Athletics at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates	8–18 September 2016
Competitors	1100 (660 men, 440 women)
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Athletics events at the 2016 Summer Paralympics were held in the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from September 2016. 177 events were held across both genders where 1,100 athletes competed. The athletics programme was the largest element of the Games programme in terms of entrants and medals awarded.

Classification and events

Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.

The athletics classifications are:

• 11–13: Blind (11) and visually impaired (12, 13) athletes
• 20: Athletes with an intellectual disability
• 31–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy; 31-34 for wheelchair events, 35-38 for ambulant (running) events
• 40-41: Les Autres (others) (including people with dwarfism)
• 42–47: Amputees
• 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability

The class numbers were given prefixes of "T" and "F" for track and field events, respectively. High jump and Long jump, while field events, usually attract a "T" classification

Visually impaired athletes classified 11 run with full eye shades and a guide runner, those classified 12 have the option of using a guide, while those classified 13 do not use a guide runner. Guide runners are awarded medals alongside their athletes.

On 9 June 2015, the IPC announced the final make up of the Rio 2016 athletics programme. There were several changes in the programme, including the elimination of triple jump events, and the reduction of events requiring a factoring system, as this was seen^{[by whom?]} to undermine the image of the event as sport.

The following is a summary of all athletics events which took place at the Games:^[1]

Event summary table

Athletics at the 2016 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	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
Field events
Long jump	men	women
High jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Club throw	men	women
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Schedule

OC

Opening ceremony

●

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

September 2016	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	12 Mon	13 Tue	14 Wed	15 Thu	16 Fri	17 Sat	18 Sun		Gold medals
Athletics	OC	10	20	16	19	14	19	14	19	14	25	5	CC	177

Participating nations

A total of 1,139 athletes from 146 nations competed.

Medal summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	32	23	12	67
2	United States (USA)	16	15	11	42
3	Great Britain (GBR)	15	7	11	33
4	Germany (GER)	9	9	7	25
5	Brazil (BRA)	8	14	11	33
6	Tunisia (TUN)	7	6	6	19
7	Cuba (CUB)	6	1	3	10
8	South Africa (RSA)	5	6	4	15
9	Poland (POL)	4	9	4	17
10	Ukraine (UKR)	4	8	7	19
11	Algeria (ALG)	4	5	6	15
12	Thailand (THA)	4	3	2	9
13	Australia (AUS)	3	9	14	26
14	Canada (CAN)	3	3	2	8
15	France (FRA)	3	2	4	9
	New Zealand (NZL)	3	2	4	9
17	Greece (GRE)	3	2	2	7
	Spain (ESP)	3	2	2	7
19	Morocco (MAR)	3	2	1	6
20	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	3	7
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	3	1	3	7
22	Kenya (KEN)	3	1	2	6
23	Malaysia (MAS)	3	0	1	4
24	Italy (ITA)	2	2	2	6
25	Ireland (IRL)	2	2	1	5
26	Switzerland (SUI)	2	2	0	4
27	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	1	4
	India (IND)	2	1	1	4
29	Iraq (IRQ)	2	1	0	3
30	Latvia (LAT)	2	0	2	4
31	Nigeria (NGR)	2	0	1	3
32	Iran (IRI)	1	6	5	12
33	Mexico (MEX)	1	2	3	6
34	Namibia (NAM)	1	2	2	5
35	Colombia (COL)	1	1	5	7
36	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
37	Croatia (CRO)	1	1	1	3
	Finland (FIN)	1	1	1	3
	Serbia (SRB)	1	1	1	3
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	1	1	3
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	1	1	3
42	Lithuania (LTU)	1	1	0	2
43	Bahrain (BRN)	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	0	0	1
	Kuwait (KUW)	1	0	0	1
46	Japan (JPN)	0	4	3	7
47	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	4	1	5
48	Venezuela (VEN)	0	3	2	5
49	Qatar (QAT)	0	2	0	2
50	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	2	3
51	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
52	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	0	1
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
57	Austria (AUT)	0	0	2	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	2	2
59	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Cape Verde (CPV)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	0	1	1
	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (68 entries)		177	178	175	530