2024 Summer Paralympics

2024 multi-parasport event in Paris, France

The 2024 Summer Paralympics, also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, is the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport event organised by the International Paralympic Committee, being held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

Development and preparations

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Venues

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All the Paralympic events will be held in and around Paris.[1]

Grand Paris zone

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Venue Events Capacity Status
Stade de France Closing Ceremony 77,083 Existing
Athletics (Track and Field)
Paris La Défense Arena Swimming 15,220
Porte de La Chapelle Arena Badminton 6,700 Additional
Powerlifting 7,000
Clichy-sous-Bois Cycling (Road) Temporary
North Paris Arena Sitting volleyball 6,000 Existing
Parc Georges Valbon – La Courneuve Para-marathon (start) Temporary

Paris Centre zone

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Venue Events Capacity Status
Bercy Arena Wheelchair Basketball 15,000 Existing
Grand Palais Éphémère Judo 8,356
Wheelchair Rugby
Eiffel Tower Stadium (Champ de Mars) Football 5-a-side 12,860 Temporary
Les Invalides Archery, Para marathon (finish) 8,000
Grand Palais Taekwondo 6,500 Existing
Wheelchair Fencing
Pont Alexandre III Triathlon 1,000 Temporary
Stade Roland Garros Wheelchair Tennis 12,000 Existing
South Paris Arena Boccia 9,000
Table tennis 6,650
Goalball 7,300

Versailles zone

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Venue Events Capacity Status
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles Para equestrian (Dressage) 80,000
(22,000 + 58,000)
Temporary

Outlying venues

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Venue Events Capacity Status
Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, (Île de loisirs de Vaires-Torcy [fr]) Para canoe 12,000 Existing
Para rowing 14,000
Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Cycling (Track) 5,000
National Shooting Centre (Châteauroux) Shooting 3,000

Non-competitive venues

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Venue Use Capacity Status
Place de la Concorde Opening Ceremony 65,000 Temporary
Olympic Village, L'Île-Saint-Denis Paralympic Village 17,000 Additional
Parc de l'Aire des Vents, Dugny Media Village Temporary
Le Bourget Exhibition Centre and Media Village [fr], Le Bourget International Broadcast Centre Existing
Paris Congress Centre Main Press Centre

Medals

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The designs of the medals for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were revealed on 8 February 2024;[2] as with the Olympic medals, the front of the Paralympic medals features an embedded original piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower in the shape of a hexagon, with the Paris 2024 emblem.[3][4]

Tickets

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On the day of the opening ceremony, 2 million of the 2.8 million tickets available for the games were sold.[5][6]

The Games

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Opening ceremony

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The opening ceremony was held on 28 August 2024 at the Place de la Concorde, the first Paralympic opening ceremony to take place outside of a stadium.[7] The Parade of Nations took place on the Champs-Élysées starting at the Arc de Triomphe and ending at Place de la Concorde.[8]

Sports

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The programme for the 2024 Summer Paralympics was announced in January 2019, with no changes to the 22 sports from the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[9][10][11]

The IPC considered bids for golf, karate, para dance sport, and powerchair football to be added to the Paralympic programme as new sports. Bids 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.[9][12]

Source:[9]

Podium sweeps

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Date Sport Event Team Gold Silver Bronze Ref
3 September Swimming Men's 50 metre backstroke S5   China Yuan Weiyi Guo Jincheng Wang Lichao [13]
3 September Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke S5   China Lu Dong He Shenggao Liu Yu [14]

Participating National Paralympic Committees

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The following is a list of National Paralympic Committees who have at least one athlete who has qualified for the 2024 Paralympics. Eritrea, Kiribati and Kosovo made their Paralympic debuts at these Games.[15]

NPCs returning to the Paralympics after an absence in some editions include Bangladesh (2008). Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (2012). East Timor, Macau, Myanmar, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turkmenistan (2016).[16]

