World records in disability athletics are ratified by the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.
The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ...
(IPC). In
Para-athletics
Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a disabled sports, parasport. The list of athletics events, athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, w ...
competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows:
* 11–13: Blind and visually impaired
* 20: Intellectually disabled
* 32–38: 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, spasticity, stiff muscles, Paresis, weak muscles, and tremors. There may b ...
; classes 32–34 compete in wheelchairs, while 35–38 are ambulant
* 40–46: Ambulant athletes with amputations or other disabilities such as
dwarfism
Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than , regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dwarfism is . '' ...
* 51–58: Wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries or amputations
* 61–64: Athletes with limb differences
The IPC recognizes records for each of these classes.
Key:
Outdoor
Men
100 m
Notes:
200 m
Notes:
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
110 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
High jump
Long jump
Triple jump
Club throw
Shot put
Notes:
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
Women
100 m
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
100 m hurdles
400 m hurdles
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
High jump
Long jump
Triple jump
Club throw
Shot put
Discus throw
Javelin throw
Pentathlon
Road
Men
Half marathon
Marathon
Women
Half marathon
Marathon
See also
*
List of IPC world records in swimming
Notes
References
;General
IPC Athletics Outdoor World recordsIPC Athletics Road World records
;Specific
{{Records in athletics
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