List of IPC world records in athletics
World records in disability athletics are ratified by the International Paralympic Committee. In Para-athletics competitions, athletes are given a class depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classes are as follows:
- 11–13: Blind and visually impaired
- 20: Intellectually disabled
- 32–38: Athletes with cerebral palsy; classes 32–34 compete in wheelchairs, while 35–38 are ambulant
- 40–46: Ambulant athletes with amputations or other disabilities such as dwarfism
- 51–58: Wheelchair athletes with spinal cord injuries or amputations
- 61–64: Athletes with limb differences
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