1977 FESPIC Games

Fifteen countries participated - Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Burma, India, Fiji, Singapore, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Philippines, Korea and Malaysia.[2]

There were 310 athletes - 42 who were blind or visually impaired, 82 who were amputees and 185 who were wheelchair users.[2]

The FESPIC Executive granted Sydney the right to host the 2nd FESPIC Games during its meeting held during the 1976 Toronto Paralympic Games.[3] The Organising Committee only had just over a year to organise the second international disability sporting event in Australia. The first event was the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games held in Perth, Western Australia.[3] Dr John Grant, the President of the Australian Wheelchair Sports Federation, was the chairman of the Organising Committee.[3] Funding for the Games was provided by the Australian Government, New South Government, City of Parramatta, City of Holroyd, Baulkham Hills Shire, Merrylands Council, Red Cross and several sporting organisations.[3][2]

The Games Village was the William Thompson Masonic School in Baulkham Hills which had closed down in 1972.[2][3] There was an enormous amount of work devoted to making the old school habitable for athletes and their escorts.

Thirteen sports were held during the Games - archery, athletics, dartchery, lawn bowls, FITA round bowls, powerlifting, shooting, slalom, snooker, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair fencing.[3]