In 1976 the first winter games in.

First winter paralympic games were held in. The first winter paralympic games were held in örnsköldsvik in sweden in 1976. Since then they have taken place every four years. The first winter paralympics games were held in sweden in 1976.

This was the first paralympics in which multiple categories of athletes with disabilities could compete. The first official paralympic games were held in rome in 1960; In 1948, there was a sporting.

The first winter paralympic games were held in 1976 in örnsköldsvik, sweden. A file image of the nagano 1998 paralympic winter games opening ceremony. According to the international paralympic committee (ipc), the first winter paralympics were held in sweden in 1976.

These games later became the paralympic games which first took place in rome, italy in 1960 featuring 400 athletes from 23 countries. The first paralympic games in rome in 1960 featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. In the 1992 winter paralympic games in france, for the first time, the same venue and facilities from the winter olympics were used.

By the 1988 paralympics in seoul, the paralympics were using the same facilities as the. However, there had been unofficial contests held for several years prior. Alpine and nordic skiing for amputees and visually impaired athletes where the main events.

In these games, athletes with physical disabilities (mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness and cerebral palsy). The very first paralympic games held in rome in 1960 featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees.