World Para Athletics Championships
World Para Athletics Championships
| Year dem found am | 1994  |
|---|---|
| Sport | Para-athletics |
| Organizer | International Paralympic Committee |
| Dema official website | https://www.paralympic.org/athletics |
De World Para Athletics Championships, dem know am as de IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, be biennial Paralympic athletics event organize by World Para Athletics, subcommittee of de International Paralympic Committee (IPC).[1][2][3] E dey feature athletics events contest by athletes plus physical disabilities. Na dem hold de first IPC Athletics World Championships insyd Berlin, Germany insyd 1994.[4]
Dem be Paralympic parallel to de World Athletics Championships give able-bodied athletes. Since 2011, wen dem switch from quadrennial scheduling to biennial, dem hold de IPC championships insyd de same years as de IAAF championships, although dem be separate events wey dem necessarily no dey hold am insyd de same host city. Insyd 2017, London, wich previously host de 2012 Summer Paralympics, cam turn de first city make e host both de IAAF World Championships den World Para Athletics Championships insyd de same year den as events dem connect.[5][6][7]
Editions
[edit | edit source]| # | Year | Host City | Host Country | Dates | Venue | Events | Athletes | Nations | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPC Athletics World Championships | |||||||||
| 1 | 1994 | Berlin | Germany | 22–31 July | Berlin Olympiastadion | 1154 | 63 | ||
| 2 | 1998 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 6–16 August | Alexander Stadium | +1000 | 61 | ||
| 3 | 2002 | Lille | France | 20–28 July | Stadium Nord Lille Métropole | +1000 | 75 | China | |
| 4 | 2006 | Assen | Netherlands | 2–10 September | Sports Park Stadsbroek | 203 | 1097 | 76 | China |
| 5 | 2011 | Christchurch | New Zealand | 21–30 January | Queen Elizabeth II Park | 213 | 1060 | 80 | China |
| 6 | 2013 | Lyon | France | 19–28 July | Stade du Rhône | 207 | 1073 | 118 | Russia |
| 7 | 2015 | Doha | Qatar | 22–31 October | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | 212 | 1230 | 96 | China |
| World Para Athletics Championships | |||||||||
| 8 | 2017 | London | United Kingdom | 14–23 July | Olympic Stadium, Stratford | 210 | 1074 | 92 | China |
| 9 | 2019 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 7–15 November | Dubai Club for People of Determination | 172 | 1365 | 118 | China |
| 10 | 2023 | Paris | France | 8–17 July | Stade Charléty | 171 | 1206 | 103 | China |
| 11 | 2024 | Kobe | Japan | 17–25 May | Universiade Memorial Stadium | 168 | 1073 | 103 | China |
Medals (1994-2024)
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 208 | 184 | 146 | 538 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 154 | 125 | 120 | 399 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 148 | 167 | 156 | 471 |
| 4 | Australia (AUS) | 125 | 106 | 103 | 334 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 114 | 115 | 122 | 351 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 109 | 92 | 109 | 310 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 108 | 84 | 83 | 275 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 80 | 78 | 71 | 229 |
| 9 | Ukraine (UKR) | 80 | 68 | 75 | 223 |
| 10 | Canada (CAN) | 78 | 69 | 63 | 210 |
| 11 | Tunisia (TUN) | 64 | 48 | 43 | 155 |
| 12 | South Africa (RSA) | 62 | 61 | 59 | 182 |
| 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | 56 | 55 | 34 | 145 |
| 14 | Algeria (ALG) | 54 | 55 | 43 | 152 |
| 15 | Spain (ESP) | 53 | 57 | 68 | 178 |
| 16 | Iran (IRI) | 53 | 48 | 44 | 145 |
| 17 | France (FRA) | 48 | 46 | 50 | 144 |
| 18 | Cuba (CUB) | 40 | 9 | 7 | 56 |
| 19 | Mexico (MEX) | 35 | 43 | 56 | 134 |
| 20 | Netherlands (NED) | 30 | 31 | 29 | 90 |
| 21 | Italy (ITA) | 30 | 26 | 30 | 86 |
| 22 | Japan (JPN) | 29 | 46 | 78 | 153 |
| 23 | Morocco (MAR) | 26 | 23 | 25 | 74 |
| 24 | Belgium (BEL) | 23 | 13 | 15 | 51 |
| 25 | Ireland (IRL) | 22 | 21 | 26 | 69 |
| 26 | New Zealand (NZL) | 21 | 34 | 17 | 72 |
| 27 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 21 | 19 | 10 | 50 |
| 28 | Austria (AUT) | 19 | 32 | 21 | 72 |
| 29 | Greece (GRE) | 19 | 27 | 32 | 78 |
| 30 | Belarus (BLR) | 19 | 17 | 22 | 58 |
| 31 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 18 | 30 | 30 | 78 |
| 32 | Thailand (THA) | 17 | 20 | 27 | 64 |
| 33 | Latvia (LAT) | 17 | 7 | 5 | 29 |
| 34 | Egypt (EGY) | 16 | 29 | 30 | 75 |
| 35 | Colombia (COL) | 16 | 24 | 25 | 65 |
| 36 | Lithuania (LTU) | 15 | 16 | 11 | 42 |
| 37 | Finland (FIN) | 14 | 23 | 24 | 61 |
| Portugal (POR) | 14 | 23 | 24 | 61 | |
| 39 | Sweden (SWE) | 13 | 21 | 15 | 49 |
| 40 | India (IND) | 13 | 15 | 17 | 45 |
| 41 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 13 | 10 | 11 | 34 |
| 42 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 12 | 8 | 9 | 29 |
| 43 | Kenya (KEN) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 32 |
| 44 | Kuwait (KUW) | 10 | 5 | 7 | 22 |
| 45 | Denmark (DEN) | 9 | 14 | 8 | 31 |
| 46 | Malaysia (MAS) | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| – | Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA) | 8 | 13 | 17 | 38 |
