World Para Athletics European Championships

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Event organized by World Para Athletics
World Para Athletics European Championships
Sport Athletics
Founded 2003
Continent European (IPC)

The World Para Athletics European Championships (European Para Athletics Championships), known prior to 2018 as the IPC Athletics European Championships is an event organized by World Para Athletics, the international athletics federation established under the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2016.[1] Athletes with a physical disability compete, and there is also a specific category for athletes with an intellectual disability. Organised biennially, the original Games ran from 2003 to 2005 as an Open Championship but the event was frozen in 2005, but returned in 2012 in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.

The first IPC Athletics European Championships was held in Assen, Netherlands in 2003 as an Open Championship.[2][3]

Championships

Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Events 		No. of
Athletes 		Best Nation
IPC Athletics European Championships
1 2003 (details) Assen[4]  Netherlands 15 – 21 Jun Stadsbroek sports park 215 700  Germany
2 2005 (details) Espoo[5]  Finland 22 – 27 August Leppävaara stadium +150 750  United Kingdom
3 2012 (details) Stadskanaal  Netherlands 24 – 28 June Stadskanaal Stadium 144 550  Russia
4 2014 (details) Swansea[6]  United Kingdom 18 – 23 August Swansea University Stadium 193 550  Russia
5 2016 (details) Grosseto[7]  Italy 10 – 16 June Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini 171 700  Russia
World Para Athletics European Championships
6 2018 (details) Berlin[8]  Germany 20 – 26 August Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 182 600  Poland
7 2021 (details) Bydgoszcz[9]  Poland 1 – 5 June Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium 157 670  Russia
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Host cities of the games through 2016

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 autres.
  • 51-58 – wheelchair athletes.

Medal table

As of 2021.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia 171 154 103 428
2  Great Britain 115 84 98 297
3  Poland 104 95 91 290
4  Ukraine 104 80 63 247
5  Germany 92 124 70 286
6  France 70 59 56 185
7  Spain 52 64 69 185
8  Switzerland 48 29 44 121
9  Finland 39 15 16 70
10  Netherlands 34 45 27 106
11  Greece 30 40 41 111
12  Czech Republic 28 34 47 109
13  Belarus 26 33 25 84
14  Turkey 22 22 23 67
15  Ireland 22 14 18 54
16  Portugal 20 43 30 93
17  Italy 20 28 38 86
18  Lithuania 20 19 14 53
19  Bulgaria 18 19 24 61
20  Austria 15 22 13 50
21  Croatia 15 14 22 51
22  Sweden 14 16 12 42
23  Serbia 14 13 17 44
24  Latvia 12 6 16 34
25  Denmark 11 16 8 35
26  Azerbaijan 10 8 7 25
27  Slovakia 6 12 11 29
28  Belgium 6 9 9 24
29  Iceland 5 4 7 16
30  Hungary 4 5 10 19
31  Norway 3 9 4 16
32  Cyprus 2 4 0 6
33  Slovenia 2 2 6 10
34  Montenegro 1 3 1 5
35  Romania 1 0 2 3
36  Estonia 1 0 0 1
37  Luxembourg 0 5 1 6
38  Serbia and Montenegro 0 2 2 4
39  Yugoslavia 0 1 1 2
40  Moldova 0 1 0 1
41  Israel 0 0 5 5
42  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 1 1
Totals (42 entries) 1,157 1,153 1,052 3,362

* In the 2005 IPC Athletics European Championships, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates were all guests in the championships and have won medals for their country respectively.

See also

References

  1. ^ «Para Athletics (formerly IPC Athletics) — About the Sport». International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  2. ^ «History». paralympic.org. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ^ «World Para Athletics 2020 season: Status update». International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. ^ «Entry Deadline Approaching for Athletics Europeans». paralympic.org. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  5. ^ Burnett, Mike (16 August 2005). «Forget Helsinki». bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  6. ^ «Swansea to host 2014 IPC European Athletics Championships». athleticsweekly.com. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  7. ^ «Grosseto 2016: About us». paralympic.org. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  8. ^ «IPC chooses Berlin to stage 2018 European Championships». BBC Sport. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ^ «Bydgoszcz to host 2020 European Championships». World Para Athletics. 25 June 2019.
  10. ^ «2003 European Athletics Championships Results (in German)». teamthomas.org.de. 4 February 2019.
  11. ^ «2005 European Athletics Championships Results» (PDF). fsrim.org.mk. 5 February 2019.
  12. ^ «2012 IPC Athletics European Championships — Official Results Book» (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 29 June 2012.
  13. ^ «2016 IPC Athletics European Championships» (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 16 June 2016.
  14. ^ «Berlin 2018 Medal Count». International Paralympic Committee. 6 February 2019.
  15. ^ «Medal Standings Bydgoszcz 2021» (PDF). World Para Athletics. 6 June 2021.

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