List of Paralympic Games host cities

Since the Paralympic Games began in 1960, there have been 15 Summer Paralympic Games held in 13 separate cities and 11 Winter Paralympic Games held in 10 separate cities. Four cities have been chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to host the upcoming Paralympics: Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Beijing for the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Paris for the 2024 Summer Paralympics, and Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Paralympics.

The opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece

Three cities have hosted or are scheduled to host a Paralympic Games more than once; Innsbruck in 1984 and 1988, Beijing in 2008 (summer games) and 2022 (winter games), and Tokyo in 1964 and 2020.

The United States has hosted a total of three games (one was held in both the US and the UK): more than any other country. Austria, Norway, Italy, United Kingdom and Canada have each hosted two games. Japan will host its third games in 2020.

The games have primarily been hosted on the continent of Europe (14 games). Four games have been hosted in Asia and five in North America, and one game has been hosted in the region of Oceania. (The 1984 Summer Paralympics were held in both the US and the UK). Rio de Janeiro's winning bid for 2016 will be the third Americas host. No Paralympic Games have been hosted in the continents of Africa and Antarctica.

Host cities are selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Currently, they are selected seven years in advance.[1] The selection process takes two years. In the first stage of the selection process, any city in the world may submit an application to become a host city. After ten months, the Executive Board of the IOC decides which of these applicant cities will become candidate cities based on the recommendation of a working group that reviews the applications. In the second stage, the candidate cities are investigated thoroughly by an Evaluation Commission, which then submits a final short list of cities to be considered for selection. The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC Session, a general meeting of IOC members.[2]

Paralympic host cities

Year	City	Country	Continent	Season	Paralympiad	No.	From	To	Ref
1960	Rome	Italy	Europe	Summer	I	—	18 September	25 September
1964	Tokyo	Japan	Asia	Summer	II	—	3 November	12 November
1968	Tel Aviv	Israel	Europe^[a]	Summer	III	—	4 November	13 November
1972	Heidelberg	West Germany	Europe	Summer	IV	—	2 August	11 August
1976	Örnsköldsvik	Sweden	Europe	Winter	—	I	21 February	28 February
1976	Toronto	Canada	Americas	Summer	V	—	3 August	11 August
1980	Geilo	Norway	Europe	Winter	—	II	1 February	7 February
1980	Arnhem	Netherlands	Europe	Summer	VI	—	21 June	30 June
1984	Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	Winter	—	III	14 January	20 January
1984	New York Stoke Mandeville	United States United Kingdom	Americas Europe	Summer	VII	—	17 June 22 July	30 June 1 August
1988	Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	Winter	—	IV	17 January	25 January
1988	Seoul	Korea Republic	Asia	Summer	VIII	—	15 October	24 October
1992	Tignes- Albertville	France	Europe	Winter	—	V	25 March	1 April
1992	Barcelona- Madrid	Spain	Europe	Summer	IX	—	3 September	14 September
1994	Lillehammer	Norway	Europe	Winter	—	VI	10 March	19 March
1996	Atlanta	United States	Americas	Summer	X	—	16 August	25 August
1998	Nagano	Japan	Asia	Winter	—	VII	5 March	14 March
2000	Sydney	Australia	Oceania	Summer	XI	—	18 October	29 October
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	Americas	Winter	—	VIII	7 March	16 March
2004	Athens	Greece	Europe	Summer	XII	—	17 September	28 September
2006	Turin	Italy	Europe	Winter	—	IX	10 March	19 March
2008	Beijing^[b]	People's Republic of China	Asia	Summer	XIII	—	6 September	17 September
2010	Vancouver	Canada	Americas	Winter	—	X	12 March	21 March
2012	London	United Kingdom	Europe	Summer	XIV	—	29 August	9 September
2014	Sochi	Russia	Europe	Winter	—	XI	7 March	16 March
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Americas	Summer	XV	—	7 September	18 September
2018	Pyeongchang	Korea Republic	Asia	Winter	—	XII	9 March	18 March
2020	Tokyo	Japan	Asia	Summer	XVI	—	25 August,2021	6 September,2021
2022	Beijing	People's Republic of China	Asia	Winter	—	XIII	4 March	13 March
2024	Paris	France	Europe	Summer	XVII	—	28 August	8 September
2026	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Europe	Winter	—	XIV	6 March	15 March
2028	Los Angeles	United States	Americas	Summer	XVIII	—	22 August	3 September

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games

Rank	City	Country	Continent	Summer Paralympics hosted	Winter Paralympics hosted	Total Paralympics hosted
1	Beijing	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	2
1	Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1984, 1988)	2
1	Tokyo	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	0	2

Total Paralympic Games by country

Rank	Country	Continent	Summer Paralympics hosted	Winter Paralympics hosted	Total Paralympics hosted
1	United States	Americas	3 (1984, 1996, 2028)	1 (2002)	4
2	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	1 (1998)	3
2	Italy	Europe	1 (1960)	2 (2006, 2026)	3
3	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1984, 1988)	2
3	Norway	Europe	0	2 (1980, 1994)	2
3	Canada	Americas	1 (1976)	1 (2010)	2
3	South Korea	Asia	1 (1988)	1 (2018)	2
3	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	2
3	France	Europe	1 (2024)	1 (1992)	2
3	United Kingdom	Europe	2 (1984, 2012)	0	2
9	Israel	Europe^[a]	1 (1968)	0	1
9	West Germany	Europe	1 (1972)	0	1
9	Netherlands	Europe	1 (1980)	0	1
9	Spain	Europe	1 (1992)	0	1
9	Australia	Oceania	1 (2000)	0	1
9	Greece	Europe	1 (2004)	0	1
9	Brazil	Americas	1 (2016)	0	1
9	Sweden	Europe	0	1 (1976)	1
9	Russia	Europe	0	1 (2014)	1

Notes

• ^a Although Tel Aviv is located in Asia, Israel is member of European Region of IPC.
• ^b Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR.[3] Although Hong Kong's separate NPC conducted the equestrian competition, it was an integral part of the Beijing Games; it is not conducted under a separate bid, flame, etc. The IPC website lists only Beijing as the host city.[4]

References

General

• "Paralympic Games - Past Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 31 January 2011.

Specific

1. Group, Taylor Francis (2003). The Europa World Yearbook. Taylor and Francis Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
2. "Choice of the Host City". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
3. Tim Pile (25 June 2008). "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
4. "2008 Beijing Olympic home page". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2008.

See also

• List of Olympic Games host cities