2024 Oceania Para Athletics Championships
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| Host city | Suva, Fiji |
|---|---|
| Nations | 8 |
| Events | 22 |
| Dates | 4 – 8 June 2022 |
| Main venue | HFC Bank Stadium |
The 2024 Oceania Para Athletics Championships were the second Oceania Para Athletics Championships for Oceania athletes with a disability. It was held at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva from 4 to 8 June 2024.[1][2]
They were staged concurrently with the 2024 Senior, U18, and Masters Championships.[1]
All athletes are classified according to their impairment and competition is a combined format where athletes of multiple different classifications compete against each other. Each classification consists of a three character code, starting with a letter and followed by a two-digit number. The letter specifies the event type: T for track and jumping events, and F for throwing events. The first digit of the number specifies the type of impairment and the second digit the severity of the impairment; the lower the second number, the more impaired.
- T/F11–13 (visual impairment)
- T/F20 (intellectual impairment)
- T/F31–34 (wheelchair events for athletes with a movement disorder, including cerebral palsy)
- T/F35–38 (ambulant events for athletes with a movement disorder, including cerebral palsy)
- T/F40–41 (short stature, including dwarfism)
- T/F42–44 (leg impairment, lower limb affected by limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement)
- T/F45–47 (arm impairment, upper limbs affected by limb deficiency, impaired muscle power or impaired range of movement)
- T/F51–57 (wheelchair events for athletes with a lower body impairment, including paraplegia)
- T/F61-64 (Lower limb/s competing with prosthesis affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference)
Participating nations
Eight Oceania Athletics member federations participated.[3] In addition, Regional Australia (an invitational team) competed but were ineligible for Championship medals. New Caledonia were initially scheduled to take part, however, due to a coinciding civil unrest in the territory, they were unable to send a team.
Invitational team.