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The 1984 Paralympic Games were held in both Europe and North America, with New York and Stoke Mandeville, England being the Games venue. US President Ronald Reagan officially opened the Games at the Opening Ceremony on 17 June in Mitchel Park.

Media coverage of the Games was more extensive in the history of disabled sport than before. The major US television networks and newspapers were present, as well as BBC TV, Dutch TV, West German TV and Swedish radio and TV. The Games were a huge success, many world and Paralympic records were broken and rewritten, mainly in Athletics, despite the short four-month preparation period.

£¨Ping Yali, the women's B2 Long Jump Champion in 1984 Paralympic,

marking the first gold for China's disabled delegation£©

The organizers agreed that the Games should in future be held at the same venue, as the success of the Paralympics calls for unified representation and participation. The International Coordinating Committee of World Organizations for the Disabled (ICC) was formed, serving as the governing body for the Paralympic Games.