The first Paralympic Games took place following World War II in 1948, when a sporting event for injured soldiers was organised at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire, UK. Four years later, the 'Stoke Mandeville Games' - as it was then called - was repeated at the same site with 130 competitors, including veterans from the Netherlands. The first official Paralympic Games took place in 1960 alongside the summer Olympics in Rome, with 400 athletes from 23 different countries.
第一屆殘奧會在1948年二戰(zhàn)后舉行。當(dāng)時在英國白金漢郡的Stoke Mandeville 醫(yī)院舉辦了一次受傷士兵的體育賽事。四年后，有著 Stoke Mandeville Games 之稱的運動會在同一地點舉行，當(dāng)時130名參賽者中包括來自荷蘭的退伍軍人。 第一屆正式殘奧會是1960年與夏季奧運會同時在羅馬舉行，參加此次殘奧會的有來自23個國家的400名運動員 。
