World Athletics Championships for the Disabled 2002
| 3rd World Athletics Championships for the Disabled | |
|---|---|
 The Nord de Villeneuve-d'Ascq stadium |
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| city |
 Villeneuve-d'Ascq ( Metropolitan Region of Lille ), France
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| Stadion | Stadium Nord de Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| participating countries | 75 |
| Participating athletes | 1130 |
| Competitions | 206 medal decisions |
| opening | July 20, 2002 |
| Final day | July 28, 2002 |
| timeline | |
| ← Birmingham 1998 | Assen 2006 → |
The 3rd World Athletics Championships for the disabled were held from July 20 to 28, 2002 in the Lille Métropole stadium in the northern French city of Villeneuve-d'Ascq in the Lille metropolitan area .
Great Britain was the most successful nation with 31 medals (including 13 in gold), followed by Canada, Australia, the USA, and host France scored 27 medals.
history
Since the traditional Jeux Nationaux de l'Avenir Handisport (JNAH) had already been held in Villeneuve-d'Ascq in 1997 , the President of the French Disabled Sports Association (Fédération Française Handisport - FFH) asked the Mayor of Villeneuve-d'Ascq whether the City wants to host the World Athletics Championships for the disabled in 2002. The mayor accepted this suggestion and the city applied in March 1999, whereupon an organizing committee led by the FFH started work that same year.
The 2002 World Championships were organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the FFH and the Comité Régional Olympique et Sportif (CROS), which were supported by around 3,000 volunteers.
After the Summer Paralympics , the World Championships are the second largest sporting event in disabled sports and were the most important ever for France to be held, with an expected 1200 athletes from 80 countries.
Participating Nations
1130 athletes from 75 nations competed in 206 medal decisions.
Web links
- Homepage of the French Federation of Disabled Sports - Fédération Française Handisport
- Handisport - IIIème Championnat Du Monde d'Athletisme
- Result Book (pdf 254 kB) Results on 61 pages
- IIIè Championnat du Monde d'athlétisme IPC Handisport Au Stadium de Villeneuve d'Ascq / Lille Métropôle with pictures of the stadium
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b History , on: paralympic.org, accessed November 26, 2019
- ↑ a b c Championnat du monde Handisport , on: handicap.fr, accessed December 10, 2019
- ↑ Translated roughly: “National Games for the Future of Disabled Sports”. See e.g. Jeux Nationaux de l'Avenir Handisport , on: handisport.org or Les Jeux Nationaux de l'Avenir Handisport - Touraine 2015 , on: cdv37.fr, accessed December 13, 2019 (pdf 936 kB)
- ↑ a b c Fédération Française Handisport - IIIème Championnat du Monde d'athlétisme Handisport Villeneuve d'Ascq, 20 au 28 juillet 2002 - 2002041 , on: gouv.fr, accessed December 10, 2019 (pdf 54 kB)
- ^ Comité Régional Olympique et Sportif , at: franceolympique.com, accessed December 13, 2019
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