Two running athletes wearing blades. The blades are transtibial prostheses, meaning they replace legs and feet that are amputated below the knee. They were developed by medical engineer Van Phillips and designed to store kinetic energy like a spring, allowing the wearer to jump and run effectively.

The fifteenth Summer Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event for disabled athletes. These Games introduced two new sports to the Paralympic program; canoeing and the paratriathlon. The athletics programme (177 events) is the largest element of the Games in terms of entrants, and medals awarded. Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows athletes to compete against others with a similar level of function.

Numerical denomination and date surrounded by geometric patterns and Southern Cross.

Crux is a constellation located in the southern sky in a bright portion of the Milky Way, and is the smallest but one of the most distinctive of the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for cross, and it is dominated by a cross-shaped or kite-like asterism that is commonly known as the Southern Cross.