Have Paralympics been the specific target of boycotts?
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Here are a couple of cases that may have come close:
- The 1968 Tel Aviv Paralympics took place in Israel and were attended by 28 countries. However, I couldn't find any indication that any of the countries not attending were actively boycotting the event (the Paralympics were a small event at the time). Still, it's worth noting that Lebanon and Yugoslavia had both attended the 1960 Rome Paralympics (though not 1964 Tokyo Paralympics) but stayed away in 1968.
- A number of countries boycotted the 1976 Toronto Paralympics due to South Africa's participation. While many (all?) of those countries also boycotted the 1976 Montreal Olympics, the reason wasn't identical: South Africa was already banned from the Olympics, and the boycott there was due to the IOC's refusal to ban New Zealand for their South African tour. South Africa was only banned from the Paralympics in 1980.
As alluded to in the question, Ukraine considered boycotting the 2014 Sochi Paralympics due to Russia's annexation of Crimea, but didn't in the end. A number of countries chose not to send governmental delegations to the Games.
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