Paralympic Games

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the Paralympic Games

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The precursor to the Paralympic Games was an event organized in 1948 for Second World War veterans with spinal injuries. See more history of the Paralympics. Sixty years on the Paralympics is an integral part of the Olympic Games program, being hosted in the same city as the able bodied Olympic Games, and run just afterwards.

2012 London

2012 Paralympic Games will be held between 29 Aug- 9 Sept.

More Information

• Athletes compete in six classification categories, graded by severity. See Details of Categories
• There are 20 events. See Details of Events

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