List of Paralympic Games host cities

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

Since the Paralympic Games began in 1960, there have been 14 Summer Paralympic Games held in 14 separate cities and 11 Winter Paralympic Games held in 10 separate cities. Three cities have been chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to host upcoming Games; Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Paralympics, PyeongChang for the 2018 Winter Paralympics, and Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

One city has hosted Paralympic Games more than once; Innsbruck in 1984 and 1988.

The United States has hosted a total of three games (one was held in both the USA 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 USA 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. 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.

§Paralympic host cities

City	Country	Continent	Flag	Paralympiad	No.	Season	Year	From	To	Ref
Rome	Italy	Europe		S001I	—	Summer	1960	18 September	25 September
Tokyo	Japan	Asia		S002II	—	Summer	1964	3 November	12 November
Tel Aviv	Israel	Europe		S003III	—	Summer	1968	4 November	13 November
Heidelberg	West Germany	Europe		S004IV	—	Summer	1972	2 August	11 August
Örnsköldsvik	Sweden	Europe		—	W001I	Winter	1976	21 February	28 February
Toronto	Canada	Americas		S005V	—	Summer	1976	3 August	11 August
Geilo	Norway	Europe		—	W002II	Winter	1980	1 February	7 February
Arnhem	Netherlands	Europe		S006VI	—	Summer	1980	21 June	30 June
Innsbruck	Austria	Europe		—	W003III	Winter	1984	14 January	20 January
New York Stoke Mandeville	United States United Kingdom	Americas Europe		S007VII	—	Summer	1984	17 June 22 July	30 June 1 August
Seoul	South Korea	Asia		S008VIII	—	Summer	1988	15 October	24 October
Tignes Albertville	France	Europe		—	W005V	Winter	1992	25 March	1 April
Barcelona Madrid	Spain	Europe		S009IX	—	Summer	1992	3 September	14 September
Lillehammer	Norway	Europe		—	W006VI	Winter	1994	10 March	19 March
Atlanta	United States	Americas		S010X	—	Summer	1996	16 August	25 August
Nagano	Japan	Asia		—	W007VII	Winter	1998	5 March	14 March
Sydney	Australia	Oceania		S011XI	—	Summer	2000	18 October	29 October
Salt Lake City	United States	Americas		—	W008VIII	Winter	2002	7 March	16 March
Athens	Greece	Europe		S012XII	—	Summer	2004	17 September	28 September
Turin	Italy	Europe		—	W009IX	Winter	2006	10 March	19 March
Beijing	China	Asia		S013XIII	—	Summer	2008	6 September	17 September
Vancouver	Canada	Americas		—	W010X	Winter	2010	12 March	21 March
London	United Kingdom	Europe		S014XIV	—	Summer	2012	29 August	9 September
Sochi	Russia	Europe		—	W011XI	Winter	2014	7 March	16 March
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Americas		S015XV	—	Summer	2016	7 September	18 September
Pyeongchang	Korea Republic	Asia		—	W011XII	Winter	2018	9 March	18 March
Tokyo	Japan	Asia		S016XVI	—	Summer	2020	25 August	6 September

§Statistics

§Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games

Rank	City	Country	Continent	Summer Paralympics hosted	Winter Paralympics hosted	Total Paralympics hosted
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	2 (1984, 1996)	1 (2002)	3
2	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	1 (1998)	3
2	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1984, 1988)	2
2	Norway	Europe	0	2 (1980, 1994)	2
2	Canada	Americas	1 (1976)	1 (2010)	2
2	South Korea	Asia	1 (1988)	1 (2010)	2
2	Italy	Europe	1 (1960)	1 (2006)	2
2	United Kingdom	Europe	2 (1984, 2012)	0	2
8	Israel	Europe	1 (1968)	0	1
8	West Germany	Europe	1 (1972)	0	1
8	Netherlands	Europe	1 (1980)	0	1
8	Spain	Europe	1 (1992)	0	1
8	Australia	Oceania	1 (2000)	0	1
8	Greece	Europe	1 (2004)	0	1
8	China	Asia	1 (2008)	0	1
8	Brazil	Americas	1 (2016)	0	1
8	Sweden	Europe	0	1 (1976)	1
8	France	Europe	0	1 (1992)	1
8	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. 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.

§References

General

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

Specific

§See also

• List of Olympic Games host cities