Para Scoring

Baseline Performance

BASELINE provides a simplified way for athletes, administrators and coaches to compare performances in multi-class events across all athletes with an eligible classification.

BASELINE uses a base time/distance/height in each class for each contestable event and measures this as a percentage against the individual athletes performance to generate a percentage score.

Athletics Australia (AA) may change or amend the BASELINE guidelines and associated resources (including base performances) at any time.

BASELINE is now the scoring system both Underage and Open events at the Australian National Championships and the Australian National Cross Country Championships. Para Athletes for Cross Country are scored off the 1500m tables. Times for Cross Country are rounded up to the nearest second as World Athletics TR19. 

Selection of Base Performances

Base performances are determined using the following priority protocol:

• The base performances will be either the official World Record
• The number one World Ranked performance, if quicker/higher/further than an existing base performance.
• In the case where a World Record or number one ranked performance is not available the base performance will be generated using one of the following methods;
• The base performance of the next available preceding classification within the same classification system group.
• Relative to past performances at Australian National Championships
• Determined by the AA Paralympic Program Manager and the AA Competitions Manager

The following official published records and rankings will be utilised:

• WPA Track and Field World Records and Rankings for Paralympic Events or
• World Records and Rankings for non-Paralympic events