Demonstration Sports at the Paralympic Games

As part of the Paralympics, there have also been some demonstration sports, many of them becoming an official part of the program in later years. There is also long history of sports being included at the Olympic Games as demonstration sports, some of which were for athletes with disabilities.

sailing was a demonstration sport at the 1996 Paralympics

List of Demonstration Sports for Athletes with Disabilities

• Goalball (1972 Summer Paralympics)
• 100m sprint for the visually impaired (1972 Summer Paralympics)
• Sitting volleyball (1976 Summer Paralympics)
• Ice sledge speed racing (1976 Winter Paralympics)
• Wheelchair Racing (Olympic Games 1984-2004)
• Sit Skiing (1984 Winter Paralympics)
• Disabled Skiing (Winter Olympics 1984 and 1988)
• Wheelchair Tennis (1988)
• Showdown (1996?)
• Sailing (1996)
• Wheelchair rugby (1996)