The 1964 Summer Paralympics , originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
Members of the Australian Team march at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 1964 Summer Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the Games of the Paralympiad, is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, are held almost immediately following the respective Olympic Games. All Paralympic Games are governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Sir Ludwig Guttmann
IPC headquarters in Bonn
Opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens
A medal ceremony during the 2010 Winter Paralympics