The 2020 Summer Paralympics (Japanese: 2020 年夏季パラリンピック会, Hepburn: 2020-Nen Kaki

Pararinpikku), branded as Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, are a major international multi-sport
parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Scheduled as the 16th Summer
Paralympic Games, they are ongoing in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August and 5 September 2021.[2]

Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, both the Olympics and
Paralympics were postponed to 2021 in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is held
behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to a state of emergency in the Tokyo
region. The events are still being branded as Tokyo 2020 for marketing purposes.[3] These mark the
second Summer Paralympics to be hosted by Tokyo since the 1964 Games, and the third Paralympics
held in Japan overall since the 1998 Winter Paralympics. Tokyo is the first city to host the Paralympics
twice.

These Games will see the introduction of badminton and taekwondo to the Paralympic programme,
replacing sailing and 7-a-side football.

Contents

1 Bids

2 Preparations

2.1 Transport

2.2 Volunteers

2.3 Medals

2.4 COVID-19 impact

2.5 Torch relay

3 The Games

3.1 Sports

3.1.1 New sports

3.2 Participating National Paralympic Committee teams

3.3 Number of athletes by National Paralympic Committee

3.4 Test events

4 Medal summary
4.1 Podium sweeps

5 Calendar

6 Venues

6.1 Heritage Zone

6.2 Tokyo Bay Zone

6.3 Venues outside 10 km area

6.4 Non-competition venues

7 Marketing

7.1 Logo

7.2 Mascot

7.3 Animated shorts

8 Broadcasting

9 Concerns and controversies

9.1 Men's judo 81 kg

9.2 Men's shot put (F20) final

10 See also

11 Notes

12 References

13 External links

Bids

Main article: Bids for the 2020 Summer Olympics

As part of an agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International
Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the host of the 2020 Summer Olympics would also host the
2020 Summer Paralympics.[4] After the second round of voting, which followed a tie-breaker, the 2020
Summer Olympics and Paralympics were awarded to Tokyo at the 125th IOC Session.

2020 Summer Olympics host city election[5]

City Team Round 1 Runoff Round 2

Tokyo Japan 42 — 60

Istanbul Turkey 26 49 36
Madrid Spain 26 45 —

Preparations

Transport

Ahead of the 2016 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony, Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike advocated
for the city to improve its accessibility as a legacy project for the Games. She cited narrow roadways
with no sidewalks, and buildings constructed with narrow doorways and low ceilings