National Paralympic Games France 1994 - Paralympics VI - Lillehammer - Norway 1998 - Paralympics VII - Nagano - Japan 2002 - Paralympics VIII - Salt Lake City - United States 2006 - Paralympics IX - Turin - Italy 2010 - Paralympics X - Vancouver - Canada 2014 - Paralympics XI - Sochi - Russia Summer Paralympic Games: 1960 - Paralympics I - Rome - Italy 1964 - Paralympics II - Tokyo - Japan 1968 - Paralympics III - Tel Aviv - Israel 1972 - Paralympics IV - Heidelberg - West Germany 1976 - Paralympics V - Toronto - Canada 1980 - Paralympics
Paralympic Games 1996. As mandated by the Paralympic Charter, various elements frame the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games. Most of these rituals were established at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The ceremony typically starts with the hoisting of the host country's flag and a performance of its national anthem. Unlike the Olympic Games, immediately after the national anthem the athletes parade into the stadium grouped by nation. Since the 1988 Summer Paralympics, the nations enter the stadium alphabetically according to the host country's chosen language, though with the host country's athletes being the last to enter. Since the 1988 Summer