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has been a sporadic participant in the

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. It first competed, as ''Burma'', at the

1976 Summer Paralympics The 1976 Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 1976), branded as Torontolympiad – 1976 Olympiad for the Physically Disabled, was the fifth Paralympic Games to be held. They were hosted by Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 4 t ...

in Toronto, with a delegation in track and field and shooting. These athletes were fairly successful, Tin Ngwe becoming Burma's first Paralympic champion by winning the men's 100m sprint in the C1 category. Aung Than won silver in the same event, while Tin Win took bronze in the men's 100m in category C. Burma was absent from the 1980 Games, returning in

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to take part in volleyball and track and field. Tin Ngwe, in category A3, won gold in the men's high jump, and silver in the long jump, while Aung Gyi won silver and bronze, respectively, in those same two events. In both Burma's appearances in the Paralympics, it fielded all-male delegations. Following the 8888 Uprising in August 1988, and the military coup which established the

State Peace and Development Council The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ...

in September, Burma was absent from the

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, held in October. The country's name was officially changed to Myanmar. As it also changed its IPC country code from BIR to MYA and the International Paralympic Committee being established only in 1989, the

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maintains separate records for "Burma" and "Myanmar". Myanmar, as such, made its Paralympic début at the

1992 Summer Paralympics )( es, Deporte Sin Límites) , nations = 82 (BCN)75 (MAD) , athletes = 3,020 (BCN)1,600 (MAD) , opened_by = Queen Sofía , opening = 3 September (BCN)15 September (MAD) , closing = 14 September (BCN)22 September (MAD) , even ...

in Barcelona. Myanmar's delegation to the Barcelona Games consisted in a single athlete ( Kyaw Khaing) to compete in sprinting. He finished last in both his races. The country was then absent for three consecutive editions of the

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, before returning to the Paralympics in 2008, with a male competitor in javelin ( Win Naing), and two male swimmers ( Naing Sit Aung and Win San Aung). They all ranked low in their respective events. "Myanmar" has thus fielded smaller, less successful delegations than "Burma". Although "Burma" had won a total of seven medals (two gold, three silver, two bronze), no athlete has ever won a Paralympic medal for "Myanmar". The country has never taken part in the

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, in either form.Myanmar at the Paralympics
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