The first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960 featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. The Games are now the 2nd biggest sporting event in the world.

1960. The ninth International Stoke Mandeville Games, considered to be the first Paralympic Games, take place from 18 to 25 September in Rome, six days after ...

These were: archery, Para athletics, dartchery, snooker, Para swimming, table tennis, wheelchair fencing and wheelchair basketball. OPENING CEREMONY. Imagen.

The 1960 Summer Paralympics were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952.

27 авг. 2024 г. · In 1960, the first official Paralympic Games took place in Rome. There were 400 athletes, from 23 different countries. Sixteen years later, the ...

In the Paralympic Games history, the first Paralympic Games took place during the Rome Olympics in 1960 with 400 paraplegic athletes from 23 countries. Since ...

27 авг. 2024 г. · The Stoke Mandeville Games evolved into an international event – Dutch athletes joined in 1952, and the games expanded in 1960, 1964, 1968, and ...

In 1994 the IPC organised their first Paralympic Games, the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Paralympics in Norway. By 1999 the IPC had grown considerably and moved into ...

On July 29, 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games, Dr. Guttmann organized the first competition for wheelchair athletes which ...