How are “severities” of the disabilities of contestants in the Paralympics taken into account to make it a fair competition?

Question

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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Answer 1

In wheelchair basketball,

Players have a rating of 1.0-4.5 points for their disability level

And teams must only have 14points per team