The 2020 Summer Paralympics, branded as Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, are a major international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. Scheduled as the 16th Summer Paralympic Games, they are ongoing in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August and 5 September 2021.
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Switzerland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Swiss athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for a partial boycott of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne in protest at the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Norway competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
The Netherlands competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1900, Dutch athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, which the Netherlands boycotted because of the Soviet invasion of Hungary.
Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics is taking part in two separate locations. Track cycling is taking place at the Izu Velodrome from 25 to 28 August 2021 and road cycling will take place on the Fuji Speedway from 31 August to 3 September 2021.
Great Britain is currently competing in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan. Originally scheduled to take place between 21 August and 6 September 2020, the Games were postponed to 24 August to 5 September 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. British athletes have competed at sixteen consecutive Summer Paralympics since 1960.
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The Men's shot put athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 16 events will be contested over this distance.
The Women's shot put athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 12 events will be contested over this distance.
The Women's discus throw athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 27 to September 4, 2021. A total of 7 events will be contested over this distance.
The men's road time trial cycling events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place on August 31 at Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan. Twelve events will take place over twelve classifications. The T1-2 time trial, which takes in two classifications, was a 'factored' event, with times adjusted by classification to allow fair competition. All events (finals) are to be held on the same day.
The women's road time trial cycling events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place on August 31 at Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Japan. There will be seven events taking place over twelve classifications. Four of those events, spanning multiple classifications were 'factored' events, with final times adjusted in line with classification to ensure fairness. All events (finals) are to be held on the same day on August 31.
The men's time trial track cycling events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place between August 26 to 28 at Izu Velodrome, Japan. A total of three events will take place in the men's event over six classifications. Two of those three events spanned multiple classifications were 'factored' events, with final times adjusted in line with classification to ensure fairness. The distances of all three events are 1000m.
The women's time trial track cycling events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place between August 26 to 27 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. Three events will take place in the women's event over six classifications. Two of those three events spanned multiple classifications were 'factored' events, with final times adjusted in line with classification to ensure fairness. The distance for the B event is 1000m while the other two is 500m.
The men's individual pursuit track cycling events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take in place between August 25 to 28 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. Six events will take place in the men's event also over six classifications. The distances of them are: 4000m for the B, C4 and C5 events;and 3000m for the C1, C2 and C3 events.
The women's individual pursuit track cycling events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place between August 25 to 28 2021 at the Izu Velodrome, Japan. Four events will take place in the women's event also over six classifications. One of those four events spanned multiple classifications were 'factored' events, with final times adjusted in line with classification to ensure fairness. The distances of all events are 3000m.
The women's time trial B road cycling event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place on 31 August 2021, at Flamengo Park, Pontal. 8 riders are set to compete.
