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The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. There were 539 medal events.
The 2020 Summer Paralympics (Japanese: 東京2020パラリンピック競技大会, Hepburn: Tōkyō Nizeronizero Pararinpikku Kyōgi Taikai), branded as the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 24 August to 5 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.
Athletics at the XVI Paralympic Games Athletics pictogram of the 2020 Summer Paralympics Venue Tokyo National Stadium Dates 27 August – 5 September 2021 Competitors 1100 in 168 events from 129 nations ← 2016 2024 → 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 ...
Athletics – Men's 100 metres at the XVI Paralympic Games Venue Tokyo National Stadium Dates 27 August – 4 September 2021 No. of events 16 Competitors 194 from 64 nations ← 2016 2024 → Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women 1500 m men women 5000 m men women 4×100 m relay mixed Road events Marathon men women ...
Athletics – Men's 400 metres at the XVI Paralympic Games Venue Tokyo National Stadium Dates 27 August – 4 September 2021 No. of events 12 Competitors 135 from 55 nations ← 2016 2024 → Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Track events 100 m men women 200 m men women 400 m men women 800 m men women 1500 m men women 5000 m men women 4×100 m relay mixed Road events Marathon men women ...
4 September 2021 XVI: Tokyo, Japan [29] T51: 1:20.82 Peter Genyn Belgium 17 September 2016 XV: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [24] T52: 55.39 Tomoki Sato Japan 27 August 2021 XVI: Tokyo, Japan [30] T53: 46.61 Pongsakorn Paeyo Thailand 29 August 2021 XVI: Tokyo, Japan [31] T54: 44.87 Athiwat Paeng-Nuea Thailand 29 August 2021 XVI: Tokyo, Japan [32] T62 ...
Gold medalist Anastasia Pagonis of Team United States reacts during the women's 400m freestyle S11 medal ceremony on day 2 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Long before the Paralympic Games, American gymnast George Eyser, who had a wooden leg, competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics, and won three gold medals, two silver and a bronze, including a gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard. There have also been other amputee medallists at the ...