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| 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 1994.23
Contents |
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 | Stadium Parilly | ||
| 7th | 2015 () | Doha |  Qatar |
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| 8th | 2017 () | London | United Kingdom |
July 2017 | Olympic Stadium, Stratford |
Classification
- F = field athletes
- T = track athletes
- P = pentathlon
- 11-13 - visually impaired, compete with a sighted guide
- 20 - intellectual disability
- 40 - dwarfism
- 31-38 - cerebral palsy
- 41-46 - amputation, others
- 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
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