XIV Paralympic Games
Host city	London, United Kingdom
Nations participating	TBD
Athletes participating	TBD
Events	TBD
Opening ceremony	August 29
Closing ceremony	September 9
Officially opened by	TBD
Stadium	Olympic Stadium

The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games. There will be 1.6 million tickets available for the various events with a predicted sell-out rate of 63%.

In their evaluation report, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) states that "With its rich history, the capacities of UK Paralympic Sport are among the best in the world."

Even though 2012 will be London's third Olympic Games, it will be the first Paralympic Games to be staged there, as the event was created after the last time the city hosted in 1948.

[edit] Sports and venues

The London Paralympics will be the first Games since the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney in which athletes with intellectual disabilities will be authorised to compete, following a decision by the International Paralympic Committee in 2008.^[1] Twenty sports are on the programme:

• Archery
• Athletics
• Boccia
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Football 5-a-side
• Football 7-a-side
• Goalball
• Judo
• Powerlifting
• Rowing
• Sailing
• Shooting

Alternative 2012 Paralympic logo

• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Volleyball
• Wheelchair basketball
• Wheelchair Fencing
• Wheelchair rugby
• Wheelchair tennis

Of the twenty paralympic sports, nine sports will be played in London's Olympic Park which will be built specifically for the Olympic and Paralympic games.^[2] The ExCeL Centre will host a further six sports. The shooting events will be held at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich and the road cycling at Regent's Park in central London.^[3] Greenwich Park will host the equestrian events.^[4] Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy will host the sailing events.^[5]

[edit] See also

• 2012 Summer Olympics
• Olympic Park, London

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