The disciplines in Athletics included Track (100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 5,000m, 10,000m, 4x100m Relay and 4x400m Relay), Jumps (High Jump, Long Jump and Triple Jump), Throws (Shot Put, Discus, Javelin and Club Throw), Pentathlon and Marathon. Athletics had the largest number of athletes and events.

A total of 118 World records and 186 Paralympic records were broken. Some of the World records were set by Shirlene Coelho from Brazil in Javelin (F37) with 35.95m, Tetyana Yakybchuk from Ukraine in Discus (F33) with 17.05m, Aldona Grigaliuniene from Lithuania in Shot Put (F38) with 12.58m, Wojtek Czyz from Germany in Long Jump (F42) with 6.50m, and Jason Smyth from Ireland in 100m (T13) with 10.62sec.

South African star athlete Oscar Pistorius brought his best performance to the Bird’s Nest, winning a total of three gold medals in the Men’s 100m, Men’s 200m and Men’s 400m. Giving the spectators a great deal to cheer about, Pistorius was thrilled to once again, be a gold-medal winning Paralympian.