1984 Summer Paralympics

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See also: 1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Stoke Mandeville, England (wheelchair athletes) and New York, United States of America (cerebral palsy, visually impaired, amputees, and les autres).

These were the last Summer Paralympics not held at the site of the Summer Olympics.


Games of the VII Paralympics


New York

Nations participating 45
Athletes participating 1,800
Events ~300 in 15 sports
Opening ceremonies June 17, 1984
Closing ceremonies June 30, 1984
Officially opened by Ronald Reagan
Stoke Mandeville
Nations participating 41
Total participants 1,100
Events ~300 in 10 sports
Opening ceremonies July 22, 1984
Closing ceremonies August 1, 1984
Officially opened by HRH Prince Charles
Rank NPC Name  Gold   Silver Bronze Total 
1 United States 101 91 84 276
2 Great Britain 75 80 85 240
3 Sweden 51 30 22 103
4 Canada 48 52 49 149
5 West Germany 44 42 29 115
6 Netherlands 44 40 17 101
7 France 37 39 23 99
8 Australia 29 38 26 93
9 Norway 22 24 20 66
10 Denmark 22 6 11 39
11 Spain 21 8 12 41
12 Poland 20 15 13 48
13 Finland 15 10 17 42
14 Ireland 13 11 20 44
15 Hungary 12 12 3 27
16 Belgium 9 11 6 26
17 Yugoslavia 7 9 8 24
18 Austria 5 13 7 25
19 Switzerland 5 2 2 9
20 Portugal 4 2 7 13
21 Italy 3 7 6 16
22 Japan 3 2 5 10
23 China 2 12 8 22
24 Israel 2 6 7 15
25 New Zealand 2 3 1 6
26 Egypt 2 0 3 5
27 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 1 3
28 Luxembourg 1 4 1 6
29 Brazil 1 3 2 6
30 Burkina Faso 1 1 2 4
31 Mexico 0 3 3 6
32 Iceland 0 2 6 8
33 East Germany 0 2 1 3
India 0 2 1 3
35 Indonesia 0 1 1 2
36 Zimbabwe 0 1 0 1
37 Hong Kong 0 0 1 1
Korea 0 0 1 1