Men's 800m - T37
Though competing for the first time in Paralympics, Ireland's 18-year-old Michael McKillop won himself a gold medal and created a world record in the Men's 800m - T37. McKillop first achieved a world record in 2006 in the Netherlands (2:02.13), then bettered it on Wednesday evening by winning his race in 1:59.39. Brad Scott of Australia and Djamel Mastouri of France trailed behind him to come in second (2:02.71) and third (2:03.04) to take silver and bronze, respectively.
Men's 200m - T52
Dean Bergeron of Canada led from the start and won the gold medal with 30.81 seconds, short of his own world record but a new Paralympics record nevertheless. The silver went to Beat Bosch of Switzerland and bronze to Thailand's Peth Rungsri.
Women's 400m - T53
United States of America took gold and bronze through Jessica Galli and Anjali Forber Pratt while China's Zhou Hongzhuan won the silver in 55.28 seconds. Galli clocked 54.88s to break her own world record (55.42s).
Women's 100m - T54
Canada's Golden Girl Chantal Petitclerc has begun her winning mission. She failed to better her own Paralympics (16.07 seconds) and world (15.91s) records but sped to the finish line in 16.15s for the gold medal. Following close behind were China's Liu Wenjun and Dong Hongjiao who took the silver and bronze medals with times of 16.20s and 16.24s, respectively.
Men's 400m - T54
The last track final saw David Weir of Great Britain take second place with 46.02 seconds, but it wasn't enough to hold on to his world record title as China's Zhang Lixin blazed the tracks in 45.07s to win gold and take the world record. Saichon Konjen won Thailand's second Bronze medal for the day by finishing his race in 46.86s
There were new world records in all the field events, with some having more than one due to the multi-classification competition format.
Women's Discus F32-34/51-53
Two world records were broken in the Women's Discus F32-34/51-53. In multi classification events such as these, results are decided based on a point system. Tetyana Yakybchuk of Ukraine takes home the gold and the title of F33 world record holder with her throw of 17.05m which earned her 1129 points. The F34 world record title went to Frances Herrmann of Germany whose throw measured at 21.19m but only got her 1108 points. Tunisia's Yousra Ben Jemaa threw to a distance of 21.00m which gave her 1098 points and the bronze medal.
Men's Long Jump - F46
Another world record was created in the field event, this time by France's Arnaud Assoumani. He earned 1038 points with his leap of 7.23 meters to win the gold medal. David Roos of South Africa came in second with his best jump of 6.64m (953 points) made in his sixth and last attempt while China's Li Kangyong took the Bronze when his first attempt jump of 6.61m was recorded as his best, giving him 949 points.
Men's Javelin - F11/12
There was probably no better way for Zhu Pengkai of China to begin his competition than to break the F12 world record on his first attempt. His third attempt of 63.07 meters (1114 points) secured him the gold medal and the new world record title. Former world record holder Miroslaw Pych of Poland had to settle for bronze with 56.01m (989 points), while Croatia's Branimir Budetic took the silver with his best throw of 57.11m (1009 points).