Afghanistan first competed at the Paralympic Games during the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, where it was represented by cyclists Gul Afzal and Zabet Khan.
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. The country took a gold medal won by Chiang Chih Chung in the men's F13 javelin throw event. Chih threw a distance of 57.28 metres to win the competition and broke the world record in the process. The Chinese Taipei team also won two silvers and two bronze medals in table tennis.
Puerto Rico made its Paralympic Games début at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, with a delegation of twelve competitors in archery, athletics, shooting and table tennis. It has participated in every subsequent edition of the Summer Paralympics. The country is set to first compete at the Winter Paralympics in 2022.
Rostislav Pohlmann is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F57 throwing events.
Tanto Campbell is a Paralympian athlete from Jamaica competing mainly in category F56 discus events.
Roman Musil is a Paralympian athlete from the Czech Republic competing mainly in category F33 throwing events.
France Gagné is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.
Jacques Martin was a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category F55 throwing events.
Július Hutka is a Paralympic former athlete from Slovakia competing mainly in category F57 shot put and javelin events.
Hany Elbehiry is a paralympic athlete from Egypt competing mainly in category F58 shot put events.
Rauno Saunavaara is a paralympic athlete from Finland competing mainly in category F54 javelin events.
Adrián Paz Velázquez is a paralympic athlete from Mexico competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
Bil Marinkovic is a blind Paralympic athlete from Austria who competes mostly in throwing events.
Mokhtar Nourafshan is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 throwing events.
The men's javelin F57/58 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium at 09:00 on 16 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws. The competition was won by Mohammadreza Mirzaei Jaberi, representing Iran.
Men's javelin throw events for wheelchair athletes were held at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in the Athens Olympic Stadium. Events were held in eight disability classes.
Claudiney Batista dos Santos is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing in category F57/T57 throwing events. He won a silver medal in the javelin throw at the 2012 Paralympics and a gold medal in the discus throw at the 2016 Rio Games.
Mohammad Khalvandi is an Iranian athlete who competes in disability athletics in the F58 category. At the 2012 Paralympics, Khalvandi set a World Record for the F58 class with a throw of 50.98m as he won gold in the combined F57/58 category. Khalvandi also won the combined F57/58 javelin 2013 World title.
Afghanistan sent a delegation to compete at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7–18 September 2016. This was the nation's fifth time taking part in a Summer Paralympic Games. The Afghan delegation consisted of a single athlete, Mohammad Durani, who competed in the javelin throw. Originally he finished 16th in his event, but he was retroactively disqualified for a doping violation.
Hamed Heidari or Abdollah Heidari Til is an iranian-born Paralympian athlete competing mainly in category Javelin Throw - F57 events who represented Iran until 2017 after which he has represented the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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