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List of Paralympic Games classifications

Paralympic Games classifications group athletes by their level of function to allow for fair competition. There are six general categories of disability that the International Paralympic Committee recognises: amputation, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal injury, intellectual disability and Les Autres (a catch-all term for other disabilities such as achondroplasia and multiple sclerosis).

Each athlete is assessed by an official (called a classifier) who determines the degree to which the athlete's disability impairs their capacity to perform in their chosen Paralympic sport. Based upon this assessment, athletes are placed in a sport-specific classification. The signifier of a classification is typically formed by a combination of letters and numbers. The letters may denote either the type of sporting event or the disability type. The number, or ranking, denotes the severity of the disability (and in some cases, also the disability type), with lower numbers usually indicating more severe impairment.

Depending on the sport, these classifications can either group together or separate athletes who have different categories of disability. For example, goalball and judo are exclusively for visually impaired athletes, while people of any disability category can compete in the same sailing competitions. In athletics, athletes are generally divided by both their disability type and the severity of that disability. Swimming groups those with physical disabilities by severity only, meaning that athletes of different disability types may feature in the same race. Six sports are for wheelchair athletes only: basketball, curling, fencing, rugby, tennis, and volleyball.

Classifications

Letter abbreviation key:

• AS = Arms and shoulders
• B = Visual impairment
• BC = Boccia
• C = Bicycle (cycling) or cerebral palsy (football)
• D = Disabled
• F = Field event
• H = Handcycle

• LTA = Legs, trunk and arms
• MD = Minimally disabled
• P = Pentathlon
• S = Swimming
• SB = Swimming breaststroke
• SH = Shooting
• SM = Swimming medley

• ST = Standing
• T = Track (athletics) or tricycle (cycling)
• TA = Trunk and arms
• TPA = Keelboat, more severe
• TPB = Keelboat, less severe
• TT = Table tennis
• W (or WC) = Wheelchair

Sport	Classification	Disability type	Description	Games
Archery	W1			Summer
	W2			Summer
	ST			Summer
Athletics	T/F11			Summer
	T/F/P12			Summer
	T/F13			Summer
	T/F20			Summer
	T/F31			Summer
	T/F32			Summer
	T/F33			Summer
	T/F34			Summer
	T/F35			Summer
	T/F36			Summer
	T/F37			Summer
	T/F38			Summer
	T/F40			Summer
	T/F42			Summer
	T/F43			Summer
	T/F44			Summer
	T/F45			Summer
	T/F46			Summer
	T/F51			Summer
	T/F52			Summer
	T/F53			Summer
	T/F54			Summer
	F55			Summer
	F56			Summer
	F57			Summer
	F58			Summer
Boccia	BC1			Summer
	BC2			Summer
	BC3			Summer
	BC4			Summer
Cycling	C1			Summer
	C2			Summer
	C3			Summer
	C4			Summer
	C5			Summer
	B			Summer
	H1			Summer
	H2			Summer
	H3			Summer
	H4			Summer
	T1			Summer
	T2			Summer
Equestrian	Grade Ia			Summer
	Grade Ib			Summer
	Grade II			Summer
	Grade III			Summer
	Grade IV			Summer
Football (5-a-side)	B1			Summer
Football (7-a-side)	C5			Summer
	C6			Summer
	C7			Summer
	C8			Summer
Goalball	B1			Summer
	B2			Summer
	B3			Summer
Judo	B1			Summer
	B2			Summer
	B3			Summer
Powerlifting	Minimal disability			Summer
Rowing	LTA			Summer
	TA			Summer
	AS			Summer
Sailing	1			Summer
	2			Summer
	3			Summer
	4			Summer
	5			Summer
	6			Summer
	7			Summer
	MD			Summer
	TPA			Summer
	TPB			Summer
Shooting	SH1A			Summer
	SH1B			Summer
	SH1C			Summer
	SH2A			Summer
	SH2B			Summer
	SH3B			Summer
Sitting volleyball	D			Summer
	MD			Summer
Swimming	S1			Summer
	S2			Summer
	S3			Summer
	S4			Summer
	S5			Summer
	S6			Summer
	S7			Summer
	S8			Summer
	S9			Summer
	S10			Summer
	S11			Summer
	S12			Summer
	S13			Summer
	S14			Summer
	SB1			Summer
	SB2			Summer
	SB3			Summer
	SB4			Summer
	SB5			Summer
	SB6			Summer
	SB7			Summer
	SB8			Summer
	SB9			Summer
	SB11			Summer
	SB12			Summer
	SB13			Summer
	SB14			Summer
	SM1			Summer
	SM2			Summer
	SM3			Summer
	SM4			Summer
	SM5			Summer
	SM6			Summer
	SM7			Summer
	SM8			Summer
	SM9			Summer
	SM10			Summer
	SM11			Summer
	SM12			Summer
	SM13			Summer
Table tennis	TT1			Summer
	TT2			Summer
	TT3			Summer
	TT4			Summer
	TT5			Summer
	TT6			Summer
	TT7			Summer
	TT8			Summer
	TT9			Summer
	TT10			Summer
	TT11			Summer
Wheelchair basketball	1 point			Summer
	1.5 points			Summer
	2 points			Summer
	2.5 points			Summer
	3 points			Summer
	3.5 points			Summer
	4 points			Summer
	4.5 points			Summer
Wheelchair fencing	A			Summer
	B			Summer
Wheelchair rugby	0.5 points			Summer
	1 point			Summer
	1.5 points			Summer
	2 points			Summer
	2.5 points			Summer
	3 points			Summer
	3.5 points			Summer
Wheelchair tennis	Open			Summer
	Quad			Summer
Alpine skiiing	Sitting			Winter
	Standing			Winter
	Visually impaired			Winter
Biathlon	Sitting			Winter
	Standing			Winter
	Visually impaired			Winter
Cross-country skiing	Sitting			Winter
	Standing			Winter
	Visually impaired			Winter
Ice sledge hockey	Open class	ALA, CP, VI, WC		Winter
Wheelchair curling	WC	Wheelchair only		Winter

References

• How Disabilities are classified within the Paralympic Games. Kent Sport. Retrieved on 2012-09-02.
• A-Z of Paralympic classification. BBC Sport (2012-07-23). Retrieved on 2012-09-02.
• Classification. London 2012. Retrieved on 2012-09-02.
• Paralympics 2012: classifications explained. Daily Telegraph (2012-08-24). Retrieved on 2012-09-02.