World Athletics Championships for the disabled

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The logo of the World Championships 2011

The World Para Athletics Championships in Athletics for the disabled (official name World Para Athletics Championships ) ( English World Para Athletics Championships ; French Championnats du monde d'athlétisme handisport ; Italian Campionati del mondo di atletica leggera paralimpica ; Portuguese Campeonato Mundial de Para-Atletismo ; Russian Чемпионат по лёгкой атлетике (МПК) ) are competitions that have been held by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) since 1994 to determine the world champions in the individual athletics disciplines.

Originally held every four years, the World Championships will take place every two years from 2011. Together with the other IPC World Championships after the Paralympic Games, they are among the most important events on a global level for physically disabled athletes.

In some competitions, mentally handicapped participants are also allowed.

World championships

Until 2015 IPC World Championships , from 2017 called World Para Athletics Championships .

No. year city country date Stadion athlete Nations Most successful
nation
I. 1994 Berlin GermanyGermany Germany July 22nd to 31st Olympic Stadium 1154 63
II. 1998 Birmingham United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom August 6th to 16th Alexander Stadium > 1000 61 United Kingdom
III. 2002 Lille FranceFrance France July 20th to 28th Lille Métropole Stadium > 1000 75 China, PR
IV. 2006 Aces NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands September 2nd to 10th Stadsbroek sports park 1097 76 China, PR
V. 2011 Christchurch New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand January 21st to 30th Queen Elizabeth II Park 1060 80 China, PR
VI. 2013 Lyon FranceFrance France July 19-28 Stade du Rhône 1073 118 Russia
VII. 2015 Doha QatarQatar Qatar October 22nd to 31st Qatar SC Stadium 1230 96 China, PR
VIII. 2017 London United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom July 14-23 Olympic Stadium 1056 N / A China, PR
IX. 2019 Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates November 7th to 15th Dubai Club for People of Determination stadium 1403 118 China, PR
X. 2022 Kobe JapanJapan Japan August 26th to
September 4th		 Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

Classification

The classification of the participating athletes is similar to the procedure in the Paralympic Games and enables the greatest possible equality of opportunity by forming different groups. The identification is made by a combination of a letter and a two-digit number. An example is the South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius . His legs were amputated below the knees ; he therefore starts in class T43 . The visually impaired shot putter Jodi Willis-Roberts from Australia, on the other hand, competes in group F12 . As a result, the World Championships in Athletics for the disabled have significantly more medal decisions than at the World Championships for the non-disabled .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b History , on: paralympic.org, accessed August 24, 2018
  2. ↑ Dubai to host 2019 World Para Athletics Championships , on: paralympic.org, June 11, 2018, accessed November 3, 2019
  3. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan to 2021, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) postponed the World Athletics Championships for the disabled to 2022 due to scheduling conflicts, see p . Kobe World Championships rescheduled to 2022