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1314:Philippines
1294:North Korea
1184:Afghanistan
1138:Puerto Rico
1093:El Salvador
902:Ivory Coast
722:myInfo+Plus
702:25 December
676:25 December
650:25 December
400:Luis Manuel
285:Men's Track
68:Competitors
1693:Categories
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1520:Luxembourg
1400:Azerbaijan
1369:Uzbekistan
1349:Tajikistan
1259:Kyrgyzstan
1249:Kazakhstan
1209:East Timor
1073:Costa Rica
982:Seychelles
947:Mozambique
922:Madagascar
842:Cape Verde
627:References
598:1500 m T11
480:Semifinal
301:Semifinal
266:Delegation
239:Les autres
227:wheelchair
219:amputation
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1525:Macedonia
1515:Lithuania
1334:Sri Lanka
1329:Singapore
1309:Palestine
1224:Indonesia
1214:Hong Kong
1163:Venezuela
1123:Nicaragua
1098:Guatemala
1038:Argentina
937:Mauritius
696:BBC Sport
670:BBC Sport
588:400 m T11
580:(Guide –
561:400 m T11
536:200 m T11
520:100 m T11
512:(Guide –
447:400 m T11
431:200 m T11
406:100 m T11
398:(Guide –
379:400 m T11
354:200 m T11
341:100 m T11
333:(Guide –
274:Athletics
256:athletics
235:blindness
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1575:Slovakia
1560:Portugal
1420:Bulgaria
1354:Thailand
1304:Pakistan
1279:Mongolia
1274:Malaysia
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1068:Colombia
1031:Americas
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872:Ethiopia
837:Cameroon
822:Botswana
615:See also
602:5:24.01
565:1:04.17
471:Athlete
292:Athlete
260:swimming
243:dwarfism
132:overview
39:IPC code
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1495:Ireland
1490:Iceland
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1390:Armenia
1374:Vietnam
1284:Myanmar
1189:Bahrain
1158:Uruguay
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962:Nigeria
952:Namibia
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912:Lesotho
852:Comoros
832:Burundi
807:Algeria
783:at the
474:Events
295:Events
249:. Each
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1671:Banned
1600:Turkey
1590:Sweden
1570:Serbia
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1550:Norway
1500:Israel
1480:Greece
1460:France
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1383:Europe
1254:Kuwait
1244:Jordan
1128:Panama
1118:Mexico
1058:Canada
1053:Brazil
1017:Uganda
967:Rwanda
927:Malawi
892:Guinea
882:Gambia
812:Angola
800:Africa
793:Brazil
549:26.92
540:26.67
524:12.61
483:Final
451:53.14
435:24.13
419:11.71
410:11.68
383:53.00
367:23.46
358:23.33
304:Final
189:Angola
114:Bronze
108:Silver
96:Medals
78:sports
1646:Tonga
1641:Samoa
1585:Spain
1530:Malta
1505:Italy
1344:Syria
1319:Qatar
1289:Nepal
1269:Macau
1239:Japan
1219:India
1199:China
1103:Haiti
1063:Chile
1043:Aruba
957:Niger
917:Libya
907:Kenya
887:Ghana
877:Gabon
867:Egypt
857:Congo
817:Benin
503:Rank
500:Time
497:Rank
494:Time
491:Rank
488:Time
477:Heat
324:Rank
321:Time
318:Rank
315:Time
312:Rank
309:Time
298:Heat
120:Total
1626:Fiji
1299:Oman
1264:Laos
1234:Iraq
1229:Iran
1177:Asia
1133:Peru
1078:Cuba
1007:Togo
932:Mali
736:2016
704:2015
678:2015
652:2015
178:2024
173:2020
168:2016
163:2012
158:2008
153:2004
148:2000
143:1996
102:Gold
787:in
644:ABC
552:12
543:11
245:or
195:in
74:in
58:in
49:NPC
43:ANG
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527:9
516:)
454:6
438:3
422:4
413:2
402:)
386:5
370:7
361:3
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225:;
217:;
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761:t
754:v
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706:.
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545:Q
415:Q
363:Q
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