2008 Beijing Paralympics
"Sky, Earth, and Human Beings",
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| Host city | Beijing, China | ||
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| Motto | 同一个世界 同一个梦想 (One World, One Dream) |
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| Nations participating | 146 | ||
| Athletes participating | 3,951 | ||
| Events | 472 in 20 sports | ||
| Opening ceremony | September 6 | ||
| Closing ceremony | September 17 | ||
| Officially opened by | President Hu Jintao | ||
| Paralympic torch | Hou Bin | ||
| Paralympic stadium | Beijing National Stadium | ||
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The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (Chinese: 第十三屆残疾人奥林匹克运动会), the 13th Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao.
3,951 athletes from 146 countries took part, the largest number of nations ever (ten more than the 2004 Games in Athens). Five countries competed for the first time. China fielded more athletes than any other country. The slogan for the 2008 Paralympics was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics, "One World, One Dream" (simplified Chinese: 同一个世界 同一个梦想; traditional Chinese: 同一個世界 同一個夢想 Pinyin Tóng yīge shìjìe tóng yīge mèngxiǎng, lit. "One World, One Dream"). China dominated the medal count, finishing with 89 gold medals and 211 total medals, more than double the next-ranked NPC in both cases.
339 Paralympic records and 279 world records were broken.
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Philip Craven declared the Games "the greatest Paralympic Games ever."
Nineteen competition venues were selected—seventeen in Beijing, one in Hong Kong, and one in Qingdao.
The Games's emblem, "Sky, Earth, and Human Beings" (Chinese: 天、地、人), was unveiled in July 2004, a multicolored Chinese character "之" (Chinese: zhī) stylized as an athletic figure in motion. Its red, blue and green colors represent sun, sky and earth.
The slogan was the same as the 2008 Summer Olympics, "One World, One Dream".
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