| Ed. | Years | Place | Principal-associated politics or sports event |
| 1 | 1960 | Rome | The first edition of the Games, called the 9th Stoke Mandeville Games, with the presence of 400 athletes from 23 nations |
| 2 | 1964 | Tokyo | South Africa, excluded from the Olympic Games due to the Apartheid issue, participates in the Stoke Mandeville Games |
| 3 | 1968 | Tel Aviv | The Stoke Mandeville Games are held in a different venue than the Olympic Games |
| 4 | 1972 | Heidelberg | They were held in the headquarters of the physical education institute—the number of participating countries increased with the introduction of the Soviet countries—the disciplines for athletes with visual impairments were introduced for demonstration purposes. |
| 5 | 1976 | Toronto | Known as the Torontolympiad, it is held in a different venue than the Olympic Games. Amputees and blind athletes are participating for the first time. |
| 6 | 1980 | Arnhem | Athletes were divided into four categories: amputees, brain-damaged, visually impaired, and wheelchair-bound—1973 participating athletes |
| 7 | 1984 | New York/Stoke Mandeville | They were held in two different venues, New York (cerebral palsy, visually impaired, amputee, and other categories) and Stoke Mandeville (wheelchair athletes) |
| 8 | 1988 | Seul | The games were officially referred to as the Paralympic Games |
| 9 | 1992 | Barcelona and Madrid | The official Paralympic Games were held in Barcelona, and a week later, the games for people with mental disabilities were held in Madrid |
| 10 | 1996 | Atlanta | First Paralympic Games to be supported by private sponsorship—100 participating nations for 3260 athletes |
| 11 | 2000 | Sydney | A wheelchair basketball tournament and a basketball tournament for athletes with cognitive disabilities are held |
| 12 | 2004 | Athens | 19 Paralympic disciplines—unlike the previous edition, only the wheelchair basketball tournament is played |
| 13 | 2008 | Beijing | “One world, one dream”, the same slogan as the Olympic Games |
| 14 | 2012 | London | The Paralympic Games “return home” after the parallel edition to the 1948 Olympic Games—a more numerous edition |
| 15 | 2016 | Rio de Janeiro | First Summer Paralympic to be held in a winter season—22 disciplines featured |
| 16 | 2020 | Tokyo | Disputed in 2021 due to the Covid-19 Pandemic |