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2012 Summer Paralympics
The
2012 Summer Paralympics
, the fourteenth
Summer Paralympic Games
, and also more generally known as the
London 2012 Paralympic Games
, were a major international
multi-sport event
for
athletes with disabilities
governed by the
International Paralympic Committee
(IPC), that took place in
London
,
England
from 29 August to 9 September 2012. These Paralympics were one of the largest multi-sport events ever held in the
United Kingdom
after the
2012 Summer Olympics
, and were the largest Paralympics ever: 4,302 athletes from 164
National Paralympic Committees
participated, with fourteen countries appearing in the Paralympics for the first time ever. A total of 503 events in 20 sports were held during these games; for the first time since their suspension after the
2000 Paralympics
, events for the
intellectually disabled
were also held in selected sports.
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