FAST FACTSA total of 210 Paralympic world records were set at Rio 2016 – some more than once • Two sports made their debut at 2016’s Paralympic Games – canoeing and the triathlon – making 22 sports in all

ATHLETICS – WOMENTRACK Class Record Holder Date100 m T53 16.19 Huang Lisha (CHN) 8 Sep

T11 11.91 Libby Clegg (GBR) 9 Sep

T12 11.40 Omara Durand (CUB) 9 SepT37 13.13 Georgina Hermitage (GBR) 9 SepT13 11.79 Leilia Adzhametova (UKR) 11 SepT44 12.93 Sophie Kamlish (GBR) 17 Sep

200 m T35 28.22 Zhou Xia (CHN) 17 Sep400 m T53 54.43 Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) 11 Sep

T44 59.27 Marie-Amélie le Fur (FRA) 12 SepT37 1:00.53 Georgina Hermitage (GBR) 13 SepT34 58.78 Hannah Cockroft (GBR) 14 SepT38 1:00.71 Kadeena Cox (GBR) 14 SepT12 51.77 Omara Durand (CUB) 17 Sep

800 m T53 1:47.45 Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) 17 Sep1,500 m T11 4:38.92 Zheng Jin (CHN) 17 Sep4 x 100 m relay T11-13 47.18 China (Zhou Guohua, Shen Yaqin,

Jia Juntingxian, Liu Cuiqing)14 Sep

T35-38 50.81 China (Jiang Fenfen, Chen Junfei, Li Yingli, Wen Xiaoyan)

15 Sep

4 x 400 m relay T53/54 3:32.11 China (Li Yingjie, Liu Wenjun, Zhou Hongzhuan, Zou Lihong)

15 Sep

Marathon T11 3:19:46 Zheng Jin (CHN) 18 SepFIELD Class Record Holder DateLong jump T44 5.83 m Marie-Amélie le Fur (FRA) 9 Sep

T42 4.93 m Vanessa Low (DEU) 10 SepT37 5.14 m Wen Xiaoyan (CHN) 14 Sep

Shot F20 13.94 m Ewa Durska (POL) 10 SepF40 8.40 m Lauritta Onye (NGA) 11 SepF37 13.96 m Franziska Liebhardt (DEU) 13 SepF12 15.05 m Safiya Burkhanova (UZB) 14 SepF34 8.75 m Zou Lijuan (CHN) 14 SepF35 13.91 m Wang Jun (CHN) 15 Sep

Discus F44 44.53 m Yao Juan (CHN) 11 SepF51 13.09 m Rachael Morrison (USA) 14 SepF40 23.34 m Renata Sliwinska (POL) 15 SepF41 33.38 m Raoua Tlili (TUN) 15 SepF37 37.60 m Mi Na (CHN) 17 Sep

Club F32 26.93 m Maroua Brahmi (TUN) 9 SepF51 22.81 m Joanna Butterfield (GBR) 11 Sep

Javelin F34 21.86 m Zou Lijuan (CHN) 9 SepF55 23.26 m Diāna Dadzīte (LVA) 10 SepF46 43.01 m Hollie Arnold (GBR) 13 SepF54 20.25 m Flora Ugwunwa (NGA) 13 SepF13 44.58 m Nozimakhon Kayumova (UZB) 17 Sep

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ATHLETICS – MENTRACK Class Record Holder Date100 m T35 12.22 Ihor Tsvietov (UKR) 9 Sep

T37 11.42 Charl du Toit (ZAF) 10 SepT47 10.57 Petrúcio Ferreira dos Santos

(BRA)11 Sep

T38 10.74 Hu Jianwen (CHN) 13 Sep400 m T20 47.22 Daniel Martins (BRA) 9 Sep

T13 47.15 Mohamed Amguoun (MAR) 15 SepT44 49.66 Michail Seitis (GRC) 15 Sep

800 m T36 2:02.39 James Turner (AUS) 17 Sep1,500 m T13 3:48.29 Abdellatif Baka (DZA) 11 Sep5,000 m T13 14:33.33 Bilel Aloui (TUN) 15 Sep4 x 400 m relay T53/54 3:03.12 China (Cui Yanfeng, Li Huzhao,

Liu Chengming, Liu Yang)17 Sep

FIELD Class Record Holder DateHigh jump T44 2.19 m Maciej Lepiato (POL) 12 SepLong jump T20 7.60 m Abdul Latif Romly (MYS) 11 Sep

T37 6.77 m Shang Guangxu (CHN) 13 SepShot F32 10.39 m Athanasios Konstantinidis (GRC) 8 Sep

F20 16.84 m Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli (MYS) 10 SepF54 11.40 m Hamed Amiri (IRN) 16 SepF55 12.33 m Ruzhdi Ruzhdi (BGR) 16 Sep

