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International Paralympics
Committee
Competition Rules
Comments and Discussion led by David Weicker
Acknowledgements to David Greig , Bruce Pirnie, Elaine Lake and Jennifer Campbell
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Brief History
• 1948 England: sports competition for soldiers with disabilities who
returned from World War 2
• 1952 England vs. Netherlands
• 1960 1st Olympic style games held for athletes with a disability in
Rome, Italy
• 1988 (Seoul) first time Paralympic Games were held in the same
location as able bodied Games then Albertville 1992 (winter).
• June 2001 IOC and IPC (IOSDS) signed a formal agreement to
implement Paralympics after Olympic games in same city.
(International Organizations of Specific Disability Sports)
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PARALYMPIC CLASSIFICATIONS
 Classifications for Track and Field
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Visually Impaired - T/F 11, 12, 13
Cerebral Palsy T/F - 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38
Ambulatory Athletes - T/F 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
Wheelchair Athletes (with various levels of spinal cord injury and
amputations) T/F 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55
 Athletes with Developmental Disabilities T/F 20 (IQ score 70 or
less)
 Dwarf T/F 40
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CLASSIFICATION - ID
Each classification has two numbers after the letter
T (for track) or F (for field):
– first number determines the classification
– second number determines the level of ability within the
classification.
Visually Impaired:
T 11 - totally blind run with a guide (No usable vision)
T 12 - blind but has the option of having a guide (Low vision)
T 13 - blind but runs on their own (Visually Impaired)
Cerebral Palsy:
T / F 32-34 - cerebral palsy in wheelchair
T / F 35-38 - cerebral palsy but can stand (ambulatory)
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CLASSIFICATION - CATEGORIES
• Amputee: Athletes with a partial or total loss of at least one limb.
• Visually Impaired: Athletes with vision impairment ranging from
partial vision, sufficient to be judged legally blind, to total blindness.
(in T11 athletes wear opaque glasses)
• Cerebral Palsy: Athletes with non-progressive brain damage, for
example cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke or similar
disabilities affecting muscle control, balance or coordination.
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CLASSIFICATION - CATEGORIES
• Spinal cord injury: Athletes with disabilities which require them to
compete in a wheelchair.
• Les Autres: Athletes with a physical disability that does not fall
strictly under one of the other 6 categories, such as dysmelia,
arthrogryposis, multiple sclerosis or congenital deformities of the
limbs such as that caused by thalidomide.
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CLASSIFICATIONS – MORE INFO
• IPC Athletics Classification Manual for Physical Impairments 20082010 - for more information:
www.paralympic.org
Email: [email protected]
• Classification is a three stage process done by medical staff called
classifiers (not up to us as officials at the start line or field site)
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CLASSIFICATIONS
• Stage 1 – Examination: assessment of impairment, novel motor
tasks and movements that are closely related to the sport.
• Stage 2 – Sport Specific Assessment: observation and assessment
of the athlete performing the event/s that he/she is entered in during
training sessions / practices.
• Stage 3 – During Competition: observation and assessment of sport
specific motor tasks while competing.
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RULES
• Call Room (measurements and other
rules)
• Track rules
• Field rules
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CALL ROOM: Wheelchairs
Inspections and Measurements
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WHEELCHAIRS (Call Room)
• Measurements and inspections take place without the athlete in
wheelchair
• 2 Large wheels: maximum diameter including the inflated tire shall
not exceed 70 cm per wheel
• Small wheel: maximum diameter including the inflated tire shall not
exceed 50 cm
• No part of chair may protrude behind the vertical plane (back tyres)
• Only hand operated mechanical steering devices allowed
• Strapping: non-elastic material and attached to chair
• No mirrors
• Athlete must demonstrate turning and braking (this is done with
athlete in the chair!)
• Speedometers (?)
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CALL ROOM: Throwing Chairs
Inspections and Measurements
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CALL ROOM: Throwing Chairs
• Inspections and Measurements taken without the athlete in the chair
• Maximum height of throwing frame, including cushions used as a
seat shall not exceed 75cm
• All parts of the frame must be fixed with no flexible or articulating
joints
• Frame may have a “holding bar” but it must not have any articulation
or joints
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CALL ROOM: Blind Athletes
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CALL ROOM: Blind Athletes
• Opaque glasses: athletes in sport class T/F 11.
• Escorts / guide runners are permitted but must wear
a distinctively coloured vest (provided by Org.)
• Heat sheets to indicate deaf/blind athletes
• Forms for assistance (eg. To help set blocks or to
mark the runway for jumps, etc.) must be submitted
or be available to the call room
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CALL ROOM: Other items
• Competition clothing must be close fitting. (IAAF Rules)
• Wearing of helmets is COMPULSORY in all individual & team
track races of 800m and longer, 4 x 400 m relay and all road
races.
