SUMMER PARALYMPIC GAMES OVERVIEW

Year	Location	Disabilities included	Nº. of Countries	Nº. of Athletes	Highlights
2016	Rio (BRA)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres, Intellectual Disability	160	4,328	Para Canoe and Para Triathlon added as sports bringing total number to 22
2012	London (GBR)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres, Intellectual Disability	164	4,237	After an absence of 12 years intellectually disabled athletes competed in athletics, swimming and table tennis
2008	China (CHN)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres	146	3.951	Rowing added as sport. Cumulated TV audience of 3.8 billion
2004	Athens (GRE)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres	135	3,808	Football 5-a-side added as a sport
2000	Sydney (AUS)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres, Intellectual Disability	123	3,879	Sailing and Wheelchair Rugby added as sports. Record ticket sales
1996	Atlanta (USA)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres, Intellectual Disability	104	3,259	Equestrian added as a sport. Track cycling added as a discipline
1992	Barcelona (ESP)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres	83	2,999	Event benchmark in organisational excellence
1988	Seoul (KOR)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres	60	3,057	Judo and Wheelchair Tennis added as sports. Co-operation between Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committees. Shared venues with Olympics which has continued ever since
1984	Stoke Mandeville (GBR) & New York (USA)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres	41 (GBR) 45 (USA)	1,100 (GBR) 1,800 (USA)	Football 7-a-side and Boccia added as sports. Cycling added as a discipline. Wheelchair Racing included as demonstration event at Olympic Games
1980	Arnhem (NED)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Cerebral Palsy, Les Autres	43	1,973	Sitting Volleyball added as a discipline. Events for athletes with Cerebral Palsy included
1976	Toronto (CAN)	Spinal injury, Amputee, Vision Impairment, Les Autres	40	1,657	First use of specialised racing wheelchairs. Volleyball (Standing), Goalball and Shooting added as sports
1972	Heidelberg (GER)	Spinal injury	43	984	First quadraplegic competition added. Demonstration events for vision impaired athletes
1968	Tel Aviv (ISR)	Spinal injury	29	750	Lawn Bowls added as a sport
1964	Tokyo (JAP)	Spinal injury	21	375	Weightlifting added as a sport
1960	Rome (ITA)	Spinal injury	23	400	First Games with a disability held in same venues as Olympic Games