Paralympics 2012 data, facts, schedule

The XIV Paralympic Games are of 29 August to 9 September 2012 held in London. About 4200 athletes from 165 nations take part in 503 competitions in 20 sports. The organizers are middle distance legend Sebastian Coe Paralympics promise of superlatives. The "London 2012 Paralympic Games" will be the largest in the 52-year history of the disability world games. 4280 athletes in 20 sports are struggling to eleven days of competition for a total of 503 gold medals. In Beijing 2008, it was still 3951 athletes. Most of the 503 medal competitions will be held in athletics (170) and swimming (148). In addition, the Competition Program: Bowls (7), archery (9), football (2), Goalball (2), judo (13), bench press ((20), cycling / track (18), cycling / road (32), riding 11), wheelchair basketball (2), Wheelchair Fencing (12), wheelchair tennis (6), wheelchair rugby (1), rowing (4), shooting (12), sailing (3), sitting volleyball ( 2), table tennis (29). A record number of 2.5 million tickets were offered. The organizers expect that the Paralympics will be completely sold out for the first time. 580 torchbearers will have carried the Paralympic flame on a 24-hour run when on Wednesday night at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford arrives at the opening ceremony. 166 nations will participate. 16 of them give her Paralympic debut - as North Korea and the Democratic Republic of Congo. 1513 women are among the participants, more than ever, led the way in the 13 Paralympic and more than twice as many as in Barcelona in 1992 (700 participants). 19 competition venues there will be, in 17 of which have struggled during the Olympics for medals. There are also two new ones: the famous Brands Hatch motorsport race track, where the road wheel events take place, and Eton Manor, an extra complex in the Olympic Park for the wheelchair tennis tournaments. 6000 media representatives will report about the Paralympic Games in London. 1250 doping tests to be made. That is an increase of 25 percent compared to Beijing 2008. 15 different 100-meter finals of the men will be in the complex Paralympic classification system with various degrees of disability. In a workshop to 15,000 parts are available to repair the wheelchairs, prosthetics and orthotics quickly for the athletes.