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The Paralympic Games are a special Olympics for disabled athletes.
Sir Ludwig Guttmann[?] organized a sports competition in 1948 which became known as the Stoke Mandeville Games, involving World War II veterans with spinal cord injuries[?]; in 1952 competitors from the Netherlands took part. The first Olympic Style games for disabled athletes were held in Rome in 1960 which became the Paralympics. The first Winter Paralympics were held in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 1976. The Games are now always held alongside the Olympic Games as on June 19, 2001 an agreement was signed between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) securing this practice for the future.
The IPC logo denotes three Tae-Geuks, one in red, blue and green. The three Tae-Geuks symbolise the most significant components of the human being: Mind, Body, Spirit. "Mind, Body, Spirit" was adopted as the IPC motto.
- 1960 Summer Paralympics, Rome, Italy
- 1964 Summer Paralympics, Tokyo, Japan
- 1968 Summer Paralympics[?], Tel Aviv, Israel
- 1972 Summer Paralympics[?], Heidelberg, Germany
- 1976 Summer Paralympics[?], Toronto, Canada
- 1980 Summer Paralympics[?], Arnhem, Netherlands
- 1984 Summer Paralympics[?], Stoke Mandeville[?], United Kingdom & New York, United States of America
- 1988 Summer Paralympics, Seoul, South Korea
- 1992 Summer Paralympics[?], Barcelona, Spain
- 1996 Summer Paralympics, Atlanta, United States of America
- 2000 Summer Paralympics[?], Sydney, Australia
- 2004 Summer Paralympics[?], Athens, Greece
- 2008 Summer Paralympics[?], Beijing, China
- 2012 Summer Paralympics[?], Up for Bidding
- 1976 Winter Paralympics, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
- 1980 Winter Paralympics[?], Geilo[?], Norway
- 1984 Winter Paralympics[?], Innsbruck, Austria
- 1988 Winter Paralympics[?], Innsbruck, Austria
- 1992 Winter Paralympics[?], Tignes-Albertville[?], France
- 1994 Winter Paralympics[?], Lillehammer, Norway
- 1998 Winter Paralympics[?], Nagano, Japan
- 2002 Winter Paralympics[?], Salt Lake City, United States of America
- 2006 Winter Paralympics[?], Turin, Italy
- 2010 Winter Paralympics, Vancouver, Canada
- 2014 Winter Paralympics[?], Up for Bidding
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