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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 ...
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.
A wheelchair basketball game at the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of ten disability categories; impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypertonia, ataxia, athetosis, vision impairment and intellectual impairment. [3]
This is a list of nations, as represented by National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), that have participated in the Winter Paralympic Games between 1976 and 2022. The Winter Paralympic Games have been held every four years (once during each Paralympiad) since 1976,and in 1994 when the Winter Games were moved to the middle of the Paralympiad, two years after the previous Games. 61 NPCs (56 of the ...
The term Paralympic Games approved by the IOC. [6] It was used in the lead up to the 1988 Seoul Paralympics. [5] 1988: 18–24 October – Seoul Summer Paralympics – 3057 athletes from 61 countries; 732 events in 16 sports. The Games utilized Olympic facilities. [8] For the first time short stature athletes competed in the les autres category ...
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 ...
These numbers are significantly lower than in other countries, where Olympic gold medalists receive up to $1 million from their governments for a gold medal. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Since 2018, payouts to Paralympic athletes have been the same as to the Olympians.