehammer,
Norway |
|
PI,
VI |
31 |
>1,000 |
3 |
1998 |
Nagano,
Japan |
|
PI,
VI, ID |
32 |
571 |
5 |
2002 |
Salt
Lake City, USA |
|
PI,
VI |
36 |
416 |
3 |
2006 |
Turin,
Italy |
|
PI,
VI, ID |
|
|
4 |
2010 |
Vancouver,
Canada |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2014 |
Sochi,
Russia |
|
|
|
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Notes
* SCI: spinal cord injury; A: amputee; VI: visual impairment;
CP: cerebral palsy; LA: les autres; ID: intellectual disability;
PI physical impairment
Sources
DePauw, K. P. and S. J. Gavron. Disability Sport,
2nd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2005.
Holt, R. and D. Ruta. Routledge Handbook of Sport and Legacy:
Meeting the Challenge of Major Sports Events. New York: Routledge,
2015.
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