Defunct Paralympic field events explained

See main article: List of Paralympic medalists in athletics. These defunct field events were once contested in previous Paralympic Games in which both men and women competed in various classes.

Men's events

Football accuracy and distance

Football accuracy and distance were contested once in the 1976 Summer Paralympics.

Event	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Football accuracy E1^[1]	1976		Only one competitor
Football distance E1^[2]	1976		Only one competitor

Pentathlon

Men

The men's event scheduled between 1960 and 2008.

Wheelchair athletes

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open	1960
Special class	1964
	1968
1	1964
1B	1972
2	1964
	1972
3	1972
4	1972
5	1972
Complete	1968
Incomplete	1968

Precision club throw

Precision club throw was contested between 1976 and 1984

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1A-1B	1976

Precision javelin

Precision javelin was contested at seven Games from 1960 to Athletics at the 1988 Summer Paralympics. It was absent in the 1964 Summer Paralympics.

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1C-5	1976
A	1960
B	1960
C	1960
	1976
Open	1968
	1972

Triple jump

This event was for men only and was contested from 1980 to 2012. They mainly competed by blind athletes or athletes with amputations.

Blind athletes

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
B	1980^[3]
B1	1984^[4]
	1988^[5]
	1992^[6]
B2	1984
	1988
	1992
B3	1984
	1988
	1992
F10	1996^[7]
F11	1996
	2000^[8]
	2004^[9]
	2008^[10]
	2012^[11]
F12	1996
	2000
	2004
	2008
	2012

Amputee athletes

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
A	1980
A5	1984			No bronze medalist
A6	1984
A6/A8-9/L6	1988
J3-4	1992
F45-46	1996
F46	2000
	2004
	2012

Women's events

Pentathlon

The women's competition scheduled between 1968 and 2000

Wheelchair athletes

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2	1972
3	1972
4	1972
5	1972		Only one competitor
Complete	1968
Incomplete	1968
Special class	1968

Precision javelin throw

Class	Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Open	1968
	1972

See also

• Defunct Paralympic track events

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Football Accuracy E1. 17 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
2. Web site: Men's Football Distance E1. 17 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
3. Web site: Paralympic Games 1980 Arnhem Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
4. Web site: Paralympic Games 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
5. Web site: Paralympic Games 1988 Seoul Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
6. Web site: Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
7. Web site: Paralympic Games 1996 Atlanta Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
8. Web site: Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
9. Web site: Paralympic Games 2004 Athens Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
10. Web site: Paralympic Games 2008 Beijing Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.
11. Web site: Paralympic Games 2012 London Athletics. 19 May 2018. International Paralympic Committee.