1976 Summer Paralympics

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Games of the V Paralympiad
Nations participating	32
Athletes participating	1657 (1404 men, 253 women)
Events	447 in 13 sports
Opening ceremonies	August 3, 1976
Closing ceremonies	August 11, 1976
Officially opened by

The 1976 Summer Paralympics were the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Toronto, in the province of Ontario, Canada. They were originally known as the Torontolympiad^[1].

[edit] The Paralympics in Canada and Toronto

1976 was the first time Canada has hosted the Paralympics, subsequently Canada will host the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Coincidentally, Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Toronto has in later years failed to win the Summer Olympics and Paralympics. Losing the bid for the 2008 Summer Olympics (2008 Summer Paralympics) was seen as being a boost to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics bid.

Rank	NPC Name	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	66	43	45	154
2	Netherlands	45	25	14	84
3	Israel	40	13	16	69
4	West Germany	37	34	26	97
5	United Kingdom	29	29	36	94
6	Canada	25	27	26	78
7	Poland	24	17	12	53
8	France	23	21	14	58
9	Sweden	22	27	24	73
10	Austria	17	16	17	50
11	Australia	16	18	8	42
12	Mexico	16	14	9	39
13	Finland	12	20	18	50
14	Switzerland	10	12	10	32
15	Japan	10	6	3	19
16	Norway	9	6	4	19
17	Belgium	7	7	8	25
18	New Zealand	7	1	5	13
19	South Africa	6	9	11	26
20	Egypt	5	2	1	8
21	Ireland	4	10	6	20
22	Spain	4	6	2	12
23	Argentina	3	4	7	14
24	Denmark	3	0	3	6
25	Italy	2	5	11	18
26	Indonesia	2	1	4	7
27	South Korea	1	2	1	4
28	Myanmar	1	1	1	3
29	Peru	1	0	2	3
30	Hong Kong	0	1	2	3
31	Brazil	0	1	0	1
32	Guatemala	0	0	1	1

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