XVII Paralympic Games

Host city	Paris, France
Nations	TBA
Athletes	TBA
Events	549 in 22 sports
Opening	28 August [1]
Closing	8 September [1]
Cauldron	TBA
Stadium	Stade de France (Athletics competition, closing ceremony)[2] Place de la Concorde (Opening ceremony)
Summer Winter 2024 Summer Olympics

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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 joint hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics. The final decision was made by the IOC on 13 September 2017, at 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]

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.^[7][8][9] 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.^[8][9]

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.^[7]

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.^[10]

Calendar

The International Paralympic Committee has approved the final schedule and dates for upcoming Summer Paralympics games were released on 2 February 2023.^[11]

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 is expected to make its Paralympic debut at these games.

Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee

As of 16 December 2023

Ranking	NPC	Athletes
1	China	135
2	France	128
3	United States	120
4	Great Britain	115
5	Brazil	106
6	Ukraine	63
7	Italy	60
8	Japan	55
9	Australia	49
10	Iran	47
11	Germany	43
12	Canada	39
13	Spain	38
14	Poland	37
15	Netherlands	35
16	India	33
16	Turkey	33
18	Colombia	32
19	South Korea	29
20	Egypt	28
21	Thailand	26
22	Argentina	24
22	Uzbekistan	24
24	Denmark	22
24	Morocco	22
26	Algeria	20
27	Kazakhstan	15
27	Mexico	15
29	Belgium	13
29	Israel	13
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12
31	Hungary	12
31	South Africa	12
31	Tunisia	12
35	Czech Republic	11
35	New Zealand	11
35	Nigeria	11
38	Switzerland	10
39	Chile	9
39	Indonesia	9
39	Portugal	9
39	Serbia	9
39	Slovakia	9
44	Croatia	8
44	Finland	8
44	Greece	8
44	Ireland	8
48	Iraq	7
48	Sweden	7
48	United Arab Emirates	7
51	Azerbaijan	6
51	Malaysia	6
51	Norway	6
54	Cuba	5
54	Ecuador	5
54	Kenya	5
54	Venezuela	5
58	Austria	4
58	Costa Rica	4
58	Latvia	4
58	Mauritius	4
62	Chinese Taipei	3
62	Singapore	3
64	Bulgaria	2
64	Hong Kong	2
64	Kosovo	2
64	Namibia	2
64	Peru	2
64	Saudi Arabia	2
64	Slovenia	2
64	Sri Lanka	2
72	Cyprus	1
72	Dominican Republic	1
72	Ghana	1
72	Jordan	1
72	Kuwait	1
72	Lithuania	1
72	Mongolia	1
72	Montenegro	1
72	North Macedonia	1
72	Panama	1
72	Puerto Rico	1
72	Romania	1
72	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.^[12]

Marketing

Mascots

The Olympic Phryge (left), the official mascot of the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the Paralympic Phryge (right), the official mascot of the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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 that a Paralympic mascot has been depicted with a visible disability.^[14]

Broadcasting

For the first time, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) will provide live coverage of all 22 sports at the Paralympics, an increase from 19 in Tokyo.^[15]

In conjunction with the Olympic Games, the French national public television broadcaster France Télévisions acquired domestic and ultramarine rights to the 2024 Summer Paralympics, airing primarily on their main channels France 2 and France 3.^[16] On 28 August 2020, Channel 4 renewed its rights to the Paralympics in the United Kingdom through 2024.^[17]

See also

• 2024 Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Paris 2024 Official Homepage