The first paralympic games in rome in 1960 featured 400 athletes from 23 countries.

Paralympic games year. These events marked the second major highlight in the. In 1976 the first winter games in. Follow on radio 5 live and on the bbc sport website.

Remembering barcelona 1992, a pivotal paralympic games, 30 years on. In the same year, the first ever paralympics winter games took place in sweden. Paralympic games on the bbc.

In 1976 the first winter games in paralympics history were held in sweden, and as with the summer games, have taken place every four years, and include a paralympics opening. Paralympic games, major international sports competition for athletes with disabilities. The parallel olympics there have been several milestones in the paralympic movement.

Ludwig guttmann organised the first stoke mandeville games for disabled athletes in 1948, a forerunner of the paralympic games. Since then, the paralympics have been held once every four years. Comparable to the olympic games, the paralympics are split into winter games and summer.

The very first paralympic games. For years, the games have given her the chance to compete at. From the 1948 stoke mandeville games for the disabled, in the united kingdom organised by dr ludwig.

The first person who is a great athlete to be part of this was german american gymnast george eyser in 1904, that person had one artificial leg. It took another eight years until the very first paralympic games were officially held in rome in 1960. The event includes athletes with mobility.