| Men's high jump J2 at the IX Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Men's discus throw B1 was a field event in athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, for visually impaired athletes. [1]
| Place | Athlete | Width | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alfonso Fidalgo (ESP) | 35.02 | |
| 2 |  Siegmund Turteltaube (GER) | 35.02 | |
| 3 |  Richard Ruffalo (USA) | 31.58 | |
| 4 | William Bardo (USA) | 31.28 | |
| 5 | Andrés Martínez (ESP) | 31.28 | |
| 6 |  Sheng Chow Lee (MAS) | 30.72 | |
| 7 | James Mastro (USA) | 30.28 | |
| 8 |  Bela Hegedus (HUN) | 28.32 | |
| 9 |  Pekka Kujala (FIN) | 27.86 | |
| 10 |  Luis Garcia (VEN) | 23.72 | |
| - |  Miroslav Jancic (IPP) | DNS | |
| - |  Khalid Mehmood (PAK) | NM |
Sergey Sevostianov,, sometimes Sergei Sevastianov, is a blind Paralympian track and field athlete from Russia competing in pentathlon and jumping events
Venezuela made its Paralympic Games début at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York, sending five competitors in athletics and one in swimming. Absent from the Games in 1988, it returned in 1992, and has participated in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. Venezuela has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.
Namibia made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona. These were the first Summer Paralympics to be held since the country's accession to independence from South Africa in 1990, and thus the first Games in which Namibia was able to take part. For its inaugural participation, the country sent just two athletes, both women, who both competed in discus, javelin and shot put. They did not win any medals.
Algeria made its Paralympic Games début at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, sending two competitors in athletics, and a goalball team. The country has taken part in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then, but has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.
Argentina participated in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, with a delegation consisting in five swimmers, and has taken part in every edition of the Summer Paralympics since then. The country made its Winter Paralympics début in 2010, with a two-man delegation in alpine skiing.
Bahrain made its Paralympic Games début the same year as its Olympic début, at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City, sending a delegation to compete in athletics. The country has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics, but has never taken part in the Winter Paralympics.
Hong Kong made its Paralympic Games début at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, and has taken part in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. It has never participated in the Winter Paralympics.
Marathon events have been held at the Summer Paralympic Games, for both men and women, since the 1984 Summer Paralympics in Stoke Mandeville and New York City. They are held as part of the Paralympic athletics programme.
Jaime Peter Romaguera is a former Australian Paralympic athlete and footballer. He was born in Brisbane and has cerebral palsy. He competed at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics in football 7-a-side and athletics. At the 1992 Atlanta Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the Men's 100 m C5 athletics event. He won a silver medal in the Men's 100 m T34 athletics event at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics.
Gregory Stephen Smith, OAM is an Australian Paralympic athlete and wheelchair rugby player who won three gold medals in athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and a gold medal in wheelchair rugby at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, where he was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Jake Lappin is an Australian para-athlete competing as a wheelchair racer. He represented Australia at the London 2012 Summer Paralympics and at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
Gabriel Cole who has a partially formed left arm, is an Australian Paralympic athletics competitor. He competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and the 2012 Summer Paralympics in athletics. He represented Australia at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.
The club throw is an athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the hammer throw. The club throw was introduced for both men and women at the first 1960 Summer Paralympic Games. It was dropped from the women's programme from the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona but was reinstated for London 2012.
4 male athletes from Morocco competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Cuba competed at the 1992 Summer Paralympics in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain. The country's delegation consisted of 10 competitors in athletics, javelin, swimming, and triple jump. All 10 competitors were men and finished the Paralympics tied with Portugal ranked 29th.
Chad Perris is a vision impaired Australian athlete, born with albinism. He specialises in the 100m and 200m events. He has won two silver and two bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He competed at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
The Men's high jump B2 was a field event in athletics at the 1992 Summer Paralympics, for visually impaired athletes.
South Africa competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. The team of 34 athletes competing in seven sports was announced on 14 August 2021, the chef de mission was Leon Fleiser. This was the smallest delegation since the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Except for one gold medal in cycling, all the team's medals, four gold, one silver and two bronze, were won in athletics. Three African and three World records were also set in athletics. South Africa did not enter any team sports.
Jerzy Dabrowski competed for Poland in the men's standing volleyball event at the 1988 Summer Paralympics, where he won a bronze medal.
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