List of Paralympic Games host cities

Since the Paralympic Games began in 1960, there have been 16 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: Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo for the 2026 Winter Paralympics, Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Paralympics, Nice-French Alps for the 2030 Winter Paralympics, Brisbane for the 2032 Summer Paralympics, and Salt Lake City 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). Currently, they are selected seven years in advance.^[1] 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.^[2]

Paralympic host cities

Year	City	Country	Continent	Summer	Winter	From	To
1960	Rome	Italy	Europe	S001I		18 September	25 September
1964	Tokyo	Japan	Asia	S002II		3 November	12 November
1968	Tel Aviv	Israel	Asia	S003III		4 November	13 November
1972	Heidelberg	West Germany	Europe	S004IV		2 August	11 August
1976	Örnsköldsvik	Sweden	Europe		W001I	21 February	28 February
1976	Toronto	Canada	Americas	S005V		3 August	11 August
1980	Geilo	Norway	Europe		W002II	1 February	7 February
1980	Arnhem	Netherlands		S006VI		21 June	30 June
1984	Innsbruck	Austria			W003III	14 January	20 January
1984	New York Stoke Mandeville	United States, United Kingdom	Americas, Europe	S007VII		17 June 22 July	30 June 1 August
1988	Innsbruck	Austria	Europe		W004IV	17 January	25 January
1988	Seoul	Republic of Korea	Asia	S008VIII		15 October	24 October
1992	Tignes-Albertville	France	Europe		W005V	25 March	1 April
1992	Barcelona-Madrid	Spain		S009IX		3 September	14 September
1994	Lillehammer	Norway			W006VI	10 March	19 March
1996	Atlanta	United States	Americas	S010X		16 August	25 August
1998	Nagano	Japan	Asia		W007VII	5 March	14 March
2000	Sydney	Australia	Oceania	S011XI		18 October	29 October
2002	Salt Lake City	United States	Americas		W008VIII	7 March	16 March
2004	Athens	Greece	Europe	S012XII		17 September	28 September
2006	Turin	Italy	Europe		W009IX	10 March	19 March
2008	Beijing^[b]	People's Republic of China	Asia	S013XIII		6 September	17 September
2010	Vancouver	Canada	North America		W010X	12 March	21 March
2012	London	Great Britain	Europe	S014XIV		29 August	9 September
2014	Sochi	Russia	Europe		W011XI	7 March	16 March
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Americas	S015XV		7 September	18 September
2018	Pyeongchang	Republic of Korea	Asia		W012XII	9 March	18 March
2020	Tokyo	Japan		S016XVI		25 August 2021	6 September 2021 ^[c]
2022	Beijing	People's Republic of China			W13XIII	4 March	13 March
2024	Paris	France	Europe	S017XVII		28 August	8 September
2026	Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo	Italy	Europe		W14XIV	6 March	15 March
2028	Los Angeles	United States	North America	S018XVIII		15 August	27 August
2030	French Alps	France	Europe		W15XV	1 March	10 March
2032	Brisbane	Australia	Oceania	XIX		24 August	5 September
2034	Salt Lake City	United States	Americas		W16XVI	10 March	19 March

Statistics

Host cities for multiple Paralympic Games

Rank	City	Country	Continent	Summer Paralympics hosted	Winter Paralympics hosted	Total Paralympics hosted
1	Innsbruck	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1984, 1988)	2
1	Tokyo	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	0	2
1	Beijing	People’s Republic of China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	2
1	Salt Lake City	United States	Americas	0	2 (2002, 2034)	2

Total Paralympic Games by country

Rank	Country	Continent	Summer Paralympics hosted	Winter Paralympics hosted	Total Paralympics hosted
1	United States	Americas	3 (1984, 1996, 2028)	2 (2002, 2034)	5
2	Japan	Asia	2 (1964, 2020)	1 (1998)	3
2	Italy	Europe	1 (1960)	2 (2006, 2026)	3
2	France	Europe	1 (2024)	2 (1992, 2030)	3
5	Austria	Europe	0	2 (1984, 1988)	2
5	Norway	Europe	0	2 (1980, 1994)	2
5	Canada	Americas	1 (1976)	1 (2010)	2
5	Great Britain	Europe	2 (1984, 2012)	0	2
5	South Korea	Asia	1 (1988)	1 (2018)	2
5	China	Asia	1 (2008)	1 (2022)	2
5	Australia	Oceania	2 (2000, 2032)	0	2
12	Israel	Asia	1 (1968)	0	1
12	West Germany	Europe	1 (1972)	0	1
12	Sweden	Europe	0	1 (1976)	1
12	Netherlands	Europe	1 (1980)	0	1
12	Spain	Europe	1 (1992)	0	1
12	Greece	Europe	1 (2004)	0	1
12	Russia	Europe	0	1 (2014)	1
12	Brazil	Americas	1 (2016)	0	1

Notes

^a Although Tel Aviv is located in Asia, Israel is member of European Region of IPC.
^b Equestrian events were held in China's Hong Kong SAR.^[3] 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.^[4]
^c 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.^[5] The new dates were later confirmed as 24 August to 5 September 2021.^[6]

References

General

"Paralympic Games - Past Games". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 31 January 2011.

Specific

^ Group, Taylor Francis (2003). The Europa World Yearbook. Taylor and Francis Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
^ "Choice of the Host City". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
^ Tim Pile (25 June 2008). "Hong Kong saddles up for the Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 29 July 2008.
^ "2008 Beijing Olympic home page". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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Charter Host cities IPC NPCs Medal tables Medalists Participating nations Summer Winter Sports Symbols
Summer Games	1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona / Madrid 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo^† 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane
Winter Games	1976 Örnsköldsvik 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck 1992 Tignes / Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 PyeongChang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City–Utah
^†Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic