Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Allocation of qualification slots are awarded to the NPC not the individual athlete.^[3]

• Maximum number of slots awards to an NPC is 40 male and 33 female slots (73 total slots). However, exceptions may be granted through the Bipartite Commission Invitation method which starts in early June 2024.
• An NPC can enter a maximum of three eligible athletes per individual medal event.
• An NPC can enter one team in the relay medal event.
  • A maximum of sixteen NPCs are each eligible to enter one team in the Universal Relay medal event.
  • Four top ranked NPCs in the 2023 and 2024 World Championships each obtain one team entry.
  • A Universal Relay Qualification Ranking for 1 October 2023 to 16 June 2024 will be in place: the eight highest ranked teams will obtain one team entry.
• An NPC can enter a maximum of six eligible athletes in each marathon event; a maximum of three NPC athletes can enter each marathon medal event as their only event.
• An NPC can enter an eligible athlete in an unlimited number of individual events within their classification (or, on occasion, in a higher classification if its open to lower classifications) - as long as the athlete has achieved an MES (minimal entry standard) performance in each respective event. As such, when an athlete gains a quota place in one event, subsequent results that would earn further quota places are ignored, except for relay teams. In effect, unlike at the Olympic Games, a quota place gains entry to the entire Paralympic Games athletic meet at that classification, rather than only the event the quota was gained in.

• Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification