2016 Rio Paralympic Games
The 15th Paralympic Summer Games will be held in Rio, Brazil, in 2016 just days after the completion of the Summer Olympic Games. They are scheduled to be held from 7 to 18 September 2016.
There will be a maximum of 22 sports on the program, and 526 medal events. The sports will include canoe and triathlon, set to make their debuts in 2016.
a paralympic sprinter at the 2016 Rio Olympic GamesTrivia
- The first four Para athletes to cross the line in the 1,500m final for visually-impaired athletes at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, all beat the time set in the 1,500m final at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games held a month earlier.
- All Russian athletes were banned from Paralympic Games in Rio following systemic doping allegations.
Related Pages
- Host Cities of the Paralympics
- Medal Tally at the 2016 Rio Paralympics
- About the Paralympics
- Rio 2016 Summer Olympics
- The next Paralympics will be in Tokyo in 2021
- Sport in Brazil
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