At the first winter Paralympics in 1976, there was just two sports. Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing have been on the program ever since. At the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics there will be six sports.

There have also been many changes in events for these sports, plus changes to the disabilities and classifications that complete in these sports. Para-snowboarding added in 2014 as a part of alpine skiing, it became a separate sports category for 2018. Bobsled was expected to be added for 2026, but did not make the cut.

Year Host no. sports changes
2026 Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo ?    
2022 Beijing, China 6

alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, para-snowboarding, wheelchair curling

 no change
2018 PyeongChang, South Korea 6 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, para-snowboarding, wheelchair curling no change
2014 Sochi, Russia 6 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, para-snowboarding, wheelchair curling para-snowboarding added
2010 Vancouver, Canada 5 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, wheelchair curling no change
2006 Turin, Italy 5 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, wheelchair curling wheelchair curling added
2002 Salt Lake City, USA 4 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, ice sledge racing removed
1998 Nagano, Japan 5 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, ice sledge racing no change
1994 Lillehammer, Norway 5 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, para ice hockey, ice sledge racing para ice hockey and ice sledge racing added
1992 Tignes & Albertville, France 3 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing ice sledge racing removed
1988 Innsbruck, Austria 4 alpine skiing, biathlon, cross-country skiing, ice sledge racing biathlon added
1984 Innsbruck, Austria 3 alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ice sledge racing, no change
1980 Geilo, Norway 3 alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ice sledge racing ice sledge racing added
1976 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden 2 alpine skiing, cross-country skiing alpine skiing, cross-country skiing initial sports