The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece

Since the Paralympic Games began in 1960, there have been 15 Summer Paralympic Games held in 13 separate cities and 11 Winter Paralympic Games held in 10 separate cities. Six cities have been chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to host the upcoming Paralympics: Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Paralympics, Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Paralympics, and Brisbane for the 2032 Summer Paralympics.

Three cities have hosted or are scheduled to host a Paralympic Games more than once; Innsbruck in 1984 and 1988, Beijing in 2008 (summer games) and 2022 (winter games), and Tokyo in 1964 and 2020.

The United States hosted three games (one was held in both the US and the UK) and Japan hosted its third games in 2020. Austria, Norway, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Canada have each hosted two games.

The games have primarily been hosted on the continent of Europe (14 games). Four games have been hosted in Asia and five in North America, and one game has been hosted in the region of Oceania. (The 1984 Summer Paralympics were held in both the US and the UK). Rio de Janeiro's winning bid for 2016 will be the third Americas host. 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 selection process takes two years. In the first stage of the selection process, any city in the world may submit an application to become a host city. After ten months, the Executive Board of the IOC decides which of these applicant cities will become candidate cities based on the recommendation of a working group that reviews the applications. In the second stage, the candidate cities are investigated thoroughly by an Evaluation Commission, which then submits a final short list of cities to be considered for selection. The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC Session, a general meeting of IOC members.[2]

Paralympic host cities

Year CityCountryContinentSummerWinterFromTo Ref
1960 Italy RomeItalyEuropeI—18 September25 September
1964 Japan TokyoJapanAsiaII—3 November12 November
1968 Israel Tel AvivIsraelIII—4 November13 November
1972 West Germany HeidelbergWest GermanyEuropeIV—2 August11 August
1976 Sweden ÖrnsköldsvikSweden—I21 February28 February
1976 Canada TorontoCanadaNorth AmericaV—3 August 11 August
1980 Norway GeiloNorwayEurope—II1 February7 February
1980 Netherlands ArnhemNetherlandsVI—21 June30 June
1984 Austria InnsbruckAustria—III14 January20 January
1984 United States New York
United Kingdom Stoke Mandeville		United States,
United Kingdom		North America,
Europe		VII—17 June
22 July		30 June
1 August
1988 Austria InnsbruckAustriaEurope—IV17 January25 January
1988 South Korea SeoulRepublic of KoreaAsiaVIII—15 October24 October
1992 France Tignes-AlbertvilleFranceEurope—V25 March1 April
1992 Spain Barcelona-MadridSpainIX—3 September14 September
1994 Norway LillehammerNorway—VI10 March19 March
1996 United States AtlantaUnited StatesNorth AmericaX—16 August25 August
1998 Japan NaganoJapanAsia—VII5 March14 March
2000 Australia SydneyAustraliaOceaniaXI—18 October29 October
2002 United States Salt Lake CityUnited StatesNorth America—VIII7 March16 March
2004 Greece AthensGreeceEuropeXII—17 September28 September
2006 Italy TurinItaly—IX10 March19 March
2008 China Beijing[b]People's Republic of ChinaAsiaXIII—6 September17 September
2010 Canada VancouverCanadaNorth America—X12 March21 March
2012 United Kingdom LondonUnited KingdomEuropeXIV—29 August9 September
2014 Russia SochiRussia—XI7 March16 March
2016 Brazil Rio de JaneiroBrazilSouth AmericaXV—7 September18 September
2018 South Korea PyeongchangRepublic of KoreaAsia—XII9 March18 March
2020 Japan TokyoJapanXVI—25 August 20216 September 2021
2022 China BeijingPeople's Republic of China—XIII4 March13 March
2024 France ParisFranceEuropeXVII—28 August8 September
2026 Italy Milan-Cortina d'AmpezzoItaly—XIV6 March15 March
2028 United States Los AngelesUnited StatesNorth AmericaXVIII—22 August3 September
2030 TBD — XV
2032 Australia Brisbane Australia Oceania XIX — 24 August 5 September

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games

RankCityCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted
1BeijingChina People’s Republic of ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2
1InnsbruckAustria AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2
1TokyoJapan JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)02

Total Paralympic Games by country

RankCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted
1United States United StatesAmericas3 (1984, 1996, 2028)1 (2002)4
2Japan JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)1 (1998)3
2Italy ItalyEurope1 (1960)2 (2006, 2026)3
4 Austria AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2
4Norway NorwayEurope02 (1980, 1994)2
4Canada CanadaAmericas1 (1976)1 (2010)2
4South Korea South KoreaAsia1 (1988)1 (2018)2
4China ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2
4France FranceEurope1 (2024)1 (1992)2
4United Kingdom United KingdomEurope2 (1984, 2012)02
4 Australia Australia Oceania 2 (2000, 2032) 0 2
12Israel IsraelAsia1 (1968)01
12West Germany West GermanyEurope1 (1972)01
12Netherlands NetherlandsEurope1 (1980)01
12Spain SpainEurope1 (1992)01
12Greece GreeceEurope1 (2004)01
12Brazil BrazilAmericas1 (2016)01
12Sweden SwedenEurope01 (1976)1
12Russia RussiaEurope01 (2014)1

Notes

  • a Although Tel Aviv is located in Asia, Israel is member of European Region of IPC.
  • b Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR.[3] Although Hong Kong's separate NPC conducted the equestrian competition, it was an integral part of the Beijing Games; it is not conducted under a separate bid, flame, etc. The IPC website lists only Beijing as the host city.[4]

References

General
  • "Paralympic Games - Past Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 31 January 2011.
Specific
  1. ↑ Group, Taylor Francis (2003). The Europa World Yearbook. Taylor and Francis Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  2. ↑ "Choice of the Host City". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
  3. ↑ Tim Pile (25 June 2008). "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "2008 Beijing Olympic home page". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2008.

See also

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