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Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics were held in the National Stadium in Tokyo. There was 167 medal events: 93 for men, 73 for women and one mixed event. It was the largest contest of the Games programme regarding athlete numbers and medal events to be scheduled.[1]

The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were instead held from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[2][3]

Classification and events

Participating athletes are given a classification depending on their disabilities (T denotes track events, F denotes field events). They are categorised into seven different classifications:[4][5]

Event summary table

Key:

Qualification

Participating nations

As of June 2021.[6]

Schedule

Medal table

Two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie in the men's high jump T47 athletics event. No bronze medal was awarded as a result.

Two bronze medals were awarded for a third-place tie in the men's 100 metres T64 athletics event.

Due to the disqualification of two participants, a bronze medal was not awarded in the women's 100 metres T11 athletics event.

Source (167 Gold, 168 Silver, 166 Bronze) :[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympic.org (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics: New dates confirmed for 2021". BBC Sport. 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Paralympic Athletics Classification Guide". International Paralympic Committee. 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Athletics - Tokyo 2020". tokyo2020.org. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 16 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Slot Allocation Overview" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 23 June 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Para Athletics (Formerly IPC Athletics) News & Events". Archived from the original on 6 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

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