Back ألعاب القوى البارالمبية Arabic Atletisme adaptat Catalan Atletismo adaptado Spanish Athlétisme handisport French Para-athletics GPE אתלטיקה במשחקים הפאראלימפיים HE Atletica leggera paralimpica Italian パラ陸上競技 Japanese Olahraga para Malay G-atletiek Dutch
Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practiced by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair racing and the club throw, which are specific to the division. Certain able-bodied events are rarely contested as para-athletic events outside deaf sport; pole vault, triple jump, hammer (of which the club throw is sometimes considered the para-athletic equivalent) and the three hurdling events. The sport is known by various names, including disability athletics, disabled track and field and Paralympic athletics. Top-level competitors may be called elite athletes with disability.[1]