Discus F37 59.75 m Khusniddin Norbekov (UZB) 8 SepF44 64.11 m David Blair (USA) 16 Sep

Club F51 29.96 m Željko Dimitrijević (SRB) 16 SepJavelin F43 57.32 m Akeem Stewart (TTO) 9 Sep

F40 35.29 m Ahmed Naas (IRQ) 11 SepF56 42.74 m Claudiney Batista dos Santos

(BRA)12 Sep

F57 46.12 m Mohammad Khalvandi (IRN) 12 SepF46 63.97 m Devendra Jhajharia (IND) 13 Sep

TRACK CYCLINGMEN Class Record Holder Date4,000 m (individual pursuit) B 4:08.146 Steve Bate (GBR) 8 Sep3,000 m (individual pursuit) C1 3:50.373 Li Zhangyu (CHN) 9 Sep1 km (individual time trial) C1 1:11.937 Li Zhangyu (CHN) 10 SepWOMEN Class Record Holder Date3,000 m (individual pursuit) C3 4:03.544 Megan Giglia (GBR) 8 Sep

C5 3:31.394 Dame Sarah Storey (GBR) 8 Sep500 m (individual time trial) C2 39.631 Alyda Norbruis (NLD) 10 Sep

C3 41.252 Megan Giglia (GBR) 10 SepC4 35.716 Kadeena Cox (GBR) 10 SepC5 36.004 Zhou Jufang (CHN) 10 Sep

MIXED Class Record Holder Date750 m (team sprint) C1-5 48.635 Great Britain (Jody Cundy, Jon-

Allan Butterworth, Louis Rolfe)11 Sep

Taking place between 7 and 18 Sep, Rio 2016 was the 15th Paralympic Games since the event debuted in 1960 and the first to be hosted by South America. As with the Olympics that preceded it, the Paralympic Opening Ceremony was held at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro; it included Guinness World Records title holder Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham (UK) riding down a 55-ft (16.7-m) ramp and jumping through a hoop!

In total, 159 countries, comprising 4,342 athletes, participated in the Rio Paralympics. Across the Games, 1,597 medals were awarded, with Team China taking home the lion’s share: 107 golds, 81 silvers and 51 bronzes.

POWERLIFTINGMEN Record Holder Date-49 kg 183 kg Le van Cong (VNM) 8 Sep-59 kg 211 kg Sherif Osman (EGY) 9 Sep-65 kg 220 kg Paul Kehinde (NGA) 10 Sep-72 kg 227 kg Rasool Mohsin (IRQ) 11 Sep-80 kg 240 kg Majid Farzin (IRN) 12 Sep+107 kg 310 kg Siamand Rahman (IRN) 14 SepWOMEN Record Holder Date-41 kg 104 kg Nazmiye Muratlı (TUR) 8 Sep-45 kg 108 kg Hu Dandan (CHN) 9 Sep-55 kg 130 kg Amalia Pérez (MEX) 10 Sep-61 kg 142 kg Lucy Ejike (NGA) 11 Sep-67 kg 138.5 kg Tan Yujiao (CHN) 11 Sep-79 kg 138 kg Bose Omolayo (NGA) 12 Sep+86 kg 160 kg Josephine Orji (NGA) 14 Sep

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DID YOU KNOW?Dame Sarah Storey (left) began her Paralympic career as a swimmer, earning 16 medals between Barcelona 1992 and Athens 2004. She switched goggles for a bicycle in 2005 and since has taken home another nine Paralympic medals – all golds!

Tallest ParalympianMeasuring 2.46 m (8 ft 0.85 in) tall, sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzad Selakjani from Iran is the tallest athlete ever to take part in the Paralympic Games. Indeed, he is only 5 cm (1.96 in) shorter than the world’s tallest living man, Sultan Kösen (TUR). Morteza’s height is a result of acromegaly, a condition caused by the body’s over-production of growth hormone.

3,000 m pursuit (women, C5)Adding three golds to her existing 11, Dame Sarah Storey (GBR) became the most successful female British Paralympian, surpassing wheelchair racer Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. Storey completed the 3,000 m pursuit (C5) in a record time of 3:31.394. Her other two gold medals came in road racing: the C5 time trial and the C4-5 road race.

Javelin (men, F46)Devendra Jhajharia (IND) was one of India’s two gold medal winners at Rio 2016, registering a throw of 63.97 m (209 ft 10.5 in) on 13 Sep. This was the first time he had participated at a Paralympic Games since Athens 2004. The F46 category is for athletes with a single above- or below-elbow amputation.

