World Para Athletics Championships
Most recent season or competition:
2023 World Para Athletics Championships
FormerlyIPC Athletics World Championships (1994–2017)
SportAthletics
Founded1994
ContinentInternational (IPC)

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 disabilities. The first IPC Athletics World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany in 1994.[1]

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 are 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 and as connected events.[2][3][4]

Editions

Edition Year Host City Host Country Dates Venue Events Athletes Nations Best Nation
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
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

Medal table

Medals counted from 1994 to 2023.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)175154122451
2 Great Britain (GBR)147123117387
3 United States (USA)142154151447
4 Australia (AUS)124105100329
5 Germany (GER)108113121342
6 Russia (RUS)1088483275
7 Brazil (BRA)908098268
8 Ukraine (UKR)806875223
9 Poland (POL)787670224
10 Canada (CAN)786763208
11 South Africa (RSA)605957176
12 Tunisia (TUN)604236138
13  Switzerland (SUI)565533144
14 Spain (ESP)515366170
15 Algeria (ALG)495139139
16 Iran (IRI)494339131
17 France (FRA)464550141
18 Cuba (CUB)389754
19 Mexico (MEX)323949120
20 Japan (JPN)293762128
21 Italy (ITA)28263084
22 Netherlands (NED)27282479
23 Morocco (MAR)24182264
24 Ireland (IRL)22212669
25 Austria (AUT)19312070
26 New Zealand (NZL)19301564
27 Greece (GRE)19243174
28 Belarus (BLR)19172258
29 Czech Republic (CZE)18303078
30 Belgium (BEL)18131546
31 Thailand (THA)17192662
32 Latvia (LAT)176528
33 Egypt (EGY)16293075
34 Lithuania (LTU)15161041
35 Portugal (POR)14202458
36 Uzbekistan (UZB)1415837
37 Finland (FIN)13232157
38 Sweden (SWE)13211549
39 Bulgaria (BUL)1291132
40 Colombia (COL)11191949
41 Kenya (KEN)11101132
42 Denmark (DEN)914831
43 Kuwait (KUW)94720
44 Croatia (CRO)8101533
45 Azerbaijan (AZE)88925
46 Hong Kong (HKG)84315
47 Iceland (ISL)83516
48 India (IND)7101128
49 Slovakia (SVK)68923
50 Serbia (SRB)68721
51 Hungary (HUN)66517
52 Malaysia (MAS)65415
53 United Arab Emirates (UAE)5151131
54 Norway (NOR)53614
55 Chile (CHI)46111
56 South Korea (KOR)42713
57 Ivory Coast (CIV)4015
58 Argentina (ARG)3131430
59 Namibia (NAM)310720
60 Iraq (IRQ)39416
61 Ecuador (ECU)35311
62 Jordan (JOR)34411
63 Chinese Taipei (TPE)3115
64 Czechoslovakia (TCH)28717
65 Slovenia (SLO)25411
66 Jamaica (JAM)2529
67 Bahrain (BHN)2316
68 Saudi Arabia (KSA)2226
69 Cyprus (CYP)2035
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)2035
71 Venezuela (VEN)191020
72 Nigeria (NGR)1315
73 Syria (SYR)1214
74 Turkey (TUR)111012
75 Indonesia (INA)1135
76 Qatar (QAT)1113
77 Cape Verde (CPV)1102
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)1102
79 Israel (ISR)1012
80 Rwanda (RWA)1001
 Uganda (UGA)1001
82 Angola (ANG)0448
83 Estonia (EST)0235
 Sri Lanka (SRI)0235
85 Ethiopia (ETH)0213
86 Luxembourg (LUX)0202
 Palestine (PLE)0202
88 Mauritius (MRI)0123
89 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)0112
 Singapore (SGP)0112
91 Costa Rica (CRC)0101
 Fiji (FIJ)0101
 Oman (OMA)0101
 Pakistan (PAK)0101
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0101
96 International Paralympic Committee (IPC)0022
97 Bermuda (BER)0011
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)0011
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)0011
 Moldova (MDA)0011
 Mozambique (MOZ)0011
 Uruguay (URU)0011
 Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (103 entries)2112209420686274

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
  • 61-64: Athletes who have a prosthesis affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference.

See also

References

  1. Howe, David (2008). The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-28886-6.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
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