Sports facilities accessible to the disabled

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Updated on 02/09/2024

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Renovation of the Bertrand Dauvin sports center (18th arrondissement), future sports training venue for the Olympic Games 2024
Crédit photo : Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris

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Gymnasiums, sports fields and swimming pools: 325 sports facilities will be accessible by the end of the year.
To enable people with disabilities to take part in sporting activities, a major program of work has been launched in recent years to make sports facilities accessible.
By the end of 2023, 325 facilities will be made accessible to individuals with disabilities, including those with reduced mobility, visual, hearing, or mental impairments, as well as for disabilities that preclude the use of ramps or elevators where their installation is technically unfeasible.All of them will be by 2026.

Redevelopments in 2023

  • 5th: Lucien Gaudin gym, Pontoise swimming pool
  • 7th: Cler sports center, Camou gymnasium, Tour d'Auvergne sports hall
  • 11th: Ménilmontant boulodrome
  • 12th: Carroy gymnasium, sports field and tennis court, Young Perez gymnasium, Jacques Anquetil velodrome
  • 13th: Cordelières sports field, Baudricourt Tolbiac sports field, Dunois swimming pool
  • 14th: Jules Noël gymnasium, Alésia gymnasium
  • 15th: Cévennes gymnasium
  • 17th: Lermercier sports field
  • 19th: Porte de Chaumont sports field, Reverdy sports field
Porte de Chaumont site (19th arrondissement)
The gymnasium's reception area is now equipped for disabled individuals, featuring an accessible terminal at wheelchair height. On the first floor, there are toilets and a changing room with a shower designed for wheelchair users. Outside, the sports field includes an accessible ramp leading to the handball court, and a section with equipment tailored for those with physical disabilities and visual impairments.

Olympic and Paralympic training centers in universal accessibility

Le centre sportif Bertrand Dauvin (18e), piscine
The Dauvin sports center (18th arrondissement) is one of five sports venues to be renovated before the Games.
Credit Atelier les Particules
Five of the city’s sports facilities have finished their renovations ahead of the Games, ensuring they all meet accessibility standards.
Pierre-de-Coubertin stadium (16th arrondissement)
Major work is currently underway at the Stade Pierre-de-Coubertin (16th arrondissement), built in 1937 and future training center for rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline for the Paris 2024 Games.

From January 2024, the site will be able to accommodate all users thanks to :

- ramps for access to the gymnasium, corridors, stands and changing rooms, and 3 elevators
- special acoustics, guidance and signage for the visually and audibly impaired;
- a simpler environment for the mentally handicapped;
- changing rooms with sliding seats offering a more comfortable seat length for athletes with disabilities, particularly for dressing.
>More info here

17 pools are accessible

Piscine Marie Marvingt ex Saint Merri
The Marie Marvingt pool is equipped with a wheelchair and adapted changing rooms.
Credit Gerard Sanz / Ville de Paris
Paris Centre:
  • St-Merri - Marie Marvingt (disabled access: launching chair and changing rooms).
  • Berlioux (disabled access: changing rooms, launching chair).
12th arrdt:
  • Jean Boiteux (disabled access: signage, changing rooms and showers on the ground floor, escort by an agent, launching chair; visual and audible signals around the pool).
13th arrdt:
  • Butte-aux-Cailles (disabled access: level entrance, adapted access gate, elevator for access to shoe-removal area, shower wheelchair, changing rooms and showers, launching chair; magnetic induction loop for the hearing-impaired).
14th arrdt:
  • Brulé (disabled access: access ramp, elevator, launching chair, changing rooms and showers).15
15th arrdt:
  • Blomet (disabled access: wheelchair-height reception desk, elevator, changing rooms, launching chair; walking path with rumble strip).
  • Keller (disabled access: a freight elevator providing access to the reception area, elevator to the pool, launching chair, changing rooms and showers).
  • Emile Anthoine (disabled access: launching chair, changing rooms and showers; visual and Braille trails).
  • Mourlon (disabled access: launching chair, changing rooms and showers).
17th arrdt:
  • Lafay (disabled access: launching chair, ramp at entrance, ramp at reception, ticket dispenser and display at wheelchair height, elevator, washrooms, changing rooms and showers with grab bars; pedometer strip; signage).
18th arrdt:
  • Admirals (disabled access: launching chair, toilets and showers).
  • Hébert (disabled access: launching chair and changing rooms), Dauvin (PRM: launching chair, elevator, accessible reception, changing rooms; room for guide dogs; magnetic induction loop for the hearing impaired; adapted signage).
19th arrdt:
  • Hermant (disabled access: launching chair, changing rooms and showers, dedicated receptionist).
  • Pailleron (disabled access: elevator, two launching chairs, changing rooms and showers).
20th arrdt:
  • Godart (disabled access: launching chair and ramp in the small pool, launching chair in the large pool, changing rooms and showers).
  • Vallerey (major work in progress. Planned features include: disabled access: secure waiting area, accessible foot baths and stairs, launching chair).