Serbia competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]
Serbian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).
Serbia earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
Serbia entered six para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[4]
Serbia entered three athletes for the Paralympic games. Borislava Perić qualified for the games by virtue of her gold medal results at the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain;[5] meanwhile Mitar Palikuća and Nada Matić qualified for the games, through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.
Serbia entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Marija Mičev and Jelena Rašić qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. Meanwhile, Nikola Spajić qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of his gold medal results in men's 80 kg classes, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.[6]