2000 Summer Paralympics
multi-parasport event in Sydney, Australia
The 2000 Summer Paralympic Games or the XI Summer Paralympics were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, between 18 and 29 October. The Sydney Paralympics was the last time that the Summer Paralympics were organised by two different Organizing Committees. In this edition, a record 3,801 athletes from 123 National Paralympic Committees participated in 551 events in 19 sports. The 2000 Summer Paralympics were the second largest sporting event ever until that date held in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere. Sydney was the eighth city to jointly host the Olympic and Paralympic Games. However, it was only the fourth to jointly organise both events in complete conjunction with the Olympics. This edition was also the first time that the Paralympics were held in Australia and Oceania.
The mascot for the 2000 Paralympics was Lizzie the frill-necked lizard.
Host city bid process
Historical context and changes to host city selection
Before the International Paralympic Committee became fully operational in 1993, host cities for the Olympic and Paralympic Games were selected through separate processes, with cities submitting independent bids for each event.
Following challenges related to the 1992 Summer Paralympics (shared by Barcelona and Madrid) and issues that threatened the 1996 Summer Paralympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) changed its host city selection process.
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