Paris Paralympics 2024 Schedule PDF

Paris Paralympics 2024 Schedule PDF

The Paris Paralympics 2024 will be held in Paris, France, from August 28 to September 8, 2024. This will be the first time Paris hosts the Paralympic Games, following the Olympic Games that will also be held in Paris earlier in the summer. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games promise to be a spectacular event, with 4,400 athletes competing in 549 medal events across 22 sports. The choice of iconic landmarks as venues will add a unique and historic backdrop to the competitions, enhancing the visibility and prestige of the Paralympic movement.

Sports in Paris Paralympics 2024

The Paralympic Games feature a wide array of sports that are adapted to accommodate athletes with various types of disabilities, including physical, visual, and intellectual impairments. Here are the 22 sports that will be contested at the Paris 2024 Paralympics:

1. Athletics includes track and field events like sprints, middle-distance, long-distance, relays, long jumps, and shot puts, which are adapted for various classifications.
2. Badminton is a relatively new addition, including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles events. Athletes can play using wheelchairs or standing.
3. Boccia, a precision ball sport similar to bocce, was created for athletes with severe physical disability.
   4. Canoe: Kayak and va’a (outrigger canoe) events are designed for athletes with physical impairments.
4. Cycling: The sport of Cycling (Road and Track) consists of road races and track cycling events where athletes use bicycles, handcycles, tricycles, or tandem bikes (for visually impaired athletes).
5. Equestrian : Equestrian Para-dressage is the only equestrianism discipline where athletes demonstrate their control and ability through choreographed movements on horseback.
6. Football 5-a-side: The game of 5-a-side is played by visually impaired athletes using a ball that makes a noise, and sighted goalkeepers are employed.
7. Goalball: The goal of the team sport for visually impaired athletes is to block the ball which has bell inside from entering the goal by using their bodies.
8. Judo: It is designed for athletes with visual impairments and has weight classes for both men and women.
9. Powerlifting: Powerlifting athletes demonstrate their upper body strength by lifting as much weight as possible during the bench press competition
10. Rowing: Adaptive rowing events are available for athletes with physical impairments to compete in different boat classes.
11. Shooting: Shooting is a sport that involves rifle and pistol events for athletes with physical disabilities, with a focus on precision and control.
12. Sitting Volleyball: The sport of sitting volleyball is played on a smaller court with a lower net, with athletes playing from a sitting position.
13. Swimming: The sport of swimming has a variety of strokes and distances, with classifications that are based on the type and extent of an athlete’s impairment.
14. Table Tennis: Table Tennis includes Singles, doubles, and team events for athletes with physical or intellectual impairments.
15. Taekwondo: Taekwondo is a combat sport that caters to athletes with physical impairments, and it involves sparring in different weight categories.
16. Triathlon: Triathlon is a sport that involves swimming, cycling, and running, and it can be modified with equipment such as handcycles or tandem bikes for athletes with vision impairments.
17. Wheelchair basketball: Wheelchair basketball is played in wheelchairs, just like able-bodied basketball, with adjustments made to accommodate mobility and physicality of the game.
18. Wheelchair fencing: Wheelchair fencing is a form of fencing designed for wheelchair-bound athletes, who compete in épée, foil, and sabre.
19. Wheelchair rugby: Wheelchair rugby is a sport that incorporates elements of rugby, basketball, and handball and is played by athletes with impairments affecting all four limbs and is highly physically demanding.
20. Wheelchair tennis: Wheelchair tennis was played on a typical tennis court with the same rules, but with the exception of the ball being able to bounce twice.
21. Archery: Archery is made for athletes with physical disabilities, and it includes recurve and compound bow events.