The wheelchair games were then held in conjunction with the 1960 summer olympics in rome, which have historically been considered the first paralympic games.

When did the first paralympic game was held. The very first paralympic games were in 1960 hosted by rome, taking place from the 18th to the 25th of september. A very young michael milton gets set for his first paralympic event. Hungarian karoly takacs competed in shooting events in both the 1948 and 1952 summer olympics.

The quadrennial winter games were added in 1976, in sweden. Rome, italy, was the chosen setting for the first paralympic games in 1960. The first games featured 400.

From 1960 to 1984, only two paralympic games were held in the same city as the olympic games: A total of 16 countries took part with. The first winter paralympic games were held in örnsköldsvik in sweden in 1976.

Rome 1960 and tokyo 1964. The first athlete to do so was german american gymnast george eyser in 1904, who had one artificial leg. The first official paralympic games was held in rome, italy, in 1960, and since that time the paralympic games have continued to grow in size and stature.

Michael milton talks about his first paralympic games. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. In rome, italy in 1960, the first paralympic games were held and there were 400 athletes competing from 23 different countries.

The very first paralympic games held in rome in 1960 featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. Followed by the 1976 paralympics winter games in. New zealand was not one of the countries involved in the inaugural paralympic.