IPC Athletics World Championships
| Sport | Athletics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Continent | International (IPC) |
| TV partner(s) | ParalympicSport.TV (Web-TV) |
The IPC Athletics World Championships is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Athletes with a physical disability compete, and in a few events athletes with an intellectual disability compete. Originally it was organised every four years, but this changed in 2011 and it is now organised biennially.[1]
The first IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Berlin, Germany in 1994.[2][3]
Championships
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events |
No. of Athletes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1994 () | Berlin |  Germany |
22 Jul – 31 Jul | Berlin Olympiastadion | 1154 | |
| 2nd | 1998 () | Birmingham |  United Kingdom |
Aug – Aug | Alexander Stadium | over 1000 | |
| 3rd | 2002 () | Lille |  France |
20 Jul – 28 Jul | Stadium Nord Lille Métropole | ||
| 4th | 2006 () | Assen |  Netherlands |
2 Sep – 10 Sep | De Smelt | 1200 | |
| 5th | 2011 () | Christchurch |  New Zealand |
21 Jan – 30 Jan | Queen Elizabeth II Park | 213 | 1060 |
| 6th | 2013 () | Lyon | France |
19 July – 28 July | Stade du Rhône | 207 | 1073 |
| 7th | 2015 () | Doha |  Qatar |
22-31 October | Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium | ||
| 8th | 2017 () | London | United Kingdom |
July 2017 | Olympic Stadium, Stratford |
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.
- 41-46 – amputation, les autre
- 51-58 – wheelchair athletes
See also
References
- ↑ Downloads & Forms, IPC Athletics
- ↑ IPC Athletics World Championships To Begin in France, International Paralympic Committee, 19 July 2002
- ↑ The cultural politics of the paralympic movement, By David Howe, 2008, Social Science, Google Books
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
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