2028 Summer Paralympics

The 2028 Summer Paralympics, also known as the 18th Summer Paralympic Games, and branded as Los Angeles 2028 or LA28, is an upcoming international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, scheduled to take place from August 15 to August 27, 2028, in Los Angeles, United States.

XVIII Paralympic Games

One of the many variations of the Los Angeles 2028 logo
Location	Los Angeles, United States
Athletes	4,400 (expected)
Events	560 in 23 sports[1]
Opening	August 15, 2028
Closing	August 27, 2028
Stadium	SoFi Stadium (opening ceremony) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (closing ceremony)[2]
Summer ← Paris 2024 Brisbane 2032 → Winter ← Milano Cortina 2026 French Alps 2030 → 2028 Summer Olympics

Marking Los Angeles' first time as the host of the Paralympics, the Games will be the first Summer Paralympics in the United States since the 1996 edition in Atlanta, Georgia, and the third overall.

The Games will see the debut of paraclimbing as an event.

Bids

Main article: Bids for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics

As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the Summer Olympics also holds the Summer Paralympics.^[3]

Due to concerns over a number of cities withdrawing in the bid process of the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, a process to award the 2024 and 2028 Games simultaneously to the final two cities in the running to the 2024 Summer Olympics—Los Angeles and Paris—was approved at an Extraordinary IOC Session on July 11, 2017, in Lausanne.^[4] Paris was understood to be the preferred host for the 2024 Games. On July 31, 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for the 2028 Games, leaving Paris to be confirmed as hosts for the 2024 Games. Both decisions were ratified at the 131st IOC Session on September 13, 2017.^[5]

Development and preparations

Venues

Main article: Venues of the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics

The Paralympic venue plan was announced on June 3, 2025, using most of the same venues as the Olympics.^[6] The opening ceremony will take place at SoFi Stadium (named "2028 Stadium" during the Games), while the closing ceremony will take place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.^[7][8]

Unlike swimming at the Olympics, which will take place at SoFi Stadium, swimming will take place at a temporary stadium on the grounds of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center (which will also host artistic swimming and water polo during the Olympics); it is believed that stadium availability issues tied to its National Football League tenants, the Los Angeles Chargers and the Los Angeles Rams, was a factor in this decision. Some Paralympic athletes expressed disappointment at the decision, believing that it created an inequity between the Olympics and Paralympics.^[9]

The Games

Sports

A record 33 sports applied for inclusion in the Games; bids to reinstate CP football (football 7-a-side) and sailing, and bids for arm wrestling, beach paravolley, paraclimbing, para dance sport, golf, karate, powerchair football, surfing, and wheelchair handball as new sports.^[10]

The initial program of 22 sports was ratified at a meeting of the IPC's governing board in January 2023, with no changes from the program of the 2024 Summer Paralympics. The IPC shortlisted paraclimbing and para surfing for consideration as new sports by the LA28 organizing committee.^[11] In June 2024, LA28 announced that it had proposed to the IPC the inclusion of paraclimbing,^[12] which would be ratified on June 26.^[13]

In June 2025, the IPC and the LA28 organizing committee announced the number of medal events to be held in this edition, with a total of 560; 11 more than in 2024. Compared to the original programme, there was a redistribution and addition of events, resulting in an overall increase. The number of men's events decreased by 4, while women's events increased by 12, and mixed/open events increased by 3. Notable changes include the introduction of para climbing, which will feature 8 events (4 men's and 4 women's), and the common adjustments in traditional sports: in athletics, 6 men's events were shifted to the women's category; in cycling, one event was reallocated from men's to women's; swimming and table tennis each gained one additional mixed event; and triathlon added one women's event. Lastly, wheelchair fencing saw a reduction of one men's and one women's event, but an increase of two mixed events. Despite these changes, the maximum number of athletes has been maintained at 4,400, reflecting a focus on gender balance (17 out of the 23 sports will have full gender parity, six more than in 2024) and participation opportunities without expanding the overall size of the Games.^[14]

Blind football (1) Boccia (11) Goalball (2) Para archery (9) Para athletics (164) Para badminton (16) Para canoe (10) Para climbing (8) Para cycling (51) Para equestrian (11) Para judo (16) Para powerlifting (20)

Para rowing (5) Para swimming (142) Para table tennis (32) Para taekwondo (10) Para triathlon (12) Shooting Para sport (13) Sitting volleyball (2) Wheelchair basketball (2) Wheelchair fencing (16) Wheelchair rugby (1) Wheelchair tennis (6)

Calendar

On November 19, 2025, the organizing committee published the first version of the competition schedule.^[15]

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

August 2028		13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat	27th Sun	Events
Ceremonies				OC												CC	—
Boccia			●		●	●	●	●	●	●	●						11
Football 5-a-side									●	●	●		●		●	1	1
Goalball							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	2			2
Para archery									●	●	●	●	●	●	●		9
Para athletics					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		●	164
Para badminton											●	●	●	●	●	●	16
Para canoe													●	●	●		10
Para climbing													●	●	●	●	8
Para cycling	Road										●	●	●	●	●		34
	Track				●	●	●	●									17
Para equestrian					●	●	●	●		●							11
Para judo													●	●	●		16
Para powerlifting											●	●	●	●	●		20
Para rowing							●	●	●								5
Para swimming						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		142
Para table tennis					●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●	●	●		32
Para taekwondo												●	●	●			10
Para triathlon							●	●									12
Shooting para sport					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●				13
Sitting volleyball						●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Wheelchair basketball					●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1	2
Wheelchair fencing					●	●	●	●	●								16
Wheelchair rugby		●	●		●	●	●	1									1
Wheelchair tennis							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●		6
Daily medal events		0	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	560
Cumulative total		0	0	0	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	560
August 2028		13th Sun	14th Mon	15th Tue	16th Wed	17th Thu	18th Fri	19th Sat	20th Sun	21st Mon	22nd Tue	23rd Wed	24th Thu	25th Fri	26th Sat	27th Sun	Total events

Marketing

Emblem

The emblems for the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were unveiled on September 1, 2020, featuring the characters "LA" and "28" in a stacked layout. The "A" in "LA" is designed to be interchangeable, with variations created in collaboration with local athletes, artists, and celebrities.^[16][17][18] Among the larger suite of logo variants are versions designed in collaboration with Paralympic athletes, including Scout Bassett (which is inspired by the infinity symbol),^[19] Ezra Frech, Lex Gillette, Jamal Hill, and Oz Sanchez.^[16][17][18]