Singapore at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Singapore at the
1996 Summer Paralympics
IPC code SIN
NPC Singapore Disability Sports Council
in Atlanta
Competitors 3 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances

Singapore competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. Three competitors from Singapore competed in a total of two sports (athletics and cycling), and did not place in the medal table.[1][2]

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[3][4] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[5]

Athletics

Name Event and disability code Round reached Result
Lim Poh Eng Women's 100m T53Semifinal heats19.33 secs [6]
Women's 200m T53Semifinal heats34.38 secs [7]
Women's 400m T53Semifinal heats1:04.94 mins [8]

Cycling

Name Event Round reached Position Result
Kua Cheng
(male)[2]
Wee Ai Leng
(female)[2]		 Mixed Track Individual Pursuit
Tandem Open		Qualifying9th4:06.117 mins [9]
Mixed Road 60/70k
Tandem Open		Finals13th108:14.00 mins [10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games: Singapore". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
  2. 1 2 3 "IPC Historical Results Archive (Paralympians search function, Country: Singapore, Competition: Atlanta 1996)". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Athletics at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games - Women's 100 m T53 - Results". IPC Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Athletics at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games - Women's 200 m T53 - Results". IPC Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Athletics at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games - Women's 400 m T53 - Results". IPC Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cycling at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games - Mixed Track Individual Pursuit Tandem Open - Results". IPC Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Cycling at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games - Mixed Road 60/70k Tandem Open - Results". IPC Historical Results Archive. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
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