Para athletics

Eligible Impairments: athetosis, ataxia, hypertonia, impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of motion, leg length difference, limb deficiency, short stature, intellectual impairment, vision impairment.

Description: athletics has events for each of the impairment types that are eligible for Paralympic sport. Sport Classes are prefaced with “T” for track/jumping events, or “F” for field events. The double digit number that follows indicates the impairment type in the 1st digit, and the impairment level in the 2nd digit.

Sport Class structure: 

• 11-13: for athletes with vision impairment. A T11 has the greatest level of impairment, whilst a T13 has the lowest level of impairment.
• 20: for athletes with intellectual impairment.
• 31-34: for athletes with coordination impairment (ataxia, athetosis, hypertonia) who compete seated (e.g. throws), or in a wheelchair (e.g. track events).
  
• 35-38: for athletes with coordination impairment who compete standing.
• 40-41: for athletes with short stature.
• 42-44: for athletes with lower limb impairment due to limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of motion competing without a prosthesis. In competition, these athletes can often compete against athletes with a 61-64 Sport Class.
• 45-47: for athletes with upper limb impairment due to limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of motion.
• 51-57: for athletes with limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of motion who compete seated (e.g. throws), or in a wheelchair (e.g. track events).
  
• 61-64: for athletes with lower limb impairment due to limb deficiency or leg length difference competing with a prosthesis. In competition, these athletes can often compete against athletes with a 43-44 Sport Class.