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The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities.There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have been held shortly after the corresponding Olympic Games.
The Paralympic Games is the largest multi-sport event involving athletes with physical disabilities and is organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Arranged for the first time in 1960 in Rome, Italy. The number of sports, initially only a few, is still growing.
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.
The first Paralympic Games took place in 1960, 66 years after the maiden modern summer Olympics. The British Paralympic Association was founded in 1989 and has overseen Games participation ever since.
Following Wednesday's Paralympic opening ceremony, Thursday will mark the first day of action for the 2024 Paralympic Games, which will last through Sept. 8.. The day will feature intense ...
At the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the fastest time for a male swimmer for the 100m freestyle was 50.64, an incredibly fast time, however ranking the swimmer at 49th in the top fastest times for men ...
Norway has been the top-ranking (medals) nation for four Paralympic Winter Games: 1980, 1988, 1994, and 1998. Germany has been the top-ranking (medals) for three Paralympic Winter Games: 1976, 2002, and 2010. Russia (2006 and 2014) and United States (1992 and 2018) have been the top-ranking nation two time each.
This was the origin of the Stoke Mandeville Games, from which evolved both the IWAS World Games and the Paralympic Games. The first official Paralympic Games, which were simultaneously the 9th International Stoke Mandeville Games ('international' having been added when Dutch service personnel first took part in the Games in 1952), were held in ...