Might be a very basic example but: I would assume that someone with 2 arms will swim faster than 1 arm and someone without legs will swim very differently than someone without arms.
How do they take this into account to decide who gets gold etc.
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Every sport has made modifications to their rules for players with disabilities.
The Rules of Golf were modified over the last few years to cover Modifications for Players with Disabilities.
Here is the overview from what is now Rule 25 in the rules:
Rule 25 applies to all competitions, including all forms of play. It is a player’s category of disability and eligibility that determine whether they can use the specific modified Rules in Rule 25.
Rule 25 modifies certain Rules for players in the following categories of disability:
• Players who are blind (which includes certain levels of vision impairment),
• Players who are amputees (which means both those with limb deficiencies and those who have lost a limb),
• Players who use assistive mobility devices, and
• Players with intellectual disabilities.
It is recognized that there are many players with other types of disabilities (such as players with neurological conditions, players with orthopaedic conditions, players of short stature and players who are deaf). These additional categories of disability are not covered in Rule 25 as, to date, no requirement has been identified for modification of the Rules of Golf for these players.
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