Athletics

【Competition Venues：Olympic Stadium】

• Overview

  Athletics consists of consists of various track & field disciplines : track disciplines at a stadium, including 100 meters and relay races ; field disciplines such as the long jump and shot put ; and road disciplines, e.g. marathons.

  

  A sport-specific 3 wheel wheelchair
  called a "racer" is light-weighted
  using carbon and titanium

  These events attract the participation of a wide range of athletes, including those using a wheelchair or a prosthetic limb, and those who are visually impaired. Competitions are classified according to the type and the extent of athletes' impairments.
  
  Athletes in a wheelchair use a sport-specific wheelchair called a "racer." Lower limb amputees use a sport-specific prosthetic limb. Visually impaired athletes run with a guide runner to enable them to run toward a goal safely.
  
  Each discipline is divided into many classes according to the type and the extent of athletes' impairments, providing fair and equitable competition among athletes with similar impairments.

  History

  Athletics has been an official sport since the first Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960. At the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, 29 disciplines were held in total, including 15 men's and women's track disciplines, 12 men's and women's field disciplines, and men's and women's marathons.

  Detail

  Sports Event

  Diciplines	Men	Women
  Track	100m T11・12・13 100m T33 ・34 100m T35・36・37・38 100m T47 100m T51 ・52・53・54 100m T63・64 200m T35・37 　 200m T51　 200m T61　 200m T64　 400m T11 ・12・13 400m T20 400m T36 ・37・38 400m T47 400m T52 ・53・54 400m T62 800m T34 800m T53・54 1500m T11・13 1500m T20 1500m T38 1500m T46 1500m T52・54 5000m T11・13 5000m T54 Marathon T12 Marathon T46 Marathon T54 Long Jump T11・12・13 Long Jump T20 Long Jump T36・37・38 Long Jump T47 Long Jump T63・64 High Jump T47 High Jump T63・64	100m T11・12・13 100m T34 100m T35・36・37・38 100m T47 100m T53・54 100m T63・64 200m T11・12 　 200m T35・36・37 　 200m T47 200m T64 400m T11 ・12・13 400m T20 400m T37・38 400m T47 400m T53・54 800m T34 800m T53・54 1500m T11・13 1500m T20 1500m T54 5000m T54 Marathon T12 Marathon T54 Long Jump T11・12 Long Jump T20 Long Jump T37・38 Long Jump T47 Long Jump T63・64
  	Mixed
  	4x100m Medley
  Field	Club Throw F32 Club Throw F51 Discus Throw F11 Discus Throw F37 Discus Throw F52・56 Discus Throw F64 Javelin Throw F13 Javelin Throw F34 Javelin Throw F38 Javelin Throw F41 Javelin Throw F46 Javelin Throw F54・57 Javelin Throw F64 Shot Put F11・12 Shot Put F12 Shot Put F20 Shot Put F32・33・34 Shot Put F35・36・37 Shot Put F40・41 Shot Put F46 Shot Put F53・55・57 Shot Put F63	Club Throw F32 Club Throw F51 Discus Throw F11 Discus Throw F38 Discus Throw F41 Discus Throw F53・55・57 Discus Throw F64 Javelin Throw F13 Javelin Throw F34 Javelin Throw F46 Javelin Throw F54・56 Shot Put F12 Shot Put F20 Shot Put F32・33・34 Shot Put F35・36・37 Shot Put F40・41 Shot Put F54・57

*Classification

Class	Type of impairment
T/F11 T/F12 T/F13 T/F14	Visual impairment	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F20	Intellectual impairment
T30 T/F31 T/F32 T/F33 T/F34	Cerebral palsy(wheelchair)	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F35 T/F36 T/F37 T/F38	Cerebral palsy(standing)	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F40 T/F41	Short stature	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F42 T/F43 T/F44	Lower limb deficiency	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F45 T/F46 T47	Upper limb deficiency	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F51 T/F52 T/F53 T/F54 T/F55 F56 F57	Wheelchair other than cerebral palsy (Cervical cord injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, functional disorder)	Severe ↕ Minor
T/F61 T/F62 T/F63 T/F64	Lower limb amputation (compete with prosthetics)	Severe ↕ Minor

(* Table prepared to reflect international competition standards based on classification tables used at the Japan Para Championships)

(Updated on December 4, 2019)