Summer Paralympics 2020

XVI. Summer Paralympics

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Venue:	Tokyo , Japan
Stadion:	Tokyo Olympic Stadium
Opening ceremony:	August 24, 2021
Closing ceremony:	September 5, 2021
Countries:	160 as well as RPC and refugee team
Athletes:	4,531 (1,857 and 2,634 )
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Medal table (final score after 539 decisions)
place	country				total
1	China	96	60	51	207
2	Great Britain	41	38	45	124
3	United States	37	36	31	104
4th	RPC	36	33	49	118
5	Netherlands	25th	17th	17th	59
6th	Ukraine	24	47	27	98
7th	Brazil	22nd	20th	30th	72
8th	Australia	21	29	30th	80
9	Italy	14th	29	26	69
10	Azerbaijan	14th	1	4th	19th
...
12th	Germany	13	12th	18th	43
...
19th	Switzerland	7th	4th	3	14th
...
49	Austria	1	5	3	9
...
total		539	540	564	1643
Complete medal table

The XVI. Summer Paralympic Games ( Japanese 東京 2020 パ ラ リ ン ピ ッ ク 競技 大会) were held in Tokyo from August 24 to September 5, 2021 . Originally, the games were supposed to take place from August 25th to September 6th, 2020. After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , the Summer Olympics and therefore also the Paralympics were postponed to August 24 to September 5, 2021. Due to the pandemic, the Paralympics, like the Olympic Games a few days earlier, were mostly held without spectators.

The Japanese capital was commissioned with the organization on September 7, 2013 during the 125th session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Buenos Aires . The contract between the host countries and the IOC states that the Paralympics will use the same venue as the Olympic Games .

Locations

The locations of the Summer Paralympics 2020 based on the official website of the Tokyo Organizing Committee and the media guide of the German Disabled Sports Association (DBS).

Heritage zone

• Tokyo Olympic Stadium / New National Stadium - athletics, opening ceremony, closing ceremony
• Nippon Budōkan - Judo
• Baji Kōen - dressage sport
• Musashino Forest Sport Plaza - wheelchair basketball
• Tōkyō Taiikukan - table tennis
• Yoyogi National Sports Hall - badminton, wheelchair rugby
• Tokyo International Forum - Weightlifting, 5000 Meter Run

Tokyo Bay Zone

• Ariake Tennis Park - wheelchair tennis
• Yumenoshima Park Archery Field - archery
• Ariake Gymnastics Center - Boccia
• Aomi Urban Sports Park - blind football
• Odaiba Marine Park - Paratriathlon
• Tokyo Aquatics Center - swimming
• Sea Forest Waterway - Para oars, Parakanu
• Ariake Arena - wheelchair basketball

Locations outside of the 10-kilometer radius

• Asaka Shooting Range - shooting
• Izu Velodrome - cycling (track), 5000 meter run
• Fuji International Speedway - Cycling (Road)
• Makuhari Messe - boccia, sitting volleyball, wheelchair fencing, taekwondo, goalball

Other

• Olympic and Paralympic Village - on Harumi Island

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  The new national stadium

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  Nippon Budokan , venue for judo competitions

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  Yoyogi National Sports Hall

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  Tokyo Bay , venue for various competitions

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  The Ariake Arena in January 2020

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  Ariake Gymnastics Center

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  Tatsumi Water Polo Center

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  Ariake Tennis no Mori Kōen

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  Izu Velodrome

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  Ajinomoto Stadium

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  International media and broadcast center in Tokyo Big Sight

sports

As in 2016 , 22 competitions were held again, with cycling being divided into the disciplines track and road. In 5-a-side football, however, there was only one men's tournament and sailing and 7-a-side football were exchanged for the first badminton and taekwondo events.

The preliminary schedule was announced on October 19, 2018. The final schedule was published on August 13, 2019.

After the Paralympics were postponed to 2021, a new schedule had to be developed. The Games will continue to be referred to as the 2020 Summer Paralympics despite the postponement .

