Since the Paralympic Games began in 1960, there have been 17 Summer Paralympic Games held in 17 separate cities and 14 Winter Paralympic Games held in 14 separate cities. Five cities have been chosen by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) to host the upcoming Paralympics: the French Alps for the 2030 Winter Paralympics, Brisbane for the 2032 Summer Paralympics, and Utah for the 2034 Winter Paralympics.
Four cities have hosted or are scheduled to host a Paralympic Games more than once; Innsbruck in 1984 and 1988, Beijing in 2008 (summer games) and 2022 (winter games), Tokyo in 1964 and 2020, and Salt Lake City in 2002 and 2034.
The United States hosted three games (with one partially hosted in the United Kingdom) and Japan hosted its third games in 2020. Austria, Norway, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and China have each hosted two games.
The games have primarily been hosted on the continent of Europe (15 games). Eight games have been hosted in Asia and five in North America, and one games has been hosted in the region of Oceania. In 2016, the Paralympics were held in South America for the first time. No Paralympic Games have been hosted in the continents of Africa and Antarctica.
Host cities are selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The selection process takes two years. In the first stage of the selection process, any city in the world may submit an application to become a host city. After ten months, the Executive Board of the IOC decides which of these applicant cities will become candidate cities based on the recommendation of a working group that reviews the applications. In the second stage, the candidate cities are investigated thoroughly by an Evaluation Commission, which then submits a final short list of cities to be considered for selection. The host city is then chosen by vote of the IOC Session, a general meeting of IOC members.
Paralympic host cities Year City Country Continent Summer Winter From To1960 RomeItalyEuropeS001I18 September25 September1964 TokyoJapanAsiaS002II3 November12 November1968 Tel AvivIsraelS003III4 November13 November1972 HeidelbergWest GermanyEuropeS004IV2 August11 August1976 ÖrnsköldsvikSwedenW001I21 February28 February1976 TorontoCanadaAmericasS005V3 August11 August1980 GeiloNorwayEuropeW002II1 February7 February1980 ArnhemNetherlandsS006VI21 June30 June1984 InnsbruckAustriaW003III14 January20 January1984 New York Stoke MandevilleUnited States, United KingdomAmericas,EuropeS007VII17 June22 July30 June1 August1988 InnsbruckAustriaEuropeW004IV17 January25 January1988 SeoulRepublic of KoreaAsiaS008VIII15 October24 October1992 Tignes-AlbertvilleFranceEuropeW005V25 March1 April1992 Barcelona-MadridSpainS009IX3 September14 September1994 LillehammerNorwayW006VI10 March19 March1996 AtlantaUnited StatesAmericasS010X16 August25 August1998 NaganoJapanAsiaW007VII5 March14 March2000 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaS011XI18 October29 October2002 Salt Lake CityUnited StatesAmericasW008VIII7 March16 March2004 AthensGreeceEuropeS012XII17 September28 September2006 TurinItalyW009IX10 March19 March2008 BeijingPeople's Republic of ChinaAsiaS013XIII6 September17 September2010 VancouverCanadaAmericasW010X12 March21 March2012 LondonGreat BritainEuropeS014XIV29 August9 September2014 SochiRussiaW011XI7 March16 March2016 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericasS015XV7 September18 September2018 PyeongchangRepublic of KoreaAsiaW012XII9 March18 March2020 TokyoJapanS016XVI25 August 20216 September 2021 2022 BeijingPeople's Republic of ChinaW13XIII4 March13 March2024 ParisFranceEuropeS017XVII28 August 8 September2026ItalyW14XIV6 March 15 March2028 Los AngelesUnited StatesAmericasS018XVIII 15 August 27 August 2030 AlpsFranceEuropeW15XV1 March 10 March2032 BrisbaneAustraliaOceaniaXIX24 August5 September2034 UtahUnited StatesAmericasW16XVI10 March 19 March
Statistics
Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games RankCityCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted 1Innsbruck AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2 1Tokyo JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)02 1Beijing People’s Republic of ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)2 1Salt Lake City United States Americas 0 2 (2002, 2034)2
Total Paralympic Games by country RankCountryContinentSummer Paralympics hostedWinter Paralympics hostedTotal Paralympics hosted 1 United StatesAmericas3 (1984, 1996, 2028)2 (2002, 2034)5 2 JapanAsia2 (1964, 2020)1 (1998)3 2 ItalyEurope1 (1960)2 (2006, 2026)3 2 FranceEurope1 (2024)2 (1992, 2030)35 AustriaEurope02 (1984, 1988)2 5 NorwayEurope02 (1980, 1994)2 5 CanadaAmericas1 (1976)1 (2010)2 5 Great BritainEurope2 (1984, 2012)02 5 South KoreaAsia1 (1988)1 (2018)2 5 ChinaAsia1 (2008)1 (2022)25 AustraliaOceania2 (2000, 2032)02 12 IsraelAsia1 (1968)01 12 West GermanyEurope1 (1972)01 12 SwedenEurope01 (1976)1 12 NetherlandsEurope1 (1980)01 12 SpainEurope1 (1992)01 12 GreeceEurope1 (2004)01 12 RussiaEurope01 (2014)1 12 BrazilAmericas1 (2016)01
Notes
Although Tel Aviv is located in Asia, Israel is member of European Region of IPC. Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR. Although Hong Kong's separate NPC conducted the equestrian competition, it was an integral part of the Beijing Games; it is not conducted under a separate bid, flame, etc. The IPC website lists only Beijing as the host city. Postponed to 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time that the Paralympic Games has been postponed. They are still called the 2020 Summer Paralympics, even with the change in scheduling to one year later. The new dates were later confirmed as 24 August to 5 September 2021.
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See also List of Olympic Games host cities