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Classification

Classification

In Athletics, athletes from all of the disability categories represented in the IPC compete:

(a) Classes 11, 12 and 13 cover the different levels of visual impairment.

(b) Class 20 covers athletes with an intellectual disability

(c) Classes 32-38 cover athletes with different levels of cerebral palsy - both wheelchair (32 - 34) and ambulant (35 - 38).

(d) Classes 40-46 cover ambulant athletes with different levels of amputations and other disabilities, including les Autres (eg. dwarfism).

(e) Classes 51-58 cover wheelchair athletes with different levels of spinal cord injuries and amputations.

(Credit: IPC. Click here for further information.)

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