Para Athletics

Track events
• 100m
• 200m
• 400m
• 800m
• 1500m
• 5000m
• 10000m
• 4 x 100m relay
• 4 x 400m relay
• Marathon

Field events
• Club throw
• Discus
• High jump
• Javelin
• Long jump
• Shot put
• Triple jump

Para Athletics is open to athletes with a physical, intellectual or vision impairment. Athletes are required to submit medical reports and meet the minimum impairment criteria in order to compete. Eligibility is determined by trained Classifiers.

For more information on Eligible Impairments and Classification please see the Para Athletics Information Sheet (PDF – 176KB) – updated August 2024.

Most Para Athletics disciplines, including discus, javelin, shot put and wheelchair racing, require specific sport equipment. Additionally, athletes may use assistive devices including prosthetics, rope tethers and acoustic devices.

The prosthetics used have been specifically developed to withstand the demands of competition. Leg prostheses are required in track events, but in field events they are optional.

Rope tethers and other similar devices may be used by runners with a vision impairment to link them to their sighted guides, and acoustic devices (or a sighted ‘caller’) may be used to indicate throwing targets, take-off in jumping events, etc.