Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Paralympic Games are a special Olympics for disabled athletes. Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized a sports competition in 1948 which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries; in 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part. The first Olympic Style games for disabled athletes were held in Rome in 1960 which became the Paralympics. The first Winter Paralympics were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976. The Games are now always held alongside the Olympic Games as on June 19, 2001 an agreement was signed between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) securing this practice for the future. The old IPC logo denotes three Tae-Geuks, one in red, blue and green. The three Tae-Geuks symbolise the most significant components of the human being: Mind, Body, Spirit. "Mind, Body, Spirit" was adopted as the IPC motto. Table of contents 1 Summer Games 2 Winter Games 3 Summer Sports 4 Winter Sports 5 External link Summer Games 1960 Summer Paralympics, Rome, Italy 1964 Summer Paralympics, Tokyo, Japan 1968 Summer Paralympics, Tel Aviv, Israel 1972 Summer Paralympics, Heidelberg, Germany 1976 Summer Paralympics, Toronto, Canada 1980 Summer Paralympics, Arnhem, Netherlands 1984 Summer Paralympics, Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom & New York, United States of America 1988 Summer Paralympics, Seoul, South Korea 1992 Summer Paralympics, Barcelona, Spain 1996 Summer Paralympics, Atlanta, United States of America 2000 Summer Paralympics, Sydney, Australia 2004 Summer Paralympics, Athens, Greece 2008 Summer Paralympics, Beijing, China 2012 Summer Paralympics, Up for Bidding Winter Games 1976 Winter Paralympics, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 1980 Winter Paralympics, Geilo, Norway 1984 Winter Paralympics, Innsbruck, Austria 1988 Winter Paralympics, Innsbruck, Austria 1992 Winter Paralympics, Tignes-Albertville, France 1994 Winter Paralympics, Lillehammer, Norway 1998 Winter Paralympics, Nagano, Japan 2002 Winter Paralympics, Salt Lake City, United States of America 2006 Winter Paralympics, Turin, Italy 2010 Winter Paralympics, Vancouver, Canada 2014 Winter Paralympics, Up for Bidding Summer Sports Archery Athletics Basketball ID Boccia Cycling Equestrian Fencing 5-a-side Football 7-a-side Football Goalball Judo Bowls Powerlifting Sailing Shooting Swimming Table Tennis Wrestling Wheelchair Basketball Wheelchair Rugby Wheelchair Tennis Volleyball Winter Sports Alpine Skiing Cross-Country Skiing Curling Ice Sledge Hockey Ice Sledge Racing Wheelchair Dance External link Official IPC Website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.