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936:El Salvador
745:Ivory Coast
539:Rio2016.com
519:25 December
493:25 December
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270:Men's track
68:Competitors
1536:Categories
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578:2016-08-24
444:References
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220:wheelchair
212:amputation
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1177:Sri Lanka
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966:Nicaragua
941:Guatemala
881:Argentina
780:Mauritius
513:BBC Sport
487:BBC Sport
428:website.
400:200 m T12
384:100 m T12
259:Athletics
249:athletics
228:blindness
136:1988–1996
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1418:Slovakia
1403:Portugal
1263:Bulgaria
1197:Thailand
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1117:Malaysia
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951:Honduras
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855:Tunisia
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432:See also
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277:Athlete
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236:dwarfism
120:overview
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626:at the
344:Events
280:Events
242:. Each
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961:Mexico
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896:Brazil
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810:Rwanda
770:Malawi
735:Guinea
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655:Angola
643:Africa
636:Brazil
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353:Final
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286:Final
102:Bronze
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1484:Samoa
1428:Spain
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1348:Italy
1187:Syria
1162:Qatar
1132:Nepal
1112:Macau
1082:Japan
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906:Chile
886:Aruba
800:Niger
760:Libya
750:Kenya
730:Ghana
720:Gabon
710:Egypt
700:Congo
660:Benin
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1077:Iraq
1072:Iran
1020:Asia
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921:Cuba
850:Togo
775:Mali
555:2016
521:2015
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171:2024
166:2020
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131:1984
90:Gold
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