World Para Athletics Championships

The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It features athletics events contested by athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The first IPC Athletics World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany in 1994.[1][2]

World Para Athletics Championships

Most recent season or competition: 2019 World Para Athletics Championships
Formerly	IPC Athletics World Championships (1994–2017)
Sport	Athletics
Founded	1994
Continent	International (IPC)

They are a Paralympic parallel to the World Athletics Championships for able-bodied athletes. Since 2011, when they switched from a quadrennial scheduling to biennial, the IPC championships have been held in the same years as the IAAF championships, although they are separate events and were not necessarily held in the same host city. In 2017, London, which previously hosted the 2012 Summer Paralympics, became the first city to host both the IAAF World Championships and World Para Athletics Championships in the same year.[3][4]

Championships

Senior

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes	Best Nation
1	1994 ()	Berlin	Germany	22–31 July	Berlin Olympiastadion		1154
2	1998 ()	Birmingham	United Kingdom	6–16 August	Alexander Stadium		+ 1000	United Kingdom
3	2002 ()	Lille	France	20–28 July	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole			China
4	2006 ()	Assen	Netherlands	2–10 September	Sports Park Stadsbroek			China
5	2011 ()	Christchurch	New Zealand	21–30 January	Queen Elizabeth II Park	213	1060	China
6	2013 ()	Lyon	France	19–28 July	Stade du Rhône	207	1073	Russia
7	2015 ()	Doha	Qatar	22–31 October	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium	212	1230	China
8	2017 ()	London	United Kingdom	14–23 July	Olympic Stadium, Stratford	210	1074	China
9	2019 ()	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	7–15 November	Dubai Club for People of Determination	172	1365	China
10	2022 ()	Kobe[5]	Japan		Universiade Memorial Stadium

Junior (U18/17 and U20)

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes	Best Nation
1	2017 ()	Nottwil	Switzerland	3-6 August	Sport Arena Nottwil	117	275	United States
2	2019 ()	Nottwil	Switzerland	1-4 August	Sport Arean Nottwil	109	300	United States

All-time medal table

Senior (2011 to 2019)

Junior (2017 to 2019)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	34	11	11	56
2	Brazil (BRA)	15	13	7	35
3	Great Britain (GBR)	15	12	9	36
4	Mexico (MEX)	15	10	6	31
5	Germany (GER)	13	14	11	38
6	India (IND)	13	9	6	28
7	Iran (IRN)	12	5	5	22
8	South Africa (RSA)	11	10	6	27
9	Japan (JPN)	11	1	4	16
10	Spain (ESP)	9	9	13	31
11	Colombia (COL)	8	5	3	16
12	Turkey (TUR)	8	3	2	13
13	Poland (POL)	6	8	2	16
14	Australia (AUS)	5	6	9	20
15	Belarus (BLR)	5	4	0	9
16	Ecuador (ECU)	5	3	2	10
17	Austria (AUT)	5	2	2	9
18	Croatia (CRO)	3	8	1	12
19	Argentina (ARG)	3	6	4	13
20	Portugal (POR)	3	5	1	9
21	Canada (CAN)	3	4	1	8
22	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	2	8	5	15
23	Italy (ITA)	2	7	9	18
24	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	4	0	6
25	Switzerland (SUI)	2	3	2	7
26	Finland (FIN)	2	2	2	6
27	Chile (CHI)	2	2	0	4
28	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	1	4
	Mauritius (MRI)	2	1	1	4
30	Brunei (BRN)	2	0	2	4
31	France (FRA)	1	3	7	11
32	Norway (NOR)	1	2	3	6
33	Ireland (IRL)	1	2	0	3
34	Egypt (EGY)	1	1	2	4
35	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	0	2
36	Iceland (ISL)	1	0	1	2
37	Belgium (BEL)	0	2	4	6
38	Jamaica (JAM)	0	2	1	3
39	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	2	3
40	Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)	0	1	0	1
Totals (40 nations)		226	191	147	564

• https://www.paralympic.org/nottwil-2019
• http://www.nottwil2019.ch/en/start_list_results/
• https://www.nottwil2019.ch/de/startliste_resultate/results_2017/
• https://www.nottwil2019.ch/__/frontend/handler/document.php?id=166&type=42 - 2017 Medal table
• https://www.nottwil2019.ch/__/frontend/handler/document/42/225/20190801-04_Medal%20Table%20combined.pdf - 2019 Medal table

Classification

• F = field athletes
• T = track athletes
• P = pentathlon
• 11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide
• 20 – intellectual disability
• 31-38 – cerebral palsy or other conditions that affect muscle co-ordination and control. Athletes in class 31-34 compete in a seated position; athletes in class 35-38 compete standing.
• 40-46 – amputation, les autre
• 51-58 – wheelchair athletes

See also

• World Para Athletics European Championships

References

1. IPC Athletics World Championships To Begin in France, International Paralympic Committee, 19 July 2002
2. The cultural politics of the paralympic movement, By David Howe, 2008, Social Science, Google Books
3. Hart, Simon (18 October 2012). "Olympic Stadium set to host 2017 World Paralympic Championships". The Daily Telegraph. London.
4. "London named host city for 2017 Paralympic World Championships". BBC sport. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
5. "Kobe to host 2021 World Para Athletics Championships". International Paralympic Committee. 23 April 2019.

External links

• New Athletics World Records Set in Lille, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 25 July 2002
• III ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - I.P.C 2002 - program & Results (archived, Wayback Machine)
• US Captures 11 Gold Medals in IPC World Championships, The O&P EDGE, October 2002
• 2006 IPC World Championships In Athletics - Selection Criteria, Athletics Canada
• Dr. Detlef Eckert startet bei der Leichtathletik-WM der Behinderten gleich dreimal (German), Berliner Zeitung, July 22, 1994
• Vom Rehabilitationssport zu den Paralympics (German), Sportmuseum Leipzig
• More victories for disabled athletes, Mail & Guardian Online, Aug 17 1998
• More gold for disabled athletes, Mail & Guardian Online, Aug 14 1998
• Alexander Stadium, newman.ac.uk
• Maxxyz Controlled Martin Lighting Package for IPC Athletics World Championships, livetime.nl, November 7, 2006
• IPC Athletics