History of the Paralympic Emblem


The latest emblem of the Paralympic Games is composed of three "agitos", coloured red, blue, and green, encircling a single point, on a white field. The agito ("I move" in Latin) is a symbol of movement in the shape of an asymmetrical crescent.



First Paralympic emblem

used in 1964

Second Paralympic emblem used in 1968, 1976 and 1980

Third Paralympic emblem

used in 1984 and 1988

Forth Paralympic emblem

used in 1988 and 1994




Fifth Paralympic emblem

used from 1998-2004

Sixth Paralympic emblem

used from 2006-2019

Current Paralympic emblem used since 2019



Paralympic Games – Emblems



ROME 1960

TOKYO 1964

TEL AVIV 1968

HEIDELBERG 1972

ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK 1976




TORONTO 1976

GEILO 1980

ARNHEM 1980

INNSBRUCK 1984

NEW YORK 1984




INNSBRUCK 1988

SEOUL 1988

TIGNES/ALBERTVILLE 1992

BARCELONA 1992

LILLEHAMMER 1994




ATLANTA 1996

NAGANO 1998

SYDNEY 2000

SALT LAKE 2002

ATHENS 2004




TORINO 2006

BEIJING 2008

VANCOUVER 2010

LONDON 2012

SOCHI 2014




RIO 2016

PYEONGCHANG 2018

TOKYO 2020

BEIJING 2022

PARIS 2024




MILANO CORTINA 2026

LOS ANGELES 2028

BRISBANE 2032