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Paralympic Winter Games Hosts

The first Paralympic Games were held in 1960 in Rome, the first Winter Paralympics in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976. The next Winter Paralympics will be held in Beijing China in 2022.



The Paralympics are currently held shortly after the Olympic Games in the same host city. See below the complete list of Winter Paralympic Games host cities, and also our list of Summer Paralympics, and Summer and Winter Olympic Games host cities.

Year Host city Dates Held
2026 Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo March 6-15
2022 Beijing, China March 4-13
2018 PyeongChang, South Korea March 9-18
2014 Sochi, Russia  
2010 Vancouver, Canada  
2006 Turin, Italy  
2002 Salt Lake City, USA  
1998 Nagano, Japan  
1994 Lillehammer, Norway  
1992 Tignes & Albertville, France  
1988 Innsbruck, Austria  
1984 Innsbruck, Austria  
1980 Geilo, Norway  
1976 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden February 21 -28, 1976


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