[4] In a surprise announcement in London on 8 September the South African Minister of Sport and Recreation Fikile Mbalula said that Paralympic medal winners and their coaches would receive the same performance bonuses that their Olympic counterparts were promised.

[10] The IPC confirmed the length of Oliveira's blades were proportional to his body and legal, but expressed willingness to engage with Pistorius about the issue.

Qualification Key: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage Natalie du Toit, a veteran of three Paralympics and one Olympics, announced her retirement from competitive swimming after this event.

[13] South Africa's men's wheelchair basketball team were in Group A with Australia, Italy, Spain, Turkey and the United States.

Competing athletes are given an eight-level-score specific to wheelchair basketball, ranging from 0.5 to 4.5 with lower scores representing a higher degree of disability.