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2004 Athens Paralympics
Great Athletes. Great Performances.(Greek: Μεγάλοι Αθλητές. Μεγάλες Επιδόσεις.)
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. 8,863 volunteers worked along the Organizing Committee. 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. It was also the la…[Wikipedia]
Start Date
2004-10-17
End Date
2004-10-28
Total Athletes
3806
Total Countries
135
Sports
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P-AR
![Icon for P-AT at 2004 Athens Paralympics](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgames%2F2004_athens_paralympics%2Fsports%2FP-AT.avif&w=3840&q=75)
P-AT
![Icon for P-FB at 2004 Athens Paralympics](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgames%2F2004_athens_paralympics%2Fsports%2FP-FB.avif&w=3840&q=75)
P-FB
![Icon for P-BO at 2004 Athens Paralympics](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgames%2F2004_athens_paralympics%2Fsports%2FP-BO.avif&w=3840&q=75)
P-BO
![Icon for P-FT at 2004 Athens Paralympics](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgames%2F2004_athens_paralympics%2Fsports%2FP-FT.avif&w=3840&q=75)
P-FT
![Icon for P-CR at 2004 Athens Paralympics](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fsports%2Fofficial%2FP-CR.avif&w=3840&q=75)
P-CR
![Icon for P-CT at 2004 Athens Paralympics](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgames%2F2004_athens_paralympics%2Fsports%2FP-CT.avif&w=3840&q=75)
P-CT
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P-EQ