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Each International Sport Federation must clearly define what impairment groups, considered eligible by IPC, that they provide sports opportunities for. This is described in each sport’s International Federation rules.

Below is a table containing the sports available for each kind of impairment. Please click on each impairment to find out further specific information.

Sport

Impaired
Muscle
Power

Impaired
Passive
Range of
Movement

Limb
Deficiency

Athetosis,
Hypertonia,
Ataxia

Short
Stature

Leg Length Difference

Vision
Impairment

Intellectual Impairment

Archery

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

✓

 

Athletics

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Badminton

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

Boccia

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

 

 

Canoe

✓

✓

✓

 

 

 

 

 

Cycling

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

✓

 

Equestrian

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

Football 5-a-side

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

 

Goalball

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

 

Judo

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓

 

Powerlifting

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

Rowing

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

✓

 

Shooting

✓

✓

✓

 

 

✓

✓

 

Sitting Volleyball

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

 

Swimming

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Table Tennis

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

Taekwondo

✓

 

✓

✓

 

 

 

 

Triathlon

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

✓

 

Wheelchair Basketball

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

 

Wheelchair Fencing

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

 

Wheelchair Rugby

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

 

 

 

Wheelchair Tennis

✓

✓

✓

✓

 

✓

 

 

 

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