High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing, People`s Republic of China, from 6 September to 17 September 2008. Approximately 3,951 athletes from 146 National Paralympic Committees (NPC) participated. Overall, 472 events in 20 sports were held; 262 events were opened to men, 176 were opened to women and 34 were mixed events.