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These games marked the first time Paris hosted the Summer Paralympics and the second time France hosted the Paralympic Games, following the 1992 Winter Paralympics in Tignes and Albertville. France also hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics. China topped the medal table for the sixth consecutive Paralympics, winning 94 golds and 221 total medals.
Here's everything you need to know about when the Summer Paralympics will start and end. The Paralympic Games began in Paris on Wednesday, Aug. 28, when the opening ceremony was held, and will ...
In 2016, the Paralympics were held in South America for the first time. No Paralympic Games have been hosted in the continents of Africa and Antarctica. Host cities are selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Currently, they are selected seven years in advance. [1]
The International Paralympic Committee approved the final schedule, and dates for the Summer Paralympic Games were released on 2 February 2023. [ 3 ] All times and dates use Central European Summer Time ( UTC+2 )
Around 4,400 athletes competed in this year’s Paralympics across 549 medal events in 22 sports. Scores of records were broken, including more than 40 in para athletics and 30 in the swimming.
The 2024 Paralympic Games run from August 28 to September 8. One thing that can seem confusing though to new viewers of the Paralympics is its unique classification system.
The 2024 Paralympics was the seventeenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September 2024. There were 549 medal events. Mauritius, Nepal and the Refugee Paralympic Team won their first Paralympic medals.
The 2024 Paris Paralympics are set to begin Wednesday and will mark the first time that a Summer Paralympic Games is being held in France.