100 m (women, T12)Cuban sprinter Omara Durand (far right) reconfirmed her status as the fastest female Paralympian, shaving 0.8 sec off her previous record of 11.48 sec, ran at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships. T12 is a category for athletes who are visually impaired, so a guide is permitted to assist in these events.

-80 kg powerlift (men)Majid Farzin (IRN, above) lifted a weight of 240 kg (529 lb 1.7 oz) on 12 Sep, bettering his previous record of 236.5 kg (521 lb 6.2 oz), achieved at the IPC Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 17 Feb 2016.

It was the first of two records set by Iranian powerlifters at Rio. Two days later, Farzin’s compatriot Siamand Rahman – often dubbed the “world’s strongest Paralympian” – lifted 310 kg (683 lb 6.9 oz) in the +107 kg category.

Classes explainedIn the interests of fair competition, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) divides each of its sports into classes based on athletes’ impairments. These are signified by the codes that accompany most event titles. Some classes appear across multiple disciplines, while others are specific to one event. For full details about IPC classes, visit www.paralympic.org/the-ipc.

SWIMMING – LONG COURSE – MENEVENT Class Record Holder Date50 m butterfly S6 29.89 Xu Qing (CHN) 9 Sep

S10 25.23 Maksym Krypak (UKR) 11 SepS7 28.41 Pan Shiyun (CHN) 12 SepS9 27.13 Tamás Sors (HUN) 15 Sep

50 m freestyle S7 27.35 Pan Shiyun (CHN) 9 SepS2 50.65 Zou Liankang (CHN) 12 SepS3 39.24 Huang Wenpan (CHN) 13 Sep

50 m breaststroke SB7 33.40 Carlos Serrano Zarate (COL) 10 SepSB2 50.65 Huang Wenpan (CHN) 14 SepSB3 47.54 Jin Zhipeng (CHN) 14 SepSB6 37.26 Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 15 Sep

50 m backstroke S6 32.87 Zheng Tao (CHN) 8 SepS1 59.96 Hennadii Boiko (UKR) 9 SepS11 31.75 Dmytro Zalevskyi (UKR) 9 SepS2 47.17 Zou Liankang (CHN) 15 SepS13 27.42 Ihar Boki (BLR) 17 SepS8 30.26 Zhou Cong (CHN) 17 Sep

SWIMMING – LONG COURSE – WOMENEVENT Class Record Holder Date50 m butterfly S13 29.14 Muslima Odilova (UZB) 8 Sep50 m backstroke S6 38.17 Song Lingling (CHN) 8 Sep

S2 59.38 Yip Pin Xiu (SGP) 9 SepS7 38.32 Ke Liting (CHN) 9 SepS3 48.49 Peng Qiuping (CHN) 10 SepS8 35.39 Stephanie Millward (GBR) 13 SepS12 31.62 Hannah Russell (GBR) 14 SepS4 47.68 Cheng Jiao (CHN) 16 Sep

50 m freestyle S3 42.21 Zulfiya Gabidullina (KAZ) 8 SepS10 27.37 Aurélie Rivard (CAN) 9 SepS11 30.73 Li Guizhi (CHN) 12 SepS13 27.34 Anna Stetsenko (UKR) 14 SepS8 29.73 Maddison Elliott (AUS) 16 Sep

50 m breaststroke SB13 33.96 Fotimakhon Amilova (UZB) 11 SepSB11 38.02 Zhang Xiaotong (CHN) 13 Sep

SWIMMING – LONG COURSE – MIXEDEVENT Class Record Holder Date

4 x 50 m freestyle relay – 20 points N/A 2:18.03 China (Huang Wenpan, Jiang Shengnan, Peng Qiuping, Xu Qing)

9 Sep

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200 m freestyle S8 2:07.53 Oliver Hynd (GBR) 8 SepS2 3:41.54 Liu Benying (CHN) 11 SepS3 3:09.04 Huang Wenpan (CHN) 15 Sep

400 m freestyle S8 4:21.89 Oliver Hynd (GBR) 8 SepS10 3:57.71 Maksym Krypak (UKR) 15 Sep

150 m individual medley

SM4 2:23.12 Cameron Leslie (NZ) 12 Sep

SM3 2:40.19 Huang Wenpan (CHN) 16 Sep200 m individual medley

SM10 2:06.87 Denys Dubrov (UKR) 11 Sep

SM6 2:38.47 Sascha Kindred (GBR) 12 SepSM7 2:30.72 Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 13 SepSM8 2:20.01 Oliver Hynd (GBR) 17 Sep

100 m butterfly S13 53.85 Ihar Boki (BLR) 8 SepS8 59.19 Song Maodang (CHN) 9 SepS10 54.71 Denys Dubrov (UKR) 12 Sep