• Races where athletes stay in their lanes
helmets do not have to be worn.
• Need to know rules for relays/exchanges
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Amputee
• Athlete wears a
prosthetic or orthotic
leg(s).
• Measured in Call Room
to ensure leg(s) of equal
length.
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Oscar Pistorius
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Nickname the “Blade Runner”
Double amputee
Cheetahs – J shaped blades
Cleared for 2012 Olympics
Debate: prosthetics (technology) vs. natural legs
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RULES
Track rules
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Starters
Starters Assistants
Track Referee/Umpires/Judges
Specific rules for Relay events
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RULES
Track rules – Starters
• For wheelchair races, no part of front wheel can
touch the start line and all wheels must be in contact
with the ground
• Use “wheel back” not “stand up”
• Can stop the race in the first 50m in 1500m or
longer
• Officials can rule on safety of wheelchairs (normally
the Technical Delegate)
• No delays for equipment malfunction
• 4-point stanch is NOT required for Cerebral Palsy
T35-38 or T42-46
• Arm amputees may use pads to rest stumps
• For “deaf” athletes may need flags (checkered or ?)
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RULES
Track rules – Starters Assistants
• Helmets must be worn in races of 800m and longer plus 4x400
• Bib numbers on side of helmet for photo (eg. As hip numbers) for
events 400 and above
• One bib number on back of chair
• No urine – automatic disqualification
• May allow a lap for wheelchair athletes to set their compensators
• Guides for blind athletes must wear a vest; guides can give verbal
advice and the choice of (which of two assigned lanes) is up to
athlete and guide
• Deaf athletes are normally assigned an outside lane and flags,
strobe or other visual devices may be used to assist with the start
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RULES
Track rules – Track Referee/Umpires/Judges
• On recalled race Track Referee can take appropriate action on
reports received (eg. What caused the problem for the recall)
• Generally the rules are the same with some exceptions
• No urine – automatic disqualification
• Guide and athlete are allotted two lanes
• Method: choice by athlete of elbow lead, tether or free run
• Both must finish as a team
• Guide must not push or pull athlete
• Distance of no more than .5m apart with/without tether; in last 10m
of an event the distance can be greater
• Guide must finish behind the athlete
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T11 – Blind Athletes
• Glasses, vest, tether
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Running Free
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TETHER
• T 11 - athletes must wear
approved opaque glasses in
all track and field events (F
11).
Note: Starting blocks
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GUIDES
• Vest
• No glasses
• Can run on either
side. Recommended
for the longer races
that the blind athlete
runs in the inner lane
to reduce the distance.
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RULES
Track rules – Track Referee/Umpires/Judges
• For races further than 400m two guides are allowed BUT only one
exchange is permitted (only on the straight stretch)…if planned, the
Technical Delegate and/or Track Referee must be notified
• Athletes in T42/43/44 shall use leg prosthesis (running events) NO
hopping is allowed in other events (field) prosthesis usage is
optional
• In events of 1500m or longer, officials may conclude the event after
an agreed time limit (DNF for those who didn’t finish)
• Guides and Athletes are a team – if either breaks a rule...
• No urine is allowed to drain onto the competition or warm-up site
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RULES
Track rules – Track Referee/Umpires/Judges
• For wheelchair races the finish order is determined by the order in
which the hub of the leading wheel reaches the vertical plane of the
nearer edge of the finish line
• In T32 to 34 and T51 to 54 athletes overtaking carry the
responsibility for ensuring full clearance of the chair of the person
before cutting in
• Only means of propulsion is by pushing on the wheels or hand rims
otherwise DQ
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RULES
Track rules – relay races
• Relays (with batons – T32 to 34 and T51 to 54)
– Each team shall be allocated 2 adjacent lanes
– Lane markings shall be extended using same colour as exisiting lane
markings
– Take over shall be a touch on any part of the body of the outgoing
competitor but the first touch shall be within the take over zone.
• Relays (without batons – T11 to 13)
– Can be either between the guides or athletes without restriction except
guide must be behind the moment they enter the exchange zone and
they must both be in the exchange zone when the baton is exchanged
– For T12 one guide per exchange zone is allowed
– Helps with the positioning of athletes intending on running without a
guide – cannot interfere with the race
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TRACK EVENTS
• Officials must be very aware of their positioning
around the track.
• Does take some time to get use to all the different classifications
and IPC rules – get a rule book.
• Crash on the track, no assistance should be given
until the okay to do so.
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RULES - FIELD EVENTS
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Discus
Shot Put
Javelin
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Club
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THROW CIRCLES
Standard vectors etc.
Top – Discus circle
Tie down rails
Bottom - Shot Put circle
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THROWS - CHAIRS
• All parts of the frame and footrests must remain inside the vertical
plane of the rim of the circle.
