A team of two refugee athletes also participated Participation in Rio , `` hosted Social_event '' by the Greek and American Paralympic Committees .

569 athletes representing Presence 49 National Paralympic Committees participated Participation in these Games Competition , including newcomers Georgia , North Korea and Tajikistan .

A total of 489 athletes representing Change_sentiment 11 Asian National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) participated Participation in 57 events from eight sports and discipline .

The Games hosted Social_event 6,132 athletes representing 41 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) in the Americas , marking Recording the largest multi-sport Social_event event hosted Come_together in Canada , in terms of athletes competing Competition .