Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
at the
2004 Summer Paralympics included 17 events for men and 15 events for women, in 5 disciplines. Athletes competed in one of four disability categories:
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Blind or
visually impaired athletes – Sport classes 11 to 13.
* Athletes with
cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sens ...
– Sport classes 32 to 34 (wheelchair) and 35 to 38 (standing)
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Amputee
Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on indiv ...
and les autres athletes – Sport classes 40 (
dwarfism) and 42 to
F46 (standing amputees).
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Wheelchair
A wheelchair is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, problems related to old age, or disability. These can include spinal cord injuries ( paraplegia, hemiplegia, and quadriplegia), cerebr ...
athletes – Sport classes 51 to 54 (track events) and 51 to 58 (field events).
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Medal summary
Medal table
Events
Men's events
Women's events
References
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See also
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Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons (run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium), the race walks (on the streets of Athens), and ...
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Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wheelchair racing at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured as a demonstration event within the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, athletics programme at the Athens Olympic Stadium on 22 August 2004. There were two events: an 800 m race for women ...
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2004 Summer Paralympics events
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Paralympics
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