▁the ▁International ▁Par al ym pic ▁Committee ▁had ▁a ▁zero ▁classification ▁at ▁the ▁Games ▁policy . ▁ ▁This ▁policy ▁was ▁put ▁into ▁place ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁with ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁avoid ing ▁last ▁minute ▁changes ▁in ▁classes ▁that ▁would ▁neg atively ▁impact ▁ath lete ▁training ▁prepar ations . ▁All ▁compet itors ▁needed ▁to ▁be ▁intern ation ally ▁class ified ▁with ▁their ▁classification ▁status ▁confirmed ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁Games , ▁with ▁exceptions ▁to ▁this ▁policy ▁being ▁de alt ▁with ▁on ▁a ▁case ▁by ▁case ▁basis . ▁In ▁case ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁need ▁for ▁classification ▁or ▁rec lass ification ▁at ▁the ▁Games ▁despite ▁best ▁efforts ▁otherwise , ▁athlet ics ▁classification ▁was ▁scheduled ▁for ▁September ▁ 4 ▁and ▁September ▁ 5 ▁at ▁Olympic ▁Stadium . ▁ ▁For ▁sports people ▁with ▁physical ▁or ▁intellectual ▁dis abilities ▁going ▁through ▁ ▁classification ▁or ▁rec lass ification ▁in ▁Rio , ▁their ▁in ▁competition ▁observation ▁event ▁is ▁their ▁first ▁appearance ▁in ▁competition ▁at ▁the ▁Games . ▁ ▁Be coming ▁class ified ▁Classification ▁is ▁often ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁an atom ical ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁am putation . ▁The ▁classification ▁system ▁takes ▁several ▁things ▁into ▁account ▁when ▁putting ▁people ▁into ▁this ▁class . ▁ ▁These ▁includes ▁which ▁lim bs ▁are ▁effect ed , ▁how ▁many ▁lim bs ▁are ▁effect ed , ▁and ▁how ▁much ▁of ▁a ▁lim b ▁is ▁missing . ▁ ▁For ▁this ▁class , ▁classification ▁generally ▁has ▁four ▁phase . ▁The ▁first ▁stage ▁of ▁classification ▁is ▁a ▁health ▁exam ination . ▁ ▁For ▁am put ees ,