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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 ...
The results are attributed to the IPC country code as currently displayed by the IPC database. Usually, a single code corresponds to a single National Paralympic Committee (NPC). When different codes are displayed for different years, medal counts are combined in the case of a simple change of IPC code (such as from RHO to ZIM for Zimbabwe ) or ...
The games were held in Tokyo, Japan from 24 August to 5 September 2021. There were 539 medal events. Athletes from Costa Rica, [1] Ecuador, [2] El Salvador, [3] [4] Montenegro, [5] and Oman [6] won their first Paralympic medals. El Salvador and Oman had never won an Olympic medal.
Neroli Fairhall, a paraplegic archer from New Zealand, was the first paraplegic competitor, and the third Paralympian, to participate in the Olympic Games, when she competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She placed thirty-fourth in the Olympic archery competition, and won a Paralympic gold medal in the same event. [50]
32 athletes were selected on 16 June 2021. Matthew Levy was selected for his fifth Paralympics. There are 15 debutants. [29] Braedan Jason was added to the team on 14 July 2021 after Australia was granted an additional spot. [30] Blake Cochrane was added to the team on 26 July 2021. [31] Men's events
There were test events before the Olympic and Paralympic Games; [44] [45] these were contested from June 2019 to June 2020 before the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics. The selected Paralympic sports were athletics (2–3 May 2020), goalball (28–29 September 2019), paratriathlon (15–18 August 2019), powerlifting (26–27 September 2019 ...
The game is played from a wheelchair, with two classes, paraplegic (at least one leg must have a permanent and substantial loss of function) and quadriplegic (at least three limbs must have a permanent and substantial loss of function). [21] Volleyball: Volleyball is open to athletes with a physical disability and is performed from a seated ...
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 ...