Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Paralympic History

The sport made its Paralympic debut in Rio 2016. The triathlon events at the Paralympic Games see all competitors from the different sport classes compete over a course of 750m of swimming, 20km of cycling and 5km of running.

The medal events that the IPC confirmed for Paris 2024 are the Men’s PTWC, PTS2, PTS3, PTS4, PTS5 and PTVI, and Women’s PTWC, PTS2, PTS4, PTS5 and PTVI, three more medal events than in Tokyo 2020.

Regarding the athlete quota, there will be 54 men (18 more than in Tokyo), 50 women (14 more than in Tokyo) and further 18 invitational spots with no gender pre-determined yet, making a total of 120 Para triathletes competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, 40 more than were at Tokyo 2020.

See the history of World Triathlon
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