2024 Summer Paralympics

XVII Paralympic Games
Location	Paris, France
Motto	Games Wide Open (French: Ouvrons Grand les Jeux)
Nations	170 (including the NPA and RPT teams)
Athletes	4,463
Events	549 in 22 sports
Opening	28 August 2024
Closing	8 September 2024
Opened by	Emmanuel Macron; President of France
Closed by	Andrew Parsons; President of the International Paralympic Committee
Cauldron	Alexis Hanquinquant; Nantenin Keïta; Charles-Antoine Kouakou; Fabien Lamirault; Élodie Lorandi
Stadium	Place de la Concorde; (Opening ceremony); Stade de France; (Closing ceremony)
	Summer ← Tokyo 2020 Los Angeles 2028 → Winter ← Beijing 2022 Milano Cortina 2026 → 2024 Summer Olympics

The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de Paris 2024), and branded as Paris 2024, were the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. The Games were held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024, and featured 549 medal events across 22 sports. These games marked the first time Paris hosted the Summer Paralympics and the second time France hosted the Paralympic Games, following the 1992 Winter Paralympics in Tignes and Albertville. France also hosted the 2024 Summer Olympics.

China topped the medal table for the sixth consecutive Paralympics, winning 94 golds and 221 total medals. Great Britain finished second for the tenth time, with 49 golds and 124 total medals. The United States finished third, with 36 golds, and 105 total medals. Additionally, Mauritius, Nepal, and the Refugee Paralympic Team won their first-ever Paralympic medals. The host nation, France, finished eighth with 19 gold and 75 total medals.

^ "New Paris 2024 slogan "Games wide open" welcomed by IOC President". International Paralympic Committee. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Le nouveau slogan de Paris 2024 "Ouvrons grand les Jeux" accueilli favorablement par le président du CIO" [Paris 2024's new slogan "Let's open up the Games" welcomed by the IOC President] (in French). International Paralympic Committee. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
^ "Paris 2024: Record number of delegations and females to compete". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
^ "Stade de France". Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

[1] "New Paris 2024 slogan "Games wide open" welcomed by IOC President". International Paralympic Committee. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[2] "Le nouveau slogan de Paris 2024 "Ouvrons grand les Jeux" accueilli favorablement par le président du CIO" [Paris 2024's new slogan "Let's open up the Games" welcomed by the IOC President] (in French). International Paralympic Committee. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.

[record_number-3] "Paris 2024: Record number of delegations and females to compete". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.

[Paris-2024-4] "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

[5] "Stade de France". Archived from the original on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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