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.

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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 CityCountryContinentSeasonParalympiadNo.FromTo Ref
1960 RomeItalyEuropeSummerS001I—18 September25 September
1964 TokyoJapanAsiaSummerS002II—3 November12 November
1968 Tel AvivIsraelEurope[a]SummerS003III—4 November13 November
1972 HeidelbergWest GermanyEuropeSummerS004IV—2 August11 August
1976 ÖrnsköldsvikSwedenEuropeWinter—W001I21 February28 February
1976 TorontoCanadaAmericasSummerS005V—3 August11 August
1980 GeiloNorwayEuropeWinter—W002II1 February7 February
1980 ArnhemNetherlandsEuropeSummerS006VI—21 June30 June
1984 InnsbruckAustriaEuropeWinter—W003III14 January20 January
1984 New York
Stoke Mandeville		United States
United Kingdom		Americas
Europe		SummerS007VII—17 June
22 July		30 June
1 August
1988 InnsbruckAustriaEuropeWinter—W004IV17 January25 January
1988 SeoulKorea RepublicAsiaSummerS008VIII—15 October24 October
1992 Tignes- AlbertvilleFranceEuropeWinter—W005V25 March1 April
1992 Barcelona- MadridSpainEuropeSummerS009IX—3 September14 September
1994 LillehammerNorwayEuropeWinter—W006VI10 March19 March
1996 AtlantaUnited StatesAmericasSummerS010X—16 August25 August
1998 NaganoJapanAsiaWinter—W007VII5 March14 March
2000 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaSummerS011XI—18 October29 October
2002 Salt Lake CityUnited StatesAmericasWinter—W008VIII7 March16 March
2004 AthensGreeceEuropeSummerS012XII—17 September28 September
2006 TurinItalyEuropeWinter—W009IX10 March19 March
2008 Beijing[b]People's Republic of ChinaAsiaSummerS013XIII—6 September17 September
2010 VancouverCanadaAmericasWinter—W010X12 March21 March
2012 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeSummerS014XIV—29 August9 September
2014 SochiRussiaEuropeWinter—W011XI7 March16 March
2016 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericasSummerS015XV—7 September18 September
2018 PyeongchangKorea RepublicAsiaWinter—W012XII9 March18 March
2020 TokyoJapanAsiaSummerS016XVI—25 August,20216 September,2021
2022 BeijingPeople's Republic of ChinaAsiaWinter—W13XIII4 March13 March
2024 ParisFranceEuropeSummerS017XVII—28 August8 September
2026 Milan-Cortina d'AmpezzoItalyEuropeWinter—W14XIV6 March15 March
2028 Los AngelesUnited StatesAmericasSummerS018XVIII—22 August3 September

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games
RankCityCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted
1Beijing ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2
1Innsbruck AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2
1Tokyo JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)02

Total Paralympic Games by country
RankCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted
1 United StatesAmericas3 (1984, 1996, 2028)1 (2002)4
2 JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)1 (1998)3
2 ItalyEurope1 (1960)2 (2006, 2026)3
3 AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2
3 NorwayEurope02 (1980, 1994)2
3 CanadaAmericas1 (1976)1 (2010)2
3 South KoreaAsia1 (1988)1 (2018)2
3 ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2
3 FranceEurope1 (2024)1 (1992)2
3 United KingdomEurope2 (1984, 2012)02
9 IsraelEurope[a]1 (1968)01
9 West GermanyEurope1 (1972)01
9 NetherlandsEurope1 (1980)01
9 SpainEurope1 (1992)01
9 AustraliaOceania1 (2000)01
9 GreeceEurope1 (2004)01
9 BrazilAmericas1 (2016)01
9 SwedenEurope01 (1976)1
9 RussiaEurope01 (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.

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