Paratriathlon debuted at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[1][2][3] Paratriathlon is a variant of the triathlon for athletes with a variety of physical disabilities.

[6] The Paratriathlon debuted at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

[7] The Paratriathlon returned to the program at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Classifications have been slightly amended in the interim, allowing for the introduction of a tandem-bike based triathlon for visually impaired athletes with guides.