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Description:
The
2016 Summer Paralympic Games
will be the fifteenth
Paralympics
and will take place in
Rio de Janeiro
,
Brazil
in 2016. The host city of the Games was announced at the
121st IOC Session
(which was also the
13th Olympic Congress
) held in
Copenhagen
,
Denmark
, on October 2, 2009.
Venues
Barra Cluster
Olympic Aquatics Stadium - Swimming
Olympic Hockey Stadium - Football (5-a-side and 7-a-side)
Olympic Tennis Stadium - Wheelchair Tennis
Olympic Training Centre - Goalball, Judo, Wheelchair Basketball
Riocentro
- Boccia, Powerlifting, Table Tennis
Rio Olympic Arena
- Wheelchair Rugby
Deodoro Cluster
National Shooting Centre - Shooting
Fencing Arena - Wheelchair Fencing
National Equestrian Centre - Equestrian
Maracanã Cluster
Maracanã Stadium
- Opening,Closing and some Awards Ceremonies
João Havelange Olympic Stadium
- Athletics
Maracanazinho
-Sitting Volleyball
Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí
- Archery, Marathon and some Awards Ceremonies
Copacabana Cluster
Copacaba Beach
- Triathlon
Flamengo Park
- Cycling
Marina da Glória
- Sailing
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
- Canoeing and Rowing
Sports
The 2016 Summer Paralympic program is scheduled to feature 22 sports. Initially seven sports began the bidding for inclusion in the 2016 program.
Badminton
,
basketball for athletes with learning disabilities
which was previously dropped after being an event at the 2000 Paralympics,
canoeing
,
golf
,
powerchair football
,
taekwondo
and
triathlon
all applied to be...
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