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LONDON 2012 
XIV. Summer Paralympics
August 29 – September 09, 2012
London/ Great Britain
Facts & Figure
- approx. 4.000 Athletes from 150 different countries
- Homepage http://www.london2012.com/
- Merchandising http://shop.london2012.com/
- Mandeville, the Mascot http://www.london2012.com/mascots
- During the LONDON 2012 Games the Paralympic events will take place at venues in the Olympic Park, across London (within a 12km circle), and at out of London venues (Eton Dorney - travel time 1hr - for Rowing, and „Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour” – travel time 2,5hrs - for Sailing).
- There are 20 sports in the Paralympic programme for London 2012. (Paralympic Archery, Paralympic Athletics, Boccia, Paralympic Cycling - Road, Paralympic Cycling - Track, Paralympic Equestrian, Football 5-a-side, Football 7-a-side, Goalball, Paralympic Judo, Powerlifting, Paralympic Rowing, Paralympic Sailing, Paralympic Shooting, Paralympic Swimming, Paralympic Table Tennis, Volleyball - Sitting, Wheelchair Basketball, Wheelchair Fencing, Wheelchair Rugby, Wheelchair Tennis))
Mascot Mandeville: My name is inspired by Stoke Mandeville in Buckinghamshire, the birthplace of the Paralympic Games. On the same day as the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games, Sir Ludwig Guttmann held his own sport competition in Stoke Mandeville for World War II soldiers with spinal injuries. The Stoke Mandeville Games grew and grew until they became the Paralympic Games.
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