- T/F 11-13 Athletes with a Visual Impairment
- T/F 31-38 Athletes with Cerebral Palsy
- T/F 40-46 Amputee & Les Autres
- F 51-58 Seated Field Athletes
Classification
Paralympic athletes are grouped for competition according to the type and extent of their disability
Athletics
Athletics is one of the most established and exciting sports and combines sprinting, distance running, wheelchair racing, throwing and jumping events under one roof. Historically, the backbone of summer Paralympic Games, athletes compete according to their functional classification in each event.
Classification
The letter ‘F’ is for field athletes, ‘T’ determines those who compete on the track while the number refers to their functional classification:
