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2004 Summer Paralympics
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| Location | Athens, Greece |
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| Motto | Great Athletes. Great Performances. (Greek: Μεγάλοι Αθλητές. Μεγάλες Επιδόσεις.) |
| Nations | 136 |
| Athletes | 3,806 |
| Events | 517 in 19 sports |
| Opening | 17 September |
| Closing | 28 September |
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| Cauldron | Georgios Toptsis |
| Stadium | Olympic Stadium |
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The 2004 Summer Paralympics (Greek: Θερινοί Παραολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004), the 12th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Athens, Greece from 17 to 28 September 2004. 3,808 athletes (2,643 Men and 1,165 Women) from 136 countries participated. During these games 304 World Records were broken with 448 Paralympic Games Records being broken across 19 different sports.[1] 8,863 volunteers worked along the Organizing Committee.[2][3]
Four new events were introduced to the Paralympics in Athens; 5-a-side football for the blind, quads wheelchair tennis, and women's competitions in judo and sitting volleyball. Following a scandal at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, in which the Spanish intellectually-disabled basketball team was stripped of their gold medal after it was found that multiple players had not met the eligibility requirements, ID-class events were suspended.[4][5]
It was also the last time that the old Paralympic symbol was used. The new Paralympic symbol was introduced in 2006.
- ^ "Sydney 2000". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
- ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympics - Ceremonies, Medals, Torch Relay". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Athens 2004". Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Intellectual disability ban ends". BBC Sport. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Paralympics set to alter entry policy". BBC News. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
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