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Tokyo 2020 Paralympics: List of countries participating in 2021 Paralympic Games

More than a hundred countries are getting ready for the start of the 2020 Paralympics Games in Tokyo. Like the last edition of the Summer Olympics, this event is of the same level but for people with disabilities.

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By richard tovar

Paralympic Athletes at 2020 Paralympics Games in Tokyo. (Getty)
Paralympic Athletes at 2020 Paralympics Games in Tokyo. (Getty)

The exact number of countries participating in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo is 163 nations in total. Most countries send an average of 2 athletes to this special edition of the Olympic Games. First world countries are expected to send the most athletes.

Most countries participating in the Paralympics had the same representation in the 2020 Summer Olympics in July 2021. Some nations obtain more medals with Paralympic athletes than with others. The money prizes that athletes receive at the Paralympics games (paid by their nations)are equal to their counterparts.

The most dominant country in past editions of the Paralympics is the United States, they were dominant between 1964 and 1996. But other countries such as China, Italy, West Germany, and Australia were also prominent nations in the Paralympics medals rankings.

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List of the 163countries attending the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics:

Lists of Countries in Alphabetical Order
Algeria Greece North Macedonia
Angola Grenada Norway
Argentina Guatemala Oman
Armenia Guinea Pakistan
Aruba Guinea-Bissau Palestine
Australia Guyana Panama
Austria Haiti Papua New Guinea
Azerbaijan Honduras Paraguay
Bahrain Hong Kong Peru
Barbados Hungary Philippines
Belarus Iceland Poland
Belgium India Portugal
Benin Indonesia Puerto Rico
Bermuda Iran Qatar
Bhutan Iraq Refugee Paralympic Team
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ireland Republic of the Congo
Botswana Israel Romania
Brazil Italy Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC)
Brunei Ivory Coast Rwanda
Bulgaria Jamaica Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Burkina Faso Japan São Tomé and Príncipe
Burundi Jordan Saudi Arabia
Cambodia Kazakhstan Senegal
Cameroon Kenya Serbia
Canada Kuwait Sierra Leone
Cape Verde Kyrgyzstan Singapore
Central African Republic Laos Slovakia
Chile Latvia Slovenia
China Lebanon Solomon Islands
Chinese Taipei Lesotho Somalia
Colombia Liberia South Africa
Costa Rica Libya South Korea
Croatia Lithuania Spain
Cuba Luxembourg Sri Lanka
Cyprus Madagascar Sweden
Czech Republic Malawi Switzerland
Democratic Republic of the Congo Malaysia Syria
Denmark Maldives Tajikistan
Dominican Republic Mali Tanzania
Ecuador Malta Thailand
Egypt Mauritius Togo
El Salvador Mexico Tunisia
Estonia Moldova Turkey
Ethiopia Mongolia Uganda
Faroe Islands Montenegro Ukraine
Fiji Morocco United Arab Emirates
Finland Mozambique United States
France Namibia Uruguay
Gabon Nepal Uzbekistan
The Gambia Netherlands Venezuela
Georgia New Zealand Vietnam
Germany Nicaragua Virgin Islands
Ghana Niger Yemen
Great Britain Nigeria Zambia

This edition of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics will be available on television, internet for everyone just like the previous edition of the 2020 Summer Olympics. The broadcasting times will be the same as in the last edition, with the advantage that some events will be available on the internet recorded to watch later.

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