| 47 | Croatia (CRO) | 8 | 12 | 16 | 36 |
| 48 | Hungary (HUN) | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 |
| 49 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 50 | Iceland (ISL) | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 7 | 15 | 11 | 33 |
| 52 | Serbia (SRB) | 7 | 11 | 8 | 26 |
| 53 | Slovakia (SVK) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 24 |
| 54 | Ecuador (ECU) | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
| 55 | Norway (NOR) | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 56 | Namibia (NAM) | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| 57 | Chile (CHI) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 |
| 58 | Jordan (JOR) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 59 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 60 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 61 | Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 13 | 14 | 30 |
| 62 | Iraq (IRQ) | 3 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 63 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 65 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 66 | Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 67 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 68 | Slovenia (SLO) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 69 | Jamaica (JAM) | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 70 | Bahrain (BHN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 72 | Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| 73 | Cyprus (CYP) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 75 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 76 | Mauritius (MRI) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 77 | Syria (SYR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 78 | Qatar (QAT) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 79 | Cape Verde (CPV) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Costa Rica (CRC) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zimbabwe (ZIM) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 83 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 84 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rwanda (RWA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Uganda (UGA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 87 | Angola (ANG) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 88 | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 89 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 90 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 92 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 94 | Fiji (FIJ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oman (OMA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 98 | International Paralympic Committee (IPC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 99 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mozambique (MOZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (106 entries) | 2,280 | 2,262 | 2,236 | 6,778 | |
Classification
[edit | edit source]- F = field athletes
- T = track athletes
- P = pentathlon
- 11-13: visually impaired, 11 den 12 dey compete plus sighted guide
- 20: intellectual disability
- 31-38: cerebral palsy anaa oda conditions wey dey affect muscle co-ordination den control. Athletes insyd class 31-34 dey compete insyd seated position; athletes insyd class 35-38 dey compete standing.
- 40-41: small athletes.
- 42-43: impaired muscular power (widout prosthesis) insyd de legs.
- 45-47: upper limb prosthesis.
- 51-57: spinal cord injuries. All races dey compete insyd wheel chairs. Everybro dey throw seated.
- 61-64: athletes wey get prosthesis wey affect dem by lower limb deficiency den leg length difference.
- 71-72: severe coordinations disorders. Dey practice Frame Running per.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Para Athletics (formerly IPC Athletics) - About the Sport". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ↑ "Branding for the World Para athletics 2017". milani.ch. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ↑ "World Para Athletics Championships 2019 | Para Athletics (Singapore)". Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ↑ Howe, David (2008). The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-28886-6.
- ↑ Hart, Simon (18 October 2012). "Olympic Stadium set to host 2017 World Paralympic Championships". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ "London named host city for 2017 Paralympic World Championships". BBC Sport. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ↑ "Kobe to host 2021 World Para Athletics Championships". International Paralympic Committee. 23 April 2019. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ "1994 Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-26.
- ↑ "2002 Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-26.
External links
[edit | edit source]Wikimedia Commons get media wey relate to IPC Athletics World Championships.
- 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