The first competition for the Track Cyclists is scheduled for August 8th ... Cycling for athletes with an impairment was first introduced in the early 1980s, in the road discipline. Technological progress has made the sport more inclusive and competitions increasingly competitive. Track cycling is the latest Paralympic cycling discipline, having been introduced at the Atlanta 1996 Games, with events for men and women.

The first competition in swimming is scheduled for August 8th ... Swimming has been part of the Paralympic programme since Rome 1960 and has been ever present since.
With 620 athletes competing in 152 events, swimming will be the Paralympic sport with the second highest number of athletes at the Rio 2016 Games, behind only athletics.

The first competition for table-tennis is scheduled for August 8th ... Table tennis was created in the 19th century in Great Britain, and was played by aristocratic families. In its early days, when it came to be known as wiff-waff, cigar boxes were used as rackets and books served as a net. Both the equipment and the rules had evolved considerably when the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was established, in 1926. The sport has been part of the Paralympic programme since the first edition of the Games, at Rome 1960. Non-wheelchair users started competing at Toronto 1976. Competitors with cerebral palsy were included at Arnhem 1980 and athletes with an intellectual impairment were added to the programme at Sydney 2000.

The first competition for table-tennis is scheduled for August 8th ... Olympic Tennis Centre is located at Barra Olympic Park, considered the heart of the Games, which will become a sporting benchmark for the country bringing together cutting-edge competition venues.

The first goalball competition is scheduled for August 8th ... First introduced in 1946, goalball was created to assist in the rehabilitation of veterans with a visual impairment. Its popularity has only grown since then: the sport is currently practised in 85 countries. It debuted in the Paralympic Games at Toronto 1976, as a demonstration sport. Since then, goalball has been ever present at all editions of the Games.

The first judo competition is scheduled for August 8th ... Based on jujutsu, it was developed by educator Jigoro Kano and consolidated as a sport in the late 19th century. Judo made its first appearance at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. It debuted in the Paralympic programme in Seoul 1988, and women were allowed into the competition from Athens 2004. Judo is the only martial art present in the Paralympic programme.

The first competition is scheduled for August 9th ... Sitting volleyball was first introduced in the Netherlands in the 1950s, combining Olympic volleyball with a German sport called ``Sitzball.`` However, it only started becoming more popular in the 1960s. International competitions went on to be organised from 1967, and sitting volleyball was accepted into the International Sport Organization for the Disabled (ISOD) in 1978. The sport debuted in the Paralympic programme in the Arnhem 1980 Games and has been on the Paralympic Games agenda since. Until Sydney 2000, the competitions were divided into two categories: sitting and standing. From Athens 2004, they were restricted to sitting volleyball only.

The first competition for the Road Cyclists is scheduled for August 14th ... Cycling for athletes with an impairment originated in the early 1980s. Road competitions were introduced in the New York/Stoke Mandeville 1984 Paralympic Games programme, with events for competitors with cerebral palsy. Four years later, in Seoul, cyclists with other types of impairments – cerebral palsy and amputees/les autres, were also included. Visually impaired athletes made their debut at the Barcelona 1992 Games.