Athletics events at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

2012 Summer Paralympics

The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...

 are scheduled to be held in the Olympic Stadium

Olympic Stadium (London)

The London Olympic Stadium will be the centrepiece of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics. The stadium is located at Marshgate Lane in Stratford in the Lower Lea Valley and has capacity for the Games of approximately 80,000 making it temporarily the third largest stadium in Britain behind...

 in London

London

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, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, from 31 August to 9 September 2012.

Classification

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 athletes
• 32–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy
• 40: Les Autres (others) (including people with dwarfism)
• 42–46: Amputees
• 51–58: Athletes with a spinal cord disability

The class numbers are given prefixes of "T" , "F" and "P" for track, field and pentathlon events, respectively.