All times and dates in Japan Standard Time ( UTC + 9 )

EZ

Opening ceremony

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Qualifying competitions

1

Final decisions

AZ

graduation ceremony

August September	24 Tues.	25 Wed	26 Thu	27 Fr	28 Sa	29 Sun	30 mo	31 Tues.	1 Wed	2 Thu	3 Fr	4 Sat	5 Sun	decisions
Ceremonies	EZ												AZ
5-a-side football ( blind football )						●	●	●		●		1		1
badminton									●	●	●	7th	7th	14th
Boccia					●	●	●	●	4th	●	●	3		7th
Archery				●	1	1	2	2		1	1	1		9
Goalball		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2			2
Judo				4th	4th	5								13
athletics				13	16	19th	17th	21	17th	18th	17th	24	5	167
Para canoe										●	4th	5		9
Para oars				●	●	4th								4th
Paratriathlon					4th	4th								8th
Powerlifting			4th	4th	4th	4th	4th							20th
Cycling (road)								19th	6th	5	4th			34
Cycling (track)		4th	5	5	3									17th
ride			3	2	●	1	5							11
Wheelchair basketball		●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Wheelchair fencing		4th	4th	2	4th	2								16
Wheelchair rugby		●	●	●	●	1								1
Wheelchair tennis				●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2	2		6th
shoot							3	2	2	1	2	2	1	13
swim		16	14th	14th	14th	13	15th	14th	15th	15th	16			146
Sitting volleyball				●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Taekwondo										2	2	2		6th
Table tennis		●	●	●	5	8th	8th	●	●	5	5			31
Medal decisions		24	30th	44	55	62	54	58	45	48	55	49	15th	539
cumulative		24	54	98	153	215	269	327	372	420	475	524	539
August September	25 Tue	26 Wed	27 Thu	28 Fr	29 Sa	30 Sun	31 Mon	1 Tue	2 Wed	3 Thu	4 Fr	5 Sat	6 Sun	total

Participating Paralympic Committees

Europe (41 countries)
Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Denmark  Germany  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia  Greece  Great Britain  Ireland	Iceland  Israel  Italy  Croatia  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Moldova  Montenegro  Netherlands  North Macedonia  Norway  Austria  Poland	Portugal  Romania  Sweden  Switzerland  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Czech Republic  Turkey  Ukraine  Hungary  Belarus  Cyprus
Africa (24 countries)
Egypt  Algeria  Angola  Ethiopia  Botswana  Burundi  Burkina Faso  Ivory Coast  Ghana	Guinea  Cape Verde  Kenya  Lesotho  Liberia  Lebanon  Mali  Morocco  Mauritius	Mozambique  Namibia  Nigeria  Rwanda  Zambia  Senegal  South Africa  Tunisia  Central African Republic
America (23 countries)
Argentina  Bermuda  Brazil  Chile  Costa Rica  Dominican Republic  Ecuador  El Salvador	Grenada  Guatemala  Guyana  Jamaica  Canada  Colombia  Cuba  Mexico	Nicaragua  Panama  Paraguay  Peru  Puerto Rico  Trinidad and Tobago  Venezuela  United States
Asia (32 countries)
Afghanistan  Bahrain  Bhutan  People's Republic of China  Hong Kong  India  Indonesia  Iraq  Iran  Israel  Japan	Jordan  Cambodia  Kazakhstan  Qatar  Kuwait  Lebanon  Malaysia  Mongolia  Myanmar  Oman  Pakistan	Philippines  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  Sri Lanka  South Korea  Syria  Taiwan  Thailand  Uzbekistan  United Arab Emirates  Vietnam
Oceania (5 countries)
Australia  Fiji	New Zealand  Papua New Guinea	Solomon Islands
Other teams (2 teams)
Refugee team	RPC

miscellaneous

There were 25,514 volunteers for more than 4,500 athletes at these Olympic Games.

Web links

Commons : Overview page with media for the Summer Paralympics in Tokyo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Entries by Discipline
• NPC's ruse
• Team Germany Paralympics
• Paralympic Summer Games Tokyo 2020 on sportschau.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021 Sports show, accessed March 23, 2020
2. ↑ Paralympic venues. tokyo2020.jp, August 31, 2016, accessed September 4, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Media Guide of the DBS (PDF; 15 MB)
4. ↑ IPC announces final Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sports program. IOC, January 31, 2015, accessed September 4, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Tokyo 2020 Unveils Paralympic Competition Schedule. In: tokyo2020.org. October 19, 2018, accessed January 27, 2020 . 
6. ^ Paralympic Competition Schedule. In: tokyo2020.org. August 13, 2019, accessed January 27, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games schedule announced. In: tokyo2020.org. August 13, 2019, accessed January 27, 2020 . 
8. ↑ sportstudio live: The closing ceremony of the Paralympics in Tokyo. Retrieved September 5, 2021 .