Participating National Paralympic Committees

Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee

As of 27 August 2024

Broadcast

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YouTube allowed countries[19] Will be also shown[20]
Africa (also countries cited below) SuperSport
Algeria Public Establishment of Television, Télédiffusion d'Algérie
Afghanistan None
Antarctica
Argentina Tyc Sports
Australia Nine Network
Brunei Darussalam None
Bolivia Bolivision
Botswana BTV
Brazil Grupo Globo
Bhutan None
Burundi RTNB
Cambodia None
Canada CBC
Cape Verde TCV
Caribbean None
Costa Rica Canal 4, Canal 6, Canal 11, Repretel
Central America (excluding cited) None
Cook Islands
Comoros ORTC
Chile Chilevisión
Congo RTNC
China CMG (CCTV)
Colombia Teleantioquia, Canal Capita, Canal Trece, Telepacifico, Telecafé, Canal Tro, Teleislas, Telecaribe
Cuba Telerebelde
Djibouti Radio Television of Djibouti (RTD)
Dominican Republic Antena 7
Ecuador RTS
Egypt Egyptian Radio and Television Union
El Salvador Canal 12
Eswatini ESWATINI TV
Fiji FBC, Mai TV, Fiji TV
Gabon GABON TELEVISIONS
Gambia GRTS
Gibraltar None
Guinea RTG
Guatemala Canal 11
Greece ERT
Honduras VTV Canal 9
Hong Kong RTHK
Indonesia Garuda TV
India JioCinema, Sports18 (Only Highlights)
Indian subcontinent DD Sports (Doordarshan)
Iraq Iraqi Media Network
Japan Japan Consortium
Jordan JRTV
Kenya KBC
Kuwait Kuwait Television
Kyrgyzstan None
Laos
Lesotho LTV
Liberia LNTV
Madagascar Télévision Malagasy
Mauritania TV de Mauritanie, Telediffusion de Mauritanie
Mauritius Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
Morocco SNRT
Micronesia FSMTC-TV
Middle East
South Korea SBS, KBS, MBC
North Korea None
Kazakhstan Qazsport
Sri Lanka None
Myanmar
Mongolia
Macao CCTV
Mexico Canal Once, Hi! Sports, Claro Sports
Malaysia Radio Televisyen Malaysia
Namibia Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
Niger RTN
Nicaragua TV RED
Nigeria NTA Network & NTA Sports, Africa Independent Television, TVC Entertainment, Afia Television, Independent Television, Silverbird Television, Wazobia Television & Wazobia Max Television, Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation, Broadcasting Corporation of Abia, Borno State Television, Cross River Broadcasting Corporation, Kebbi State Television, Kaduna State Media Corporation , Katsina State Television, Kwara State Television , Niger-Delta Television, Ogun State Television, Osun State Broadcasting Service, Plateau Radio Television Corporation, Quest FM-Television, Superscreen Television, Wasannin TC-Television, Yobe State Television, Jakada Radio Television , Spectrum Television, Advocate Broadcasting Network Television
Nepal None
Palestina Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
Papua New Guinea NBC PNG, EMTV, PNGTV
Philippines
Palau Oceania Television Network
Paraguay SNT
Peru ATV
Poland Polsat, Polsat Sport 1
Romania None
Qatar Qatar Media Corporation
Saudi Arabia Saudi Broadcasting Authority
Solomon Islands TTV, SIBC
Senegal Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise
Seychelles Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation
Singapore Mediacorp
Syria General Organisation of Radio and TV
Somalia Television of the Republic of Somalia
Sudan Sudan TV
Thailand T Sports 7
Tajikistan TV Varzish
Tanzania ZBC 2
Timor-Leste None
Turkmenistan
Tunisia Télévision Tunisienne
Tonga None
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) ELTA TV
Tunisia Television Tunisienne
Uruguay None
United Arab Emirate (UAE) Abu Dhabi Media, Dubai Media Incorporated
Uzbekistan NTRC
Venezuela TVes
Vietnam
Vanuatu
Samoa None
Yemen Yemen TV
Zambia SUN SPORTS TV
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References

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