Tokyo Paralympic Games: 1964 and 2020 compared
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Tokyo will become the first city to host the Paralympics twice, having previously held them in 1964. The Games are now the world’s third largest sporting event behind the Olympics and FIFA World Cup
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1964 144
2020 539

168 expected

Countries 21
Tokyo 1964 – originally known as 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games – was second Paralympics to be held

Athletes 378
4,400 expected (more than 11-fold increase)

Medal events
Sports
9 22

Eligible impairments 
1 (spinal injury) 10

Reigning
T64 long jump world champion Maya Nakanishi (JPN)
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Global participation in Paralympic Games

Number of athletes 
Number of countries

Tokyo 1964
378 athletes, 21 countries

Tokyo 2020
Aug 24-Sep 5, 2021
Around 4,400 athletes from 168 countries expected

60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 

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Sources: International Paralympic Committee, TOCOG, Dunsar Media Company Ltd Pictures: Newscom, Twitter
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