The athletics classifications are: The class numbers are given prefixes of "T", "F" and "P" for track, field and pentathlon events, respectively.

[1] † Diane Roy was initially awarded the gold, Shelly Woods the silver and Amanda McGrory the bronze in the women's 5000  m T54.

However a re-run of the race was ordered by the International Paralympic Committee following protests by the Australian, US and Swiss teams after 6 competitors were involved in a crash on the penultimate lap.

[4] †† Rebecca Chin of Great Britain was originally awarded the silver medal in the women's discus throw F37-38 event.

Following a challenge to her classification, Chin was deemed ineligible for the event, stripped of her medal, and her results were erased.