Paralympic Games
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Paralympic Games Hosts
Here is a selected list of Paralympic Games host cities:
- 1948: the precursor to what we now know as the Paralympic Games was an event organized by Sir Ludwig Guttman in Stoke Mandeville, United Kingdom, for Second World War veterans with spinal injuries.
- 1952: only two countries and 130 athletes took part.
- 1960: by 1960 the event had evolved to an Olympic-style Games with participants from all over the world.
- 2000 Sydney: 123 countries and 3,843 athletes participated.
- 2004 Athens
- 2008 Beijing
- 2012 London
- 2016 Rio
