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started
began as the Stoke Mandeville Games in Rome
included these sports para athletics, wheelchair basketball, para swimming, para table tennis, para archery, snooker, dartchery (a combination of darts and archery) and wheelchair fencing. -
tokyo
they added Para powerlifting -
Israel
did not take place in same country as the Olympics and they added wheelchair basketball for women -
Heidelberg, Germany
It drew 984 participants, all in wheelchairs, from 43 countries. -
first Winter Paralympic Games
they were held in sweden -
Toronto, Canada
They drew 1,657 athletes, including just 253 women, representing 40 countries.
A young Canadian named Arnie Boldt, who was just 18 years old, made a triumphant debut for amputees at the Games. An above the leg amputee, he delivered a stunning performance, clearing 1.86 metres in the high jump. Boldt was honoured at the closing ceremony as the most outstanding athlete of the Games.
they added goalball wheelchair raceing and shooting -
Arnhem, Netherlands
The event drew 1,973 athletes from 43 countries, including 125 athletes with cerebral palsy who were given the right to participate for the first time. they added Sitting volleyball -
New York for standing
A total of 2,900 athletes took part, representing 45 countries. -
Stoke Mandeville wheelchair sports
A total of 2,900 athletes took part, representing 45 countries.Amputee athletes competing in the wheelchair basketball France defeated the Netherlands at the final 68-61. -
Seoul, South Korea.
3,057 athletes from 60 countries participating.
Mustapha Badid, who won the 1,500‑m race demonstration event featured at the Olympic Games. He also won the 200‑m, 5000‑m and marathon events at the Paralympic Games. Another unforgettable performance came from Dennis Oehler, who became the first leg amputee to run 100 metres in under 12 seconds; he did it in 11.73 seconds. -
Barcelona
it drew 2,999 athletes from 83 countries. 15 sports, including wheelchair tennis in its Paralympic debut. it had 487 events, and 279 new world records were set. For example, Swiss wheelchair athlete Heinz Frei set a new record by completing the marathon in just 1 hour and 30 minutes. The other success story of the Games was Ajibola Adeoye, an arm amputee from Nigeria, who won the 100‑m sprint in 10.72 seconds and the 200‑m in 21.83 seconds. -
Atlanta GA
3,259 athletes from 104 countries competing. For the first time, 56 athletes with intellectual impairments were able to take part alongside athletes with physical and visual impairments, competing in the athletics and swimming events. -
Sydney australia
3,879 athletes from 123 countries.
it included 18 sports: para archery, para athletics, boccia, para cycling, para equestrian, goalball, para judo, para powerlifting, sailing, football 7‑a-side (for athletes with motor disabilities), shooting para sport, sitting volleyball, para swimming, para table tennis, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis. -
Athens Greece
3,808 athletes from 135 countries took part. It was the first Paralympic Games for 17 of those countries.
Brazil won the first blind football tournament, a sport that was introduced to the official progam -
Beijing china
3,951 athletes from 146 countries
and they added Para rowing -
london unnited kingdom
Spectators filled stadiums to see the Paralympics come home to Britain, and 2.7 million tickets sold. The event inspired unprecedented excitement from the public and enjoyed greater media coverage than ever before. The mascot of the Paralympic Games was named Mandeville as a tribute to the original Games. The 4,000-athlete milestone was reached for the first time, with 4,237 competing, and it was also the year that events for athletes with intellectual impairments were reintroduced. -
Rio de janero
A total of 4,328 athletes from 160 countries took part and two new sports were added to the programme: canoeing (straight line course) and the triathlon. This brought the number of Paralympic sports to 22. The Games were once more dominated by China, who took home 239 medals, including 107 gold, followed by Great Britain, Ukraine, the USA and Australia. These Games were the most heavily broadcast in history with television, radio and online coverage in 154 countries. -
Tokyo
they added para badminton and para taekwondo. -
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