Track & Field

Track and Field (aka Athletics) has been part of the Paralympic Games since 1960 and events are open to male and female athletes in all disability groups.

Advances in technology and athletes' dedication to the sport have made once unimaginable feats become realities. Some compete in wheelchairs, others with prostheses and athletes with blindness/visual impairment compete with the guidance of a sighted guide.

Athletes compete according to their functional classifications in each event and these events are continually being redefined to include as many athletes as possible. Athletics includes:

•Track events: Sprint (100m, 200m, 400m), Middle Distance

  (800m, 1500m), Long Distance (5,000m, 10,000m) and Relay

  races (4x100m, 4x400m)

•Road event: Marathon

•Jumping events: High Jump, Long Jump and Triple Jump

•Throwing events: Discus, Shot Put, Javelin

•Combined events: Pentathlon (track and road events, jumping

  events and throwing events, depending on the athletes'

  classification).

More detailed information on Athletics can be found at

http://ipc-athletics.paralympic.org

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