国际伤残人奥运会始于1960年,第十七届奥运会在罗马召开,会后举行了第一届国际伤残人奥运会。此后,每届奥运会后均举行国际伤残人奥运会,成为国际奥运会和国际奥林匹克运动不可分割的组成部分。伤残人奥运会由国际伤残人奥委会根据奥林匹克宗旨主办,同奥运会一样,也分为夏季奥运会和冬季奥运会。为了增强残奥会的影响 International Paralympic Games began in 1960, the seventeenth Olympic Games in Rome, held after the first International Paralympic Games. Since then, the International Paralympic Games have been held after each Olympic Games and become an integral part of the International Olympic Games and the International Olympic Movement. The Paralympic Games are hosted by the International Paralympic Games under the Olympic Games and, like the Olympic Games, are divided into the Summer Olympic Games and the Winter Olympic Games. In order to enhance the impact of the Paralympic Games