IPC Athletics World Championships

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 since 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 (details)	Berlin	Germany	22 Jul – 31 Jul	Berlin Olympiastadion		1154
2nd	1998 (details)	Birmingham	United Kingdom	Aug – Aug	Alexander Stadium		over 1000
3rd	2002 (details)	Lille	France	20 Jul – 28 Jul	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole
4th	2006 (details)	Assen	Netherlands	2 Sep – 10 Sep	De Smelt		1200
5th	2011 (details)	Christchurch	New Zealand	21 Jan – 30 Jan	Queen Elizabeth II Park	213	1060
6th	2013 (details)
7th	2015 (details)

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

• IAAF World Championships in Athletics

References

1. ^ Downloads & Forms, IPC Athletics
2. ^ IPC Athletics World Championships To Begin in France, International Paralympic Committee, 19 July 2002
3. ^ The cultural politics of the paralympic movement, By David Howe, 2008, Social Science, Google Books

• 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

External links

• IPC Athletics