The Paralympic Games held in Rio was impressively successful and more than 500 world records/paralympic records have been reset in almost each section of sports.
Here is a roundup of impressive record breakers participating visual impairment classes and their achievements of the tournament, all took place in athletics and swimming.
Class identification:
B1,B2,B3 are a medical-based Paralympic classification for blind sport.
The classification system for blind and vision impaired sport often has comparable classes in other sports:
1. S11, SB11, SM11 are disability swimming classifications
S represents Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly strokes. SB means breaststroke. SM means individual medley.
2. T11/F11, T12/F12, T13/F13 are disability athletics classifications
T for Track, and F for Field.
B1=T11/F11=S11, SB11, SM11
B2=T12/F12=S12, SB12, SM12
B3=T13/F13=S13, SB13, SM13
BROWN David from USA
- Class: T11
- Sport: Men's 100m
- New Paralympic Record: 10.99s
CLEGG Libby from GBR
- Class: T11
- Sport: Women's 100m
- New World Record & Paralympic Record: 11.91s
- Sport: Women's 200m
- New Paralympic Record: 24.51s
LIU Cuiqing from CHN
- Class: T11
- Sport: Women's 100m
- New World Record & Paralympic Record: 11.96s
- Sport: Women's 400m
- New Paralympic Record: 56.31s
SHIKONGO Ananias from NAM
- Class: T11
- Sport: Men's 200m
- New Paralympic Record: 22.44s on 15September
ZHENG Jin from CHN
- Class: T11
- Sport: Women's 1500m
- New World Record & Paralympic Record: 4:38.92
- Sport: Women's Marathon
- New World Record: 3:19:46
CHEBANU Elena from AZE
- Class: T12
- Sport: Women's 200m
- New Paralympic Record: 24.16s
DURAND Omara from CUB
- Class: T12
- Sport: Women's 100m
- New Paralympic Record: 11.40s
- New World Record: 11.40s
- Sport: Women's 200m
- New Paralympic Record: 23.05s
- Sport: Women's 400m
- New World Record & Paralympic Record: 51.77s
ADZHAMETOVA Leilia from UKR
- Class: T13
- Sport: Women's 100m
- New World Record & Paralympic Record: 11.79s
ALOUI Bilel from TUN
- Class: T13
- Sport: Men's 5000m
- New World Record: 14:33.33
- New Paralympic Record: 14:33.33
AMGUOUN Mohamed from MAR
- Class: T13
- Sport: Men's 400m
- New World Record: 47.15s
- New Paralympic Record: 47.15s
BAKA Abdellatif from ALG
- Class: T13
- Sport: Men's 1500m
- New World Record: 3:48.29
- New Paralympic Record: 3:48.29
SILVA Alessandro Rodrigo from BRA
- Class: F11
- Sport: Men's Discus Throw
- New Paralympic Record: 43.06m
ALIYEVA Irada from AZE
- Class: F12
- Sport: Women's Javelin Throw
- New Paralympic Record: 42.58m
BURKHANOVA Safiya from UZB
- Class: F12
- Sport: Women's Shot Put
- New Paralympic Record: 15.05m
- New World Record: 15.05m
KAYUMOVA Nozimakhon from UZB
- Class: F13
- Sport: Women's Javelin Throw
- New Paralympic Record: 44.58m
- New World Record: 44.58m
SVECHNIKOV Aleksandr from UZB
- Class: F13
- Sport: Men's Javelin Throw
- New Paralympic Record: 65.69m
FISHER Mary from NZL
- Class: S11
- Sport: Women's 100m Backstroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:17.96
- New World Record: 1:17.96
LI Guizhi from CHN
- Class: S11
- Sport: Women's 50m Freestyle
- New Paralympic Record: 30.73s
- New World Record: 30.73s
SNYDER Bradley from USA
- Class: S11
- Sport: Men's 100m Freestyle
- New Paralympic Record: 56.15s
- New World Record: 56.15s
ZALEVSKYI Dmytro from UKR
- Class: S11
- Sport: Men's 50m Backstroke
- New World Record: 31.75s
- Sport: Men's 100m Backstroke
- New World Record Paralympic Record: 1:06.66
YANG Bozun from CHN
- Class: SB11
- Sport: Men's 100m Breaststroke
- New World Record Paralympic Record: 1:10.08
ZHANG Xiaotong from CHN
- Class: SB11
- Sport: Women's 50m Breaststroke
- New World Record: 38.02s
- Sport: Women's 100m Breaststroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:23.02
- New World Record: 1:23.02
RUSSELL Hannah from GBR
- Class: S12
- Sport: Women's 50m Backstroke
- New World Record: 31.62s
- Sport: Women's 100m Backstroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:06.06
- New World Record: 1:06.06
IZOTAU Uladzimir from BLR
- Class: SB12
- Sport: Men's 100m Breaststroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:06.82
AMILOVA Fotimakhon from UZB
- Class: S13
- Sport: Women's 50m Butterfly
- New World Record: 29.80s
- Sport: Women's 100m Butterfly
- New Paralympic Record: 1:04.72
- New World Record: 1:04.72
- Class: SB13
- Sport: Women's 50m Breaststroke
- New World Record: 33.96s
- Sport: Women's 100m Breaststroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:12.45
- New World Record: 1:12.45
- Class: SM13
- Sport: Women's 200m Individual Medley
- New Paralympic Record: 2:24.43
- New World Record: 2:24.43
BOKI Ihar from BLR
- Class: S13
- Sport: Men's 100m Butterfly
- New World Record: 53.85s
- New Paralympic Record: 53.85s
- Sport: Men's 400m Freestyle
- New Paralympic Record: 3:55.62
- Sport: Men's 50m Freestyle
- New Paralympic Record: 23.73s
- New Paralympic Record: 23.44s
- Sport: Men's 100m Freestyle
- New Paralympic Record: 51.45s
- New Paralympic Record: 50.90s
- Sport: Men's 100m Backstroke
- New Paralympic Record: 56.82s
- Sport: Men's 50m Backstroke
- New World Record: 27.42s
- Sport: Men's 100m Backstroke
- New World Record: 56.68s
- New Paralympic Record: 56.68s
- Class: SM13
- Sport: Men's 200m Individual Medley
- New Paralympic Record: 2:04.02
KANE Abby from GBR
- Class: S13
- Sport: Women's 100m Backstroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:09.09
- Sport: Women's 100m Butterfly
- New World Record & Paralympic Record: 1:03.25
- Sport: Women's 200m Freestyle
- New World Record: 2:07.64
- Sport: Women's 400m Freestyle
- New World Record: 4:19.59
- New Paralympic Record: 4:19.59
ODILOVA Muslima from UZB
- Class: S13
- Sport: Women's 50m Butterfly
- New World Record: 29.14s
STETSENKO Anna from UKR
- Class: S13
- Sport: Women's 50m Freestyle
- New World Record Paralympic Record: 27.34s
- Sport: Women's 100m Backstroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:08.30
KRAWZOW Elena from GER
- Class: SB13
- Sport: Women's 50m Breaststroke
- New World Record: 36.04s
- Sport: Women's 100m Breaststroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:17.25
REDFERN Rebecca from GBR
- Class: SB13
- Sport: Women's 50m Breaststroke
- New World Record: 35.85s
- Sport: Women's 100m Breaststroke
- New Paralympic Record: 1:17.08
