| Host City: | Paris, France |
| Nations: | 184 (expected) |
| Motto: | Games Wide Open [1] [2] |
| Events: | 549 in 22 sports |
| Opening: | 28 August[3] |
| Closing: | 8 September |
| Winter Prev: | Beijing 2022 |
| Winter Next: | Milano Cortina 2026 |
| Summer Prev: | Tokyo 2020 |
| Summer Next: | Los Angeles 2028 |
The 2024 Summer Paralympics (French: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), also known as the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, and branded as Paris 2024, is the 17th Summer Paralympic Games, an upcoming international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, to be held in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024. These games mark the first time Paris will host the Paralympics in its history and the second time that France will host the Paralympic Games, as Tignes and Albertville jointly hosted the 1992 Winter Paralympics.
See main article: Bids for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics.
As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics must also host the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[5]
Due to concerns over a number of cities withdrawing in the bid process of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, a process to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously to the final two cities in the running to host the 2024 Summer Olympics; Los Angeles and Paris, was approved at an Extraordinary IOC Session on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne.[6] Paris was understood to be the preferred host for the 2024 Games. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for the 2028 Games, opening Paris up to be confirmed as hosts for the 2024 Games. Both decisions were ratified at the 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017.[7]
In February 2018, it was reported that the IOC and organizing committee had discussed moving the Olympics and Paralympics ahead by one week from their original scheduling, so that the Paralympics will fall within the school holiday period.[8]
All the Paralympic events will be held in and around Paris, including the suburbs of Saint-Denis and Versailles, & Vaires-sur-Marne which is just outside the city environs.[9]
| 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 |
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bercy Arena | Wheelchair Basketball | 15,000 | Existing |
| Grand Palais Éphémère | Judo | 8,356 | |
| Wheelchair Rugby | |||
| 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 | ||
| Venue | Events | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Olympic Nautical Stadium of Île-de-France (Vaires-sur-Marne) | 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 |
| Venue | Use | Capacity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place de la Concorde | Opening Ceremony | 65,000 | Temporary |
| 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 | International Broadcast Centre | – | Existing |
| Paris Congress Centre | Main Press Centre | – |
The designs of the medals for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on 8 February 2024;[10] as with the Olympic medals, the front of the Paralympic medals feature an embedded original piece of scrap iron from the Eiffel Tower in the shape of a hexagon, engraved with the Paris 2024 emblem. The obverse contains a design of the Eiffel Tower viewed from below, inscriptions in braille (a writing system whose development has been credited to French educator and inventor Louis Braille), and line patterns that can be used to identify the medals by touch.[11] [12]
In March 2023, applications to be volunteers at the Olympic and Paralympic Games were released.[13] By May 2023, 300,000 applications had been received.[14] Applicants were made aware of the status of their application in late 2023, of which 45,000 were expected to be assigned a volunteering position.[15]
See main article: Transportation during the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Accessibility for disabled people in the transportation network has been a concern.[16]
The programme for the 2024 Summer Paralympics was announced in January 2019, with no changes to the 22 sports from the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[17] [18] The first draft of the event schedule was released on 8 July 2022, with 549 events in 22 sports. A record 235 medal events will be women's events, an increase of eight over 2020; factoring these events and mixed-gender events, the number of female participants in the Paralympics is projected to be at least double of that of Sydney 2000.
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.[19]
In January 2021, the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) was declared non-competent by the IPC for violations of its Athlete Classification Code, and the sport was dropped from the Paris 2024 programme. On 22 September 2021, the IPC conditionally reinstated wheelchair basketball following reforms made by the IWBF, subject to compliance measures.[20]
The following is a list of National Paralympic Committees who have at least one athlete who has qualified for the 2024 Paralympics.
American Samoa, Belize, Chad, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Guam, Kiribati, Kosovo, Palau, South Sudan and Tuvalu are expected to make their Paralympic debuts at these games.
NPCs returning to the Paralympics after an absence include Bolivia (last participated in 1992), Liechtenstein (2004), Bangladesh (2008), Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, San Marino (2012), and East Timor, Suriname and Tonga (2016).
Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee| Ranking | NPC | Athletes | |
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| 1 | 284 | ||
| 2 | 237 | ||
| 3 | 215 | ||
| 4 | 160 | ||
| 5 | 151 | ||
| 6 | 147 | ||
| 7 | 144 | ||
| 8 | 141 | ||
| 9 | 109 | ||
| 10 | 93 | ||
| 10 | 93 | ||
| 12 | 84 | ||
| 13 | 83 | ||
| 14 | 74 | ||
| 15 | 60 | ||
| 16 | 59 | ||
| 16 | 59 | ||
| 18 | 53 | ||
| 19 | 50 | ||
| 20 | 44 | ||
| 21 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 36 | ||
| 23 | 35 | ||
| 24 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 30 | ||
| 25 | 30 | ||
| 27 | 29 | ||
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 30 | 26 | ||
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 31 | 25 | ||
| 31 | 28 | ||
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| 37 | 18 | ||
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The emblem for the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics (a stylized rendition of Marianne) was unveiled on 21 October 2019 at the Grand Rex. For the first time, a Paralympic Games will share the same emblem as their corresponding Olympics, with no difference or variation. Paris 2024 president Tony Estanguet stated that the decision was intended to reflect the two events sharing a single "ambition", explaining that "in terms of legacy we believe that in this country we need to strengthen the place of sport in the daily life of the people, and whatever the age, whatever the disability or not, you have a place and a role to play in the success of Paris 2024".[23]
The official posters for these Olympics and Paralympics by Ugo Gattoni (which features a stylized Paris landscape with themed depictions of its landmarks and venues) were also designed as a single piece, split in halves representing each event.[24]
See main article: The Phryges. The mascots of Paris 2024, The Phryges, were unveiled on 14 November 2022. They are a pair of anthrophomorphic Phrygian caps, which have been regarded as a historical symbol of liberty and freedom in France. The Phryge representing the Paralympics wears a running blade on one of its legs, marking the first time since 1994 that a Paralympic mascot has been depicted with a visible disability.[25]
For the first time, Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) will provide live telecasts for all 22 Paralympic sports—an increase from 19 in Tokyo.[26]
In conjunction with the Olympic Games, the French national public television broadcaster France Télévisions acquired rights to the 2024 Summer Paralympics,and will made the broadcasts primarily on their main channels France 2 and France 3.[27] On 28 August 2020, Channel 4 renewed its rights to the Paralympics in the United Kingdom through 2024;[28] coverage will be broadcast on Channel 4 television, streaming, and Channel 4 Sport channels on YouTube.[29] CBC Sports renewed its Canadian rights to the Paralympics for 2024 and 2026, in partnership with the Canadian Paralympic Committee; Scott Russell—who had covered 16 Olympic Games and hosted six during his 40-year career at the network—notably announced that he would retire from broadcasting after the conclusion of the Paralympics.[30] [31] For Indonesian market, the private television broadcaster GarudaTV also acquired rights to broadcast the games for the first time on the open air television.[32]
In the United States, NBC Olympics will produce 140 hours of coverage to air on NBC, USA Network, and CNBC. In addition, every event will be streamed live on Peacock, raising the total number of hours in all forms to over 1,500. In addition, NBC is sending two hosts to the site of the Games for the first time.[33]