List of IPC world records in athletics

Updated on Nov 09, 2023

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World records in disability athletics are ratified by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). In Paralympic athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows:

11–13: Blind and visually impaired

20: Intellectually disabled

32–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy; classes 32–34 compete in wheelchairs, while 35–38 are ambulant

40–46: Ambulant athletes with amputations or other disabilities such as dwarfism

51–58: Wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries or amputations

The IPC recognizes records for each of these classes.

Men

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List of IPC world records in athletics Wikipedia

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