2024 Summer Paralympics

XVII Paralympic Games

Host city	Paris, France
Events	549 in 22 sports
Opening	28 August [1]
Closing	8 September [1]
Stadium	Stade de France (Athletics competition, closing ceremony)[2] Place de la Concorde (Opening ceremony)
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The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, to be held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. These games mark the first time Paris will host the Paralympics in its history and the second time that France will host the Paralympic Games, as Tignes and Albertville jointly hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics. Paris was awarded the 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on September 13, 2017, during their annual session in Lima, Peru.

Bids

As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics must also host the 2024 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

Due to concerns over a number of cities withdrawing in the bid process of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, a process to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously to the final two cities in the running to host the 2024 Summer Olympics; Los Angeles and Paris, was approved at an Extraordinary IOC Session on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne.^[4] Paris was understood to be the preferred host for the 2024 Games. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for the 2028 Games, opening Paris up to be confirmed as hosts for the 2024 Games. Both decisions were ratified at the 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017.^[5]

In February 2018, it was reported that the IOC and organizing committee had discussed moving the Olympics and Paralympics ahead by one week from their original scheduling, so that the Paralympics will fall within the school holiday period.^[6]

Preparations

Medals

The designs of the medals for the 2024 Summer Paralympics were unveiled on 8 February 2024;^[7] as with the Olympic medals, they feature an embedded original piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower in the shape of a hexagon with the logo of the Games engraved into it.^[8] On the reverse, there is a stamp of "Paris 2024" in braille, which was added in honour of French educator and inventor Louis Braille, who is credited with inventing the reading and writing system for people who are visually impaired.^[9]

Volunteers

In March 2023, applications to be volunteers at the Olympic and Paralympic Games were released.^[10] By May 2023, 300,000 applications had been received.^[11] Applicants were made aware of the status of their application in late 2023, of which 45,000 were expected to be assigned a volunteering position.^[12]

The Games

The programme for the 2024 Summer Paralympics was announced in January 2019, with no changes to the 22 sports from the 2020 Summer Paralympics.^[13][14][15] The first draft of the event schedule was released on 8 July 2022, with 549 events in 22 sports. A record 235 medal events will be women's events, an increase of eight over 2020; factoring these events and mixed-gender events, the number of female participants in the Paralympics is projected to be at least double of that of Sydney 2000.^[14][15]

The IPC considered bids for golf, karate, para dance sport, and powerchair football to be added to the Paralympic programme as new sports. Bids for were also made for CP football (football 7-a-side) and sailing—the two sports that had been dropped for 2020—to be reinstated. While CP football was selected for consideration by the IPC, it was rejected due to a lack of reach in women's participation.^[13]

In January 2021, the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) was declared non-competent by the IPC for violations of its Athlete Classification Code, and the sport was dropped from the Paris 2024 programme. On 22 September 2021, the IPC conditionally reinstated wheelchair basketball following reforms made by the IWBF, subject to compliance measures.^[16]

Calendar

The International Paralympic Committee has approved the final schedule and dates for upcoming Summer Paralympics games were released on 2 February 2023.^[17]

All times and dates use Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

August-September 2024		August				September								Events
		28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	31st Sat	1st Sun	2nd Mon	3rd Tue	4th Wed	5th Thu	6th Fri	7th Sat	8th Sun
Ceremonies		OC											CC
Boccia			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Goalball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2
Football 5-a-side				●		●		●		●		1
Para archery			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Para athletics				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Para badminton			●	●	●	●	●
Para canoe											●	●	●
Para cycling	Road								●	●	●	●
	Track		●	●	●	●
Para equestrian								●	●		●	●
Para judo										●	●	●
Para powerlifting									●	●	●	●	●
Para rowing				●	●	5
Para swimming			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Para table tennis			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Para taekwondo			●	●	●
Para triathlon						●	●
Shooting para sport				●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Sitting volleyball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Wheelchair basketball			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1
Wheelchair fencing								●	●	●	●	●
Wheelchair rugby			●	●	●	●	1
Wheelchair tennis				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●

Participation

The following is a list of National Paralympic Committees who have at least one athlete who has qualified for the 2024 Paralympics. Kosovo and Tuvalu are expected to make their Paralympic debut at these games.

Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee

As of 4 April 2024

Ranking	NPC	Athletes
1	China	178
2	France	164
3	Brazil	130
4	Great Britain	127
5	United States	123
6	Australia	89
7	Ukraine	84
8	Japan	81
9	Germany	76
10	Canada	68
11	Italy	67
12	South Korea	56
13	Iran	54
13	Spain	54
15	Thailand	52
16	Poland	51
17	Turkey	49
18	India	48
19	Egypt	39
20	Netherlands	38
21	Colombia	34
22	Uzbekistan	33
23	Argentina	26
24	Denmark	25
24	Morocco	25
26	Indonesia	24
27	Mexico	23
28	Kazakhstan	22
29	Algeria	20
30	Slovakia	19
31	South Africa	18
32	Hong Kong	17
32	Hungary	17
32	Israel	17
35	Czech Republic	16
35	Portugal	16
37	Belgium	15
37	Serbia	15
39	Malaysia	14
39	Slovenia	14
41	Ireland	13
41	Norway	13
43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
43	Chile	12
43	Croatia	12
43	Finland	12
43	Rwanda	12
43	Tunisia	12
49	Austria	11
49	Greece	11
49	New Zealand	11
49	Nigeria	11
49	Sweden	11
49	Switzerland	11
55	Chinese Taipei	10
55	Singapore	10
57	Azerbaijan	9
58	Cuba	8
59	Iraq	7
59	Kenya	7
59	United Arab Emirates	7
62	Ecuador	5
62	Latvia	5
62	Peru	5
62	Venezuela	5
66	Costa Rica	4
66	Dominican Republic	4
66	Mauritius	4
66	Mongolia	4
66	Romania	4
66	Solomon Islands	4
66	Vietnam	4
73	Montenegro	3
73	Individual Neutral Athletes	3
73	Papua New Guinea	3
73	Philippines	3
77	Bulgaria	2
77	Cameroon	2
77	Fiji	2
77	Georgia	2
77	Namibia	2
77	Saudi Arabia	2
77	Sri Lanka	2
84	Bangladesh	1
84	Bermuda	1
84	Cyprus	1
84	El Salvador	1
84	Ghana	1
84	Jordan	1
84	Kuwait	1
84	Lithuania	1
84	Nepal	1
84	Niger	1
84	North Macedonia	1
84	Panama	1
84	Puerto Rico	1
84	Senegal	1
84	Tuvalu	1

Venues

All the Paralympic events will be held in and around Paris, including the suburbs of Saint-Denis and Versailles, & Vaires-sur-Marne which is just outside the city environs.^[18]

Grand Paris zone

Paris Centre zone

Versailles zone

Outlying venues

Non-competitive venues

Marketing

Emblem

The emblem for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics (a stylized rendition of Marianne) was unveiled on 21 October 2019 at the Grand Rex. For the first time, a Paralympic Games will share the same emblem as their corresponding Olympics, with no difference or variation. Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet stated that the decision was intended to reflect the two events sharing a single "ambition", explaining that "in terms of legacy we believe that in this country we need to strengthen the place of sport in the daily life of the people, and whatever the age, whatever the disability or not, you have a place and a role to play in the success of Paris 2024".^[19]

Mascots

The mascots of Paris 2024, The Phryges, were unveiled on 14 November 2022. They are a pair of anthrophomorphic Phrygian caps, which have been regarded as a historical symbol of liberty and freedom in France. The Phryge representing the Paralympics wears a running blade on one of its legs, marking the first time since 1994 that a Paralympic mascot has been depicted with a visible disability.^[20]

Broadcasting

For the first time, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) will provide live telecasts for all 22 Paralympic sports—an increase from 19 in Tokyo.^[21]

In conjunction with the Olympic Games, the French national public television broadcaster France Télévisions acquired rights to the 2024 Summer Paralympics, airing primarily on their main channels France 2 and France 3.^[22] On 28 August 2020, Channel 4 renewed its rights to the Paralympics in the United Kingdom through 2024.^[23]

See also

• 2024 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Paris 2024 Official Homepage