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.
The Men's marathon T11 was a marathon event in athletics at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, for totally blind athletes. Defending champion and world record holder Carlos Amaral Ferreira of Portugal took part, along with sixteen other athletes, from a total of ten countries. No athlete had ever successfully defended his title in the men's fully blind marathon, and Ferreira failed to become the first; he took silver, finishing half a minute behind Japan's Yuichi Takahashi.
The men's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.
El Amin Chentouf, is a Moroccan para-athlete running in T12 distance races. He has represented his country at three Summer Paralympics winning gold medals at each competition. Outside the Paralympics, Chentouf is also a world series Marathon champion, winning the T12/13 event at three London Marathons.
The men's marathon at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of London on 26 April as part of the 2015 London Marathon.
The women's marathon at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of London on 26 April as part of the 2015 London Marathon.
The T/F 11 categorisation of athletics events, for athletes with the highest level of visual impairment. at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from September 8. A total of 19 events are contested in the classifications for which T/F11 athletes are eligible. This includes a number of T/F12 events in which T/F11 athletes are entitled to compete.
The Men's marathon athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place in the streets of Rio de Janeiro on the 18 September. A total of three events were contested over this distance for three different disability classifications.
The Women's 4 x 100 metres relay athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange between 14 and 15 September 2016. A total of two events was contested over this distance, with the T11-T13 event being open to three different disability classifications for visually impaired athletes and the T35-38 event open to four classifications for athletes with cerebral palsy or similar impairments.
The Men's 4 x 100 metres relay athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange between 12 and 15 September 2016. A total of two events was contested over this distance, with the T11-T13 event being open to three different disability classifications for visually impaired athletes and the T42-47 event open to six classifications for athletes with limb deficiencies.
The Men's long jump athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 10 events were contested in this discipline.
The Women's long jump athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 3, 2021. A total of 8 events were contested in this discipline.
The women's 100 metres T12 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place between 4 and 5 September 2024.
The Men's marathon athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place in Paris on 8 September 2024. A total of 2 events were contested over this distance.
The women's marathon athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place in Paris on 8 September 2024. A total of 2 events were contested over this distance.
The Women's long jump athletics events for the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place at the Stade de France, Paris from August 30 to September 6, 2024. A total of 8 events were contested in this discipline. All eight events went directly to final.
The Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's long jump T11 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 30 August 2024.
The Men's 400 metres T12 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 4-5 September 2024 at the Stade de France in Paris.
The Men's 400 metres T13 at the 2024 Summer Paralympics took place on 5 September 2024 at the Stade de France in Paris.
The women's marathon T12 event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, took place on 8 September 2024.