• 3 or 6 throws are consecutive. Each throw is measured. If major
competition, reverse order for last 3 throws (this may change!).
• Setting up chair: 2 minutes for F 32 – 34 and F 54 – 58; 3 minutes
for F 51 – 53. TD official oversees set ups so there are no
unnecessary delays by athletes.
• Acoustic orientation is allowed by one escort (caller) per athlete.
Must wear approved distinctive coloured vest.
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STABILIZING CHAIRS
TIE-DOWN THROW SET-UP
• Throwing chairs will vary in design. Each chair is designed with the
athletes body in mind
• No event shall be delayed while a competitor makes adjustments to
his/her chair
• Maximum height of a throwing frame, including seat cushion, shall
not exceed 75 cm
• All parts of the frame must be fixed
• Strapping must be of non-elastic material which is attached to the
chair
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• Examples
of chairs that
are tied down.
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TIE DOWN EQUIPMENT
• Tie-down rails: L shaped iron with holes stamped in 12 ‘’ intervals on
the vertical side or U channel with pre cut holes or spikes
• Ratchet straps (truck straps) with J hooks at both ends to secure
chair to rails
• Using tie down rails on grass will still need spikes to
anchor rails into the ground
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• Throw circles
• What event is
the top one:
discus or
shot?
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DISCUS
• Wheelchair tie
down: lock front
and back
• All parts of
frame /wheelchair
must remain inside
the vertical
plane of the rim
of the circle.
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SHOT PUT
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Support hold bar / pole
One continuous motion
Support front bar / pole
Pole cannot pass vertical line
of circle
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DISCUS
• Tie down ratchet system
• Can start a throw or put
from a sitting position;
must keep one foot in
contact with the ground
inside circle
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ORIENTATION AND TIMING
• Acoustic orientation by an escort is allowed during the
approach run as long as they are not in a position to hinder the
event
• An escort may bring an athlete to the throwing circle or runway
and it is the escorts responsibility to help the athlete orient
him/herself before the attempt
• Time clocks – time (clock or stopwatch) shall begin from the
moment when the official is satisfied that the athlete has
completed the orientation process
• Athletes can ask for confirmation of start
• Clock can stop and restart if athlete loses orientation
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HIGH JUMP
• F11 athletes can touch bar
as an aid to orientation
before run up; while
touching bar it falls off it
does not count as an
attempt
• F12 may place an
appropriate visual aid on
the bar (white / red flag or
even a handkerchief)
Notice white tape on bar
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HORIZONTAL JUMPS - PIT DIAGRAM
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HORIZONTAL JUMPS
• Take off board for triple jump is
normally set at 9m for women and
11m for men (minimum 9m for F11
and 11m for F12-13)
• Cones help with identifying take off
board as does a powdery substance
(such as chalk, talcum powder, light
sand or laundry detergent)
• For F11 – 12 the distance jumped is
measured from where the athlete
leaves an impression in the takeoff
area; if the athlete takes off before
the take off area the jump is
measured from the nearest edge of
this area (take off)
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HORIZONTAL JUMPS - Measurments
If take off is before the board
(a) measure from the
beginning of the take off area
If take off is within the takeoff
area and before the scratch
line (b) measure from the take
off point (b)
If take off is beyond the
scratch line/board (c) no
measurement
Take off area
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a
foul
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b
Board
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HORIZONTAL JUMPS
• Must know rules if prosthesis falls off
– if in process of jump measure
where it lands
• If the prosthesis lands behind the
closes mark in the landing area, but
outside the landing area, it shall be
counted as a foul
• If it falls off during approach the
athlete can adjust it and continue, as
long as it is within the allowed time
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CRASH!
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OOPS!!!!
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TECHNICAL DELEGATE
• Technical Delegate has the responsibility to oversee all
areas of the competition:
• Inspect Call Room and Call Room operations
• Oversee that heats, finals are drawn correctly
• Check results including knowing how to separate classifications
when several classes have combined in a heat
• Supervise / help with throws chairs, if required
• Can inspect a frame / wheelchair at any time before or after an
event
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CANADIAN IPC OFFICIALS
• With throw chair set up only the Technical Delegate, support person
and athlete set up the frame. Officials are not to help unless
qualified. Once chair is set up support person moves out.
(Bruce Pirnie and Elaine Lake)
• At major competitions - normally a crew takes care of the set up of
all throws chairs.
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“Quick Notes” IPC Rules
• “Quick Notes” revision done by event disciplines.
• IPC rules must be read in conjunction with IAAF rules
and regulations.
• Athletics Canada: David Greig IPC
[email protected]
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Questions
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International Paralympics
Committee
Competition Rules
Comments and Discussion led by David Weicker
Acknowledgements to David Greig , Bruce Pirnie, Elaine Lake and Jennifer Campbell
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