100 m backstroke S6 1:10.84 Zheng Tao (CHN) 8 SepS1 2:08.01 Hennadii Boiko (UKR) 9 SepS2 1:45.25 Zou Liankang (CHN) 9 SepS11 1:06.66 Dmytro Zalevskyi (UKR) 9 SepS10 57.24 Maksym Krypak (UKR) 10 SepS8 1:02.90 Zhou Cong (CHN) 13 SepS13 56.68 Ihar Boki (BLR) 17 SepS5 1:16.24 Daniel Dias (BRA) 17 Sep

100 m breaststroke SB7 1:12.50 Carlos Serrano Zarate (COL) 10 SepSB11 1:10.08 Yang Bozun (CHN) 13 SepSB6 1:18.71 Yevheniy Bohodayko (UKR) 15 Sep

100 m freestyle S2 1:46.63 Liu Benying (CHN) 11 SepS11 56.15 Bradley Snyder (USA) 15 Sep 200 m freestyle S13 2:07.64 Rebecca Meyers (USA) 12 Sep

S6 2:35.09 Yelyzaveta Mereshko (UKR) 13 Sep400 m freestyle S8 4:40.33 Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) 8 Sep

S13 4:19.59 Rebecca Meyers (USA) 12 SepS10 4:29.96 Aurélie Rivard (CAN) 15 Sep

150 m individual medley SM3 2:54.14 Olga Sviderska (UKR) 12 SepSM4 2:47.57 Cheng Jiao (CHN) 12 Sep

200 m individual medley SM13 2:24.43 Fotimakhon Amilova (UZB) 10 SepSM10 2:24.90 Sophie Pascoe (NZ) 11 SepSM6 2:59.81 Eleanor Simmonds (GBR) 12 Sep

4 x 100 m medley relay – 34 points N/A 4:45.23 Great Britain (Claire Cashmore, Stephanie Millward, Stephanie Slater, Alice Tai)

16 Sep

4 x 100 m freestyle relay – 34 points N/A 4:16.65 Australia (Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott, Ashleigh McConnell, Lakeisha Patterson)

16 Sep

100 m backstroke S6 1:21.43 Song Lingling (CHN) 8 SepS14 1:04.05 Bethany Firth (GBR) 8 SepS2 2:07.09 Yip Pin Xiu (SGP) 9 SepS11 1:17.96 Mary Fisher (NZ) 9 SepS12 1:06.06 Hannah Russell (GBR) 14 Sep

100 m breaststroke SB9 1:15.47 Lisa Kruger (NLD) 8 SepSB7 1:28.13 Elizabeth Marks (USA) 10 SepSB13 1:12.45 Fotimakhon Amilova (UZB) 11 SepSB11 1:23.02 Zhang Xiaotong (CHN) 13 Sep

100 m butterfly S13 1:03.25 Rebecca Meyers (USA) 8 Sep100 m freestyle S3 1:30.07 Zulfiya Gabidullina (KAZ) 8 Sep

S9 1:00.91 Michelle Konkoly (USA) 12 SepS6 1:11.40 Yelyzaveta Mereshko (UKR) 17 Sep

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50 m freestyle (men, S3)Clocking a time of 39.24 sec in the final on 13 Sep, this was the first of four records set by Huang Wenpan (CHN) during Rio 2016. In total, he took home six medals for Team China: five gold and one silver.

50 m freestyle (women, S13)This record was unbroken for 20 years until Anna Stetsenko (UKR) smashed it with a time of 27.34 sec on 14 Sep. She took two further golds in the 100 m freestyle and 100 m backstroke, also in the S13 visual impairment category.

400 m freestyle (men, S8)British swimmer Oliver Hynd shaved 1.87 sec off his own record with a time of 4:21.89 on 8 Sep. During the same event, he also achieved the fastest 200 m freestyle (S8): 2:07.53.

100 m breaststroke (women, SB13)Already with a 200-m record under her belt, Fotimakhon Amilova (UZB) completed this event in a time of 1:12.45 on 11 Sep. As part of the same race, she also set a new mark for the 50 m breaststroke: 33.96 sec.

4 x 100 m freestyle relay – 34 points (women)Team Australia defended their London 2012 title and earned another world record in the process, with a time of 4:16.65. The team comprised Ellie Cole, Maddison Elliott, Ashleigh McConnell and Lakeisha Patterson. Australia earned 81 medals across the Games – 29 of which were from swimming events.

100 m backstroke (men, S5)Sometimes in swimming races, records for shorter distances are set as part of longer events. Although Team Brazil didn’t win in the “4 x 100 m medley relay – 34 points” category on 17 Sep (they came third), Daniel Dias (BRA) did achieve the fastest 100 m backstroke (S5), with a time of 1:16.24. His 24 medals to date make the 28-year-old the most decorated Paralympic male swimmer ever.

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