There are currently 28 paralympic sports sanctioned by the ipc:

First summer paralympics. The first summer games of the modern paralympic era were held in seoul, south korea, in 1988. Today, the summer paralympic games are divided based on the type of disability and include 22 sports like archery, equestrian, judo, cycling, rowing, table tennis, and volleyball. Wheelchair basketball summer paralympic sports in the first summer paralympic games, held in rome in 1960, 400 athletes from 23 countries competed in just eight paralympic sports.

Discover all the paralympic sports from our complete list at olympics.com and read the latest news and watch videos from your favourite paralympic discipline. The event was called the first winter olympic games for the disabled. The present formal explanation for the name is that it derives from the greek preposition παρά, pará ('beside' or 'alongside') and thus refers.

The first summer paralympic games, was held in rome, italy in 1960—it was also the first ever paralympic games. The first african athlete to. The first ever paralympic games were held in rome, italy, in 1960.

The first time athletes not in a. However, tokyo hosted the next games in 1964, the. 1976 summer paralympics what first where canada (toronto) when 1976 the 1976 games in toronto, canada, represented the first time that the paralympics had been televised in its.

The first paralympic winter games (named the first winter olympic games for the disabled) were held in 1976 in örnsköldsvik, sweden, following the introduction of the summer. Guttmann organised the first competition for wheelchair athletes which he named the stoke. Guttmann organised the first competition for wheelchair athletes which he named the stoke.

The document has been permanently moved. The first paralympic winter games took place in örnsköldsvik in sweden in 1976. On 29 july 1948, the day of the opening ceremony of the london 1948 olympic games, dr.