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image by Zachary Harden, 23 July 2018
The former flag of the Japanese Para-Sports Association was used as the flag of the 1964 Paralympics. The dove represents love and the formation of the wheels and spokes show the letter "V", the sign and call for victory. The rings/spokes also represent the people of the world. For the flag, this symbol is on a green background. This emblem was considered the first Paralympic Games logo. (Source)
Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021 and Zachary Harden, 3 February 2021
source; image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
source; image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
source; image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
source; image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
The 1984 Summer Paralympics saw two events taking
place simultaneously in different places, New York City and Stoke
Mandeville, with its respective logos. However, for the sake of
continuation with the tradition of featuring the "wheelchair" logo on
its flag, only the events held at Stoke Mandeville kept that
tradition, before the appearance of an official standardized
Paralympic logo being introduced.
Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
source; image by Zachary Harden, 5 November 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, December 2005
image by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, Aug. 2008
Dubbed "Sky, Earth and Human Beings," the emblem of the Beijing Paralympics is a stylized figure of an athlete in motion, implying the tremendous efforts a disabled person has to make in sports as well as in real life. With the unity and the harmony of "sky, earth and human beings," the emblem incorporates Chinese characters, calligraphy and the Paralympic spirit. It embodies the Paralympic motto of "Spirit in Motion" and reflects the integration of heart, body and spirit in human beings - the core of the philosophy of Chinese culture. The three colours in the emblem represent the sun (red), the sky (blue) and the earth (green).
Games of the XXIX Olympiad: Beijing Paralympics Emblem
From The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games
8 Aug. 2008.
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
The 2012 Summer Paralympics, the 14th Summer Paralympic Games, and also more
generally known as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were a major international
multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International
Paralympic Committee (IPC) that took place in London, United Kingdom from August
29 until September 9, 2012.
As part of a formal agreement between the
International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee
established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics was also
to host the 2012 Summer Paralympics. At the 117th IOC Session in Singapore, the
rights to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics were awarded to London.
The first (known) use of joint Olympic and Paralympic events in a flag, was
first mentioned here "Flags at London
Olympics" in which the same flag portrays both,
the 2012 Summer Olympics logo (the fuchsia logo version) on the left and the
2012 Summer Paralympics logo on the right, and below the inscription "host country of the Olympic and
Paralympic games", as seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ukinromania/6666060227/
Also important to
notice is that "the London 2012 Games were the first time that the Paralympic
logo did not include the letters "IPC". The removal of the letters was the
only change. On the reverse side of the [flag] you see the image reversed too."
The 2012
Paralympic mascot Mandeville (official website:
https://mascot-games.london2012.com)
was named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
Sources:
https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Summer_Paralympics and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWAS_World_Games
For additional information
go to London 2012 Paralympics (official website):
http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/
Esteban Rivera, 6 August 2018
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 10 November 2021
source; image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
source; image located by Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
The logo for Innsbruck was a combination of three parts. The centre
of the logo shows a stylised depiction of the Goldenes Dachl (Golden
Roof) – one of Innsbruck’s most famous landmarks. Above this was the
Olympic rings, which the IOC had agreed to the use of based upon
certain conditions. Below the Golden Dachl was five broken rings aimed
at depicting the disability of the participants taking part. It also
contained the words ‘Under the patronage of the International Olympic
Committee’ (originally in German) beneath the Olympic rings." (source)
Esteban Rivera, 22 January 2021
It is of note the logo for the 1984 Winter Paralympics was reused for the 1988 Winter Paralympics as the host city was Innsbruck for both years.
Zachary Harden, 21 February 2021
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
image
by Torino 2006 Paralympics Committee, and
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, December 2005
image by Torino 2006 Paralympics Committee, December 2005
image
by Torino 2006 Paralympics Committee, and
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, December 2005
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
See Also: Vancouver Paralympics [2010] (Canada)image by Zoltan Horvath, 27 January 2014
The XI Paralympic Winter Games are being held one month later than Sochi
Winter Olympics, between 07 and 16 March 2014.
The logo for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games follows the same typography
as the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
emblem, and incorporates the Paralympic Symbol, the three Agitos in red,
blue and green, symbolising the fact that Paralympic athletes are constantly
inspiring and exciting the world with their performances, always moving forward
and never giving up. Letters of web address are light blue with blue contours.
This logo was also introduced in December 2009.
Zoltan Horvath, 27 January 2014
source; image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
image by Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
Unvielved in December 2017, the logos for both the 2022 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics were designed by Lin Cunzhen. The goal of both logos was to combine elements of Chinese history with the dynamic artisry of sport. For the Paralympics logo, it combines the Chinese character for "fly" along with an image that resembles a wheelchair athlete racing towards the finish line victory, a sprit that every Paralympian gives with every act, exciting the world while doing so. The design sent by Lin was one of 4,506 submissions from around the world and she also designed the logo for the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games held in Nanjing. As for the flag, like most Olympic and Paralympic flags before it, it is a logo on a white background.
Zachary Harden, 26 October 2020
image by Zachary Harden, 9 August 2021
Note, there was a branding change in 2020 with the IPC where the text "Paralympic Games" was dropped and the Agitos were updated, yet flags with the old logo are still present.