Paralympic Games 2024: medals, calendar, athletes… All the info
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The Paralympic Games began on August 28 t with a very big ambition for the French.
Twenty-two para sports are on the Paralympic Games programme for a total of 549 events, spread over 269 sessions. Paralympic events take place at the same venues as Olympic events. As with the Olympic Games, the goal of medals for France is very high. “The ambition is the Top 8, to get France into the Top 8 of the Paralympic nations” , announced on Monday, August 12, on the microphone of franceinfo, the president of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF), Marie-Amélie Le Fur. A very ambitious ranking that the French delegation did not achieve since Sydney in 2000 (7th, with 86 awards, including 30 gold). “The goal will be to get 20 gold medals, that's what will count”.
Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony
Discover the best images from the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games which took place in open sky between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde.
The complete program
Find the complete details of the Paralympic Games calendar, day by day with all the events and finals that will award the medals.
The medal table
Three years ago, in Japan, France finished 14th with 55 medals, including 11 gold, 15 silver and 29 bronze. The top three countries in the Tokyo Paralympic Games standings were: China (207 medals, including 96 gold), Great Britain (124 medals, 41 gold) and the United States (104 medals, 37 gold).
Paralympic sports
Discover a focus on all the sports of the Paralympic Games with the rules, classification and the program of the events.
Learn more about the Paralympic Games
Discover all the additional information for the Paralympic Games. Meaning of the logo, classification of disabilities, list of competition sites.
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