In 1948, there was a sporting competition held in london.

The first paralympic games were held in. In rome, italy in 1960, the first paralympic games were held and there were 400 athletes competing from 23 different countries. The paralympic games have come a long way since 60 years ago. Since the seoul 1988 olympic.

In 1976 örnsköldsvik, sweden staged the first paralympic winter games. The very first paralympic games featured 400. However, there had been unofficial contests held for several years prior.

The first winter paralympic games were held in 1976 in örnsköldsvik, sweden. The first official paralympic games were held in rome in 1960; The first official paralympic games were held in 1960 in rome, in conjunction with that year’s olympics.

The first major highlight in the development of the paralympic games was in 1960. The first paralympic games were played in 1948, although sporting activities for athletes with physical impairments had existed for at least 60 years before that. The quadrennial winter games were added in 1976, in sweden.

Another milestone was reached in. While the timing of the 1948 archery demonstration coincided with the 1948 summer olympics in london — and some scholars debate whether that was intentional — the first. This tradition was upheld through the 1992 games in albertville, france;

The 1996 paralympic games in atlanta, georgia, united states, were held from august 16 to 25.it was the first paralympics to get mass media sponsorship, and had a budget of usd $81. This was the first paralympics in which multiple categories of athletes with disabilities could compete. The first paralympic winter games were organised in 1976 when a total of 250 alpine skiers from 14 nations fought for medals in örnsköldsvik in sweden.