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This is a list of nations, as represented by National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), that have participated in the Summer Paralympic Games between 1960 and 2024. As of the 2024 Games,187 from current NPCs have participated in at least one edition of the Paralympic Games, and athletes from Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and United States have ...
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.
This category includes nations that participated in the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France. Pages in category "Nations at the 2024 Summer Paralympics" The following 170 pages are in this category, out of 170 total.
The Paralympics originally began as the Stoke Mandeville Games in London in 1948, but became what it is today in 1960, as 400 athletes gathered in Rome to compete against one another.
The 2024 Paralympic Games kick off with the opening ceremony on August 28 at 2:00 p.m. EST. The spectacle will begin with a popular parade on the iconic Champs-Elysées, followed by the official ...
Paralympics opening ceremony. 20:55, Mike Jones. The final three competing nations are Australia, who host the Games in 2023, the United States of America, the 2028 hosts, and of course France ...
The movement has grown dramatically since its early days – for example, the number of athletes participating in the Summer Paralympic Games has increased from 400 athletes in Rome in 1960 to 4,342 athletes from 159 countries in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. [29] Both the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games are recognized on the world stage.
The games have primarily been hosted on the continent of Europe (15 games). Eight games have been hosted in Asia and five in North America, and one games has been hosted in the region of Oceania. 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.