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Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

See also: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Athletics events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics were held in the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 2016. 177 events were held across both genders where 1,100 athletes competed. The athletics programme was the largest element of the Games programme in terms of entrants and medals awarded.

Athletics
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueEstádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates8–18 September 2016
Competitors1100 (660 men, 440 women)
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Classification and events edit

Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The athletics classifications are:

The class numbers were given prefixes of "T" and "F" for track and field events, respectively. High jump and Long jump, while field events, usually attract a "T" classification

Visually impaired athletes classified 11 run with full eye shades and a guide runner, those classified 12 have the option of using a guide, while those classified 13 do not use a guide runner. Guide runners are awarded medals alongside their athletes.

On 9 June 2015, the IPC announced the final make up of the Rio 2016 athletics programme. There were several changes in the programme, including the elimination of triple jump events, and the reduction of events requiring a factoring system, as this was seen[by whom?] to undermine the image of the event as sport.

The following is a summary of all athletics events which took place at the Games:[1]

Event summary table edit

Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Men's Events (96)
Classification
Event 		Visual Impairment ID Cerebral Palsy athletes
T32-34 Wheelchair : T35-38 Ambulant 		RG Amputee athletes Wheelchair athletes
Spinal injuries
T11 T12 T13 T20 T32 T33 T34 T35 T36 T37 T38 T40 T41 T42 T43 T44 T45 T46 T47 T51 T52 T53 T54 T55 T56 T57
F11 F12 F13 F20 F32 F33 F34 F35 F36 F37 F38 F40 F41 F42 F43 F44 F45 F46 F47 F51 F52 F53 F54 F55 F56 F57
Track events
100 metres ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ● >> ● >> >> ● ● ● ● ●
200 metres ● ● ● ● >> ●
400 metres ● ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ● ● ● ● ●
800 metres ● ● >> ● ●
1500 metres ● >> ● ● ● ● >> ● >> ● >> ●
5000 metres ● >> ● >> ●
Marathon >> ● >> ● >> >> ●
4 × 100 m relay ● ●
4 × 400 m relay ●
Field events
High Jump ● ● >> >> ●
Long Jump ● ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ●
Shot Put >> ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ● >> ●
Discus ● ● >> ● >> ● >> >> ●
Javelin >> ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ● ● >> ● >> ●
Club throw ● ●
Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Women's Events (81)
Classification
Event 		Visual Impairment ID Cerebral Palsy athletes
T32-34 Wheelchair : T35-38 Ambulant 		RG Amputee athletes Wheelchair athletes
Spinal injuries
T11 T12 T13 T20 T32 T33 T34 T35 T36 T37 T38 T40 T41 T42 T43 T44 T45 T46 T47 T51 T52 T53 T54 T55 T56 T57
F11 F12 F13 F20 F32 F33 F34 F35 F36 F37 F38 F40 F41 F42 F43 F44 F45 F46 F47 F51 F52 F53 F54 F55 F56 F57
Track events
100 metres ● ● ● >> ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ● >> ● ● ●
200 metres ● ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ●
400 metres ● ● ● ● >> ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ● >> ● ● ●
800 metres ● >> ● ●
1500 metres ● >> ● ● >> ●
5000 metres >> ●
Marathon >> ● >> >> ●
4 × 100 m relay ● ●
4 × 400 m relay ●
Field events
Long Jump ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ● >> >> ●
Shot Put >> ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● >> ●
Discus Throw ● >> ● >> ● >> ● >> ● >> ● >> ●
Javelin >> ● ● ● >> ● >> ● >> ●
Club throw ● ●
Key:
  • ID : Classifications for intellectual disability
  • RG : Les Autres classification, including dwarfism and restricted growth
  • ● : Event in this classification
  • >> : Competitors in this classification may take part in event for the next competed classification, e.g. T33 may compete in T34 event, or both T35 and T36 athletes may compete in a T37 event.

Schedule edit

OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event finals CC Closing ceremony
September 2016 7
Wed 		8
Thu 		9
Fri 		10
Sat 		11
Sun 		12
Mon 		13
Tue 		14
Wed 		15
Thu 		16
Fri 		17
Sat 		18
Sun 		Gold
medals
  Athletics OC 10 20 16 19 14 19 14 19 14 25 5 CC 177

Participating nations edit

A total of 1,139 athletes from 146 nations competed.

Medal summary edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)32231267
2  United States (USA)16151142
3  Great Britain (GBR)1571133
4  Germany (GER)99725
5  Brazil (BRA)8141133
6  Tunisia (TUN)76619
7  Cuba (CUB)61310
8  South Africa (RSA)56415
9  Poland (POL)49417
10  Ukraine (UKR)48719
11  Algeria (ALG)45615
12  Thailand (THA)4329
13  Australia (AUS)391426
14  Canada (CAN)3328
15  France (FRA)3249
  New Zealand (NZL)3249
17  Greece (GRE)3227
  Spain (ESP)3227
19  Morocco (MAR)3216
20  Netherlands (NED)3137
  Uzbekistan (UZB)3137
22  Kenya (KEN)3126
23  Malaysia (MAS)3014
24  Italy (ITA)2226
25  Ireland (IRL)2215
26  Switzerland (SUI)2204
27  Belgium (BEL)2114
  India (IND)2114
29  Iraq (IRQ)2103
30  Latvia (LAT)2024
31  Nigeria (NGR)2013
32  Iran (IRI)16512
33  Mexico (MEX)1236
34  Namibia (NAM)1225
35  Colombia (COL)1157
36  Argentina (ARG)1124
37  Croatia (CRO)1113
  Finland (FIN)1113
  Serbia (SRB)1113
  Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)1113
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)1113
42  Lithuania (LTU)1102
43  Bahrain (BRN)1001
  Bulgaria (BUL)1001
  Kuwait (KUW)1001
46  Japan (JPN)0437
47  Azerbaijan (AZE)0415
48  Venezuela (VEN)0325
49  Qatar (QAT)0202
50  South Korea (KOR)0123
51  Denmark (DEN)0112
52  Egypt (EGY)0101
  Ethiopia (ETH)0101
  Hungary (HUN)0101
  Ivory Coast (CIV)0101
  Uganda (UGA)0101
57  Austria (AUT)0022
  Portugal (POR)0022
59  Belarus (BLR)0011
  Cape Verde (CPV)0011
  Czech Republic (CZE)0011
  Mozambique (MOZ)0011
  Pakistan (PAK)0011
  Saudi Arabia (KSA)0011
  Slovakia (SVK)0011
  Sri Lanka (SRI)0011
  Turkey (TUR)0011
  Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (68 entries)177178175530

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Final Paralympic Games Athletics Programme from www.paralympics.org, Official website of the IPC.
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