Athletics at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2024 Paralympic Games, Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international Multi-sport event, multi-sport paraspo ...
will be held at
Stade de France
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in
Paris. There will be 164 events: 90 for men, 73 for women and one mixed event, three fewer men's events than the previous Games while the women's and mixed events remain the same. It will be the largest contest of the Games programme regarding athlete numbers and medal events to be scheduled.
Classification and events
Participating athletes are given a classification depending on their disabilities (T denotes track events, F denotes field events). They are categorised into seven different classifications:
*T/F11-13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12-13) athletes; track athletes would often run with a guide.
*T/F20: Athletes who have an intellectual impairment.
*T/F 31-38: Athletes who have
cerebral palsy or other coordination impairments. 31-34 for wheelchair events and 35-38 for running events.
*F40-41:
Les Autres
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- typically for athletes who have
dwarfism
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.
*T/F 42-47: Athletes who are amputees. In field events, some athletes would compete in seated events.
*T/F 51-58: Athletes who have a
spinal cord injury or disability. In field events, most athletes would compete in seated events.
*T/F 61-64: Athletes who have a
prosthesis
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affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference.
Qualification
Participating nations
* Host nation
Medal table
See also
*
Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Sport of athletics, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are scheduled to run over a ten-day period at four different venues (Pont d'Iéna for race walking, Hôtel de Ville, Paris, Hôtel de Ville and Les Invalides for the start and en ...
References
{{Paralympic Games Athletics
2024 Summer Paralympics events
Athletics at the Summer Paralympics
2024 in athletics (track and field)
International athletics competitions hosted by France