List of Paralympic Games host cities

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. Four 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, and Los Angeles for the 2028 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 has hosted a total of three games (one was held in both the USA and the UK): more than any other country. Austria, Norway, Italy, United Kingdom and Canada have each hosted two games. Japan will host its third games in 2020.

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 USA 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

CityCountryContinentFlagParalympiadNo.SeasonYearFromToRef
RomeItalyEuropeItalyI—Summer196018 September25 September
TokyoJapanAsiaJapanII—Summer19643 November12 November
Tel AvivIsraelEurope[a]IsraelIII—Summer19684 November13 November
HeidelbergWest GermanyEuropeWest GermanyIV—Summer19722 August11 August
ÖrnsköldsvikSwedenEuropeSweden—IWinter197621 February28 February
TorontoCanadaAmericasCanadaV—Summer19763 August11 August
GeiloNorwayEuropeNorway—IIWinter19801 February7 February
ArnhemNetherlandsEuropeNetherlandsVI—Summer198021 June30 June
InnsbruckAustriaEuropeAustria—IIIWinter198414 January20 January
New York
Stoke Mandeville		United States
United Kingdom		Americas
Europe		United States
United Kingdom		VII—Summer198417 June
22 July		30 June
1 August
SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSouth KoreaVIII—Summer198815 October24 October
Tignes
Albertville		FranceEuropeFrance—VWinter199225 March1 April
Barcelona
Madrid		SpainEuropeSpainIX—Summer19923 September14 September
LillehammerNorwayEuropeNorway—VIWinter199410 March19 March
AtlantaUnited StatesAmericasUnited StatesX—Summer199616 August25 August
NaganoJapanAsiaJapan—VIIWinter19985 March14 March
SydneyAustraliaOceaniaAustraliaXI—Summer200018 October29 October
Salt Lake CityUnited StatesAmericasUnited States—VIIIWinter20027 March16 March
AthensGreeceEuropeGreeceXII—Summer200417 September28 September
TurinItalyEuropeItaly—IXWinter200610 March19 March
Beijing[b]ChinaAsiaChinaXIII—Summer20086 September17 September
VancouverCanadaAmericasCanada—XWinter201012 March21 March
LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnited KingdomXIV—Summer201229 August9 September
SochiRussiaEuropeRussia—XIWinter20147 March16 March
Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericasBrazilXV—Summer20167 September18 September
PyeongchangKorea RepublicAsiaSouth Korea—XIIWinter20189 March18 March
TokyoJapanAsiaJapanXVI—Summer202025 August6 September
BeijingChinaAsiaChina—XIIIWinter20224 March13 March
ParisFranceEuropeFranceXVII—Summer202428 August8 September
—XIVWinter2026
Los AngelesUnited StatesAmericasUnited StatesXVIII—Summer2028

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games

RankCityCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted
1BeijingChina 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
3Austria AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2
3Norway NorwayEurope02 (1980, 1994)2
3Canada CanadaAmericas1 (1976)1 (2010)2
3South Korea South KoreaAsia1 (1988)1 (2018)2
3Italy ItalyEurope1 (1960)1 (2006)2
3China ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2
3France FranceEurope1 (2024)1 (1992)2
3United Kingdom United KingdomEurope2 (1984, 2012)02
9Israel IsraelEurope[a]1 (1968)01
9West Germany West GermanyEurope1 (1972)01
9Netherlands NetherlandsEurope1 (1980)01
9Spain SpainEurope1 (1992)01
9Australia AustraliaOceania1 (2000)01
9Greece GreeceEurope1 (2004)01
9Brazil BrazilAmericas1 (2016)01
9Sweden SwedenEurope01 (1976)1
9Russia 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". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
  4. ↑ "2008 Beijing Olympic home page". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2008.

See also

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