{"id":495,"date":"2024-01-28T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kurzo.ch\/para-history\/?page_id=495"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:26:29","slug":"classification-sport-classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kurzo.ch\/para-history\/classification-sport-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Classification & Sport Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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All information about Para Badminton History can NOT be used on Wikipedia!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Classification & Sport Classes<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Classification\u00a0in\u00a0Para\u00a0sports is individually governed by each International\u00a0Sport\u00a0Federation in the Paralympic Movement, within the framework of the\u00a0IPC\u00a0Athlete\u00a0Classification Code\u00a0and\u00a0International Standards.\u00a0<\/p>

Classification systems differ\u00a0from\u00a0sport by sport.\u00a0This is because an\u00a0Eligible\u00a0Impairment, its severity and location may cause relatively little impact on one sport and a significant impact on another,\u00a0depending on the activity performed in each sport.\u00a0<\/p>

Classification must be done prior to competitionso that athletes can be placed in a sport class or group for competition. The classification process allows athletes to be placed in a class to compete in a tournament.<\/p>

During the classification process, the player is allocated a Sports Class. Players are also allocated a Sport Class Status (which indicates when players should be evaluated and how their Sport Class may be challenged).<\/p>

The Classification Regulations provide a framework within which the process of classification takes place.<\/p>

The Minimal Impairment Criteria for each of the Sport Classes is described in the Classification Regulations.<\/p>

The BWF Para badminton Classification system has the following Sport Classes:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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1995 \u2013 2011<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Over the years, there have been repeated requests from the member countries that more severely injured athletes are treated unfairly in the respective classes and that there should therefore be additional classes for these athletes. These requests were then mostly agreed to and there were more classes from year to year.<\/p>

1995<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

  • Sitting<\/li>
  • Wheelchair Class 1 – disability of trunk function<\/li>
  • Wheelchair Class 2 \u2013 non-disability of trunk functions<\/li>
  • Standing Class 1 – above body disability<\/li>
  • Standing Class 2 – below body<\/li><\/ul>


    2004<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    • BMW1 (Wheelchair Class 1)<\/li>
    • BMW2 (Wheelchair Class 2)<\/li>
    • BMW3 (Wheelchair Class 3)<\/li>
    • BMSTL1 (Standing Below Waist Class 1)<\/li>
    • BMSTL2 (Standing Below Waist Class 2)<\/li>
    • BMSTL3 (Standing Below Waist Class 3)<\/li>
    • BMSTU4 (Standing Above Waist Class 1)<\/li>
    • BMSTU5 (Standing Above Waist Class 2)<\/li>
    • BMDST6 (Dwarfs)<\/li><\/ul>


      2008<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

      • W1 (Wheelchair Class 1)<\/li>
      • W2 (Wheelchair Class 2)<\/li>
      • W3 (Wheelchair Class 3)<\/li>
      • STL1 (Standing Below Waist Class 1)<\/li>
      • STL2a (Standing Below Waist Class 2a)<\/li>
      • STL2 (Standing Below Waist Class 2)<\/li>
      • STL3a (Standing Below Waist Class 3a)<\/li>
      • STL3 (Standing Below Waist Class 3)<\/li>
      • STU4 (Standing Above Waist Class 1)<\/li>
      • STU5 (Standing Above Waist Class 2)<\/li>
      • DST6 (Dwarfs Class 1)<\/li>
      • DST7 (Dwarfs Class 2)<\/li><\/ul>


        Many classes have the advantage that the athletes feel they are treated more fairly. However, the consequence of this was that there were no longer enough athletes per sports class because of the many sports classes. Therefore, different classes had to be combined again and again in order to play a competition. Thus, sometimes the athletes played in their assigned class (= correct class), sometimes they had to play in the less impaired class (= big disadvantages because they are more impaired) and sometimes they were allowed to play in a more impaired class (= big advantages because they are less impaired, whereby the fairness aspect fell by the wayside.<\/p>

        Other disadvantages of this system were:<\/p>

        • No «clean» ranking, as the games were always played in different combined sports classes.<\/li>
        • little chance to recommend themselves for the Paralympics with so many classes.<\/li><\/ul>

          Even before the integration of IBAD\/PBWF into BWF, it was therefore decided to revise the entire classification system and to reduce the number of sports classes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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          At the PBWF General Assembly on 3 June 2011 in Dortmund \/ Germany, the newly revised classification system was presented by Dr. Silvia Albrecht \/ Switzerland and Jim Mackay \/ Wales. This provides for only six classes instead of twelve.<\/p>

          After the adoption of the classification system, all athletes had to be reclassified.<\/p>

          Athletes must be assigned to one of six sport classes. These ensure that athletes are able to compete with other athletes with similar impairments depending on their physical disability and guarantee fairness in para-badminton.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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