World Para Athletics Championships

Most recent season or competition: 2019 World Para Athletics Championships
Formerly	IPC Athletics World Championships (1994–2017)
Sport	Athletics
Founded	1994
Continent	International (IPC)

The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It features athletics events contested by athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The first IPC Athletics World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany in 1994.^[1][2]

They are a Paralympic parallel to the World Athletics Championships for able-bodied athletes. Since 2011, when they switched from a quadrennial scheduling to biennial, the IPC championships have been held in the same years as the IAAF championships, although they are separate events and are not necessarily held in the same host city. In 2017, London, which previously hosted the 2012 Summer Paralympics, became the first city to host both the IAAF World Championships and World Para Athletics Championships in the same year and as connected events.^[3][4][5]

Championships

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Dates	Venue	Events	Athletes	Nations	Best Nation
1	1994 (details)	Berlin	Germany	22–31 July	Berlin Olympiastadion		1154	63
2	1998 (details)	Birmingham	United Kingdom	6–16 August	Alexander Stadium		+1000	61
3	2002 (details)	Lille	France	20–28 July	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole		+1000	75	China
4	2006 (details)	Assen	Netherlands	2–10 September	Sports Park Stadsbroek	203	1097	76	China
5	2011 (details)	Christchurch	New Zealand	21–30 January	Queen Elizabeth II Park	213	1060	80	China
6	2013 (details)	Lyon	France	19–28 July	Stade du Rhône	207	1073	118	Russia
7	2015 (details)	Doha	Qatar	22–31 October	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium	212	1230	96	China
8	2017 (details)	London	United Kingdom	14–23 July	Olympic Stadium, Stratford	210	1074	92	China
9	2019 (details)	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	7–15 November	Dubai Club for People of Determination	172	1365	118	China
10	2023 (details)	Paris	France		Stade Pierre de Coubertin
11	2024 (details)	Kobe	Japan		Universiade Memorial Stadium

• https://web.archive.org/web/20210826201001/http://www.jobosport.nl/userfiles/documents/28.pdf - 1994 Results Book
• https://web.archive.org/web/20210826201316/http://www.jobosport.nl/userfiles/documents/35.pdf - 2002 Results Book

Medal table

Medals counted from 1994 to 2019. 1998 results are currently unknown.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	158	134	108	400
2	Great Britain (GBR)	131	106	99	336
3	United States (USA)	127	131	124	382
4	Russia (RUS)	117	81	80	278
5	Australia (AUS)	109	96	91	296
6	Germany (GER)	101	104	108	313
7	Canada (CAN)	76	55	47	178
8	Brazil (BRA)	74	65	76	215
9	Poland (POL)	68	64	61	193
10	Ukraine (UKR)	68	59	69	196
11	South Africa (RSA)	55	53	53	161
12	Tunisia (TUN)	52	41	31	124
13	Spain (ESP)	48	40	56	144
14	Algeria (ALG)	45	49	32	126
15	Switzerland (SUI)	45	46	27	118
16	France (FRA)	40	41	44	125
17	Iran (IRI)	38	37	33	108
18	Cuba (CUB)	33	9	6	48
19	Mexico (MEX)	32	32	41	105
20	Japan (JPN)	25	31	57	113
21	Netherlands (NED)	23	25	22	70
22	Ireland (IRL)	23	21	16	60
23	Italy (ITA)	22	23	18	63
24	Morocco (MAR)	21	16	20	57
25	Austria (AUT)	19	29	18	66
26	New Zealand (NZL)	19	23	13	55
27	Belarus (BLR)	19	16	22	57
28	Egypt (EGY)	16	26	28	70
29	Czech Republic (CZE)	15	23	23	61
30	Greece (GRE)	15	22	28	65
31	Belgium (BEL)	15	11	13	39
32	Latvia (LAT)	15	6	4	25
33	Lithuania (LTU)	14	16	10	40
34	Sweden (SWE)	13	20	15	48
35	Portugal (POR)	13	19	20	52
36	Finland (FIN)	12	20	16	48
37	Thailand (THA)	10	16	20	46
38	Bulgaria (BUL)	10	10	12	32
39	Kenya (KEN)	10	10	9	29
40	Denmark (DEN)	9	10	8	27
41	Croatia (CRO)	8	9	14	31
42	Uzbekistan (UZB)	8	8	4	20
43	Hong Kong (HKG)	7	3	2	12
	Kuwait (KUW)	7	3	2	12
45	Azerbaijan (AZE)	6	8	7	21
46	Iceland (ISL)	6	3	3	12
47	Colombia (COL)	5	13	13	31
48	Slovakia (SVK)	5	7	7	19
49	Serbia (SRB)	5	6	5	16
50	Malaysia (MAS)	5	4	4	13
51	India (IND)	4	7	7	18
52	Chile (CHI)	4	5	1	10
53	Norway (NOR)	4	2	5	11
54	Ivory Coast (CIV)	4	0	1	5
55	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	3	11	7	21
56	Iraq (IRQ)	3	8	2	13
57	Namibia (NAM)	3	7	7	17
58	Hungary (HUN)	3	4	4	11
59	South Korea (KOR)	3	2	6	11
60	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	3	1	1	5
61	Argentina (ARG)	2	11	12	25
62	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	2	8	7	17
63	Jamaica (JAM)	2	6	2	10
64	Slovenia (SLO)	2	5	3	10
65	Bahrain (BHN)	2	3	1	6
66	Jordan (JOR)	2	2	2	6
67	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	1	2	5
68	Cyprus (CYP)	2	0	2	4
69	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	2	0	1	3
70	Venezuela (VEN)	1	6	9	16
71	Ecuador (ECU)	1	4	2	7
72	Syria (SYR)	1	2	1	4
73	Nigeria (NGR)	1	1	1	3
	Qatar (QAT)	1	1	1	3
75	Cape Verde (CPV)	1	1	0	2
	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	1	0	2
77	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	2	3
78	Israel (ISR)	1	0	1	2
79	Rwanda (RWA)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
81	Angola (ANG)	0	4	4	8
82	Estonia (EST)	0	2	3	5
83	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	2	1	3
84	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	6	7
85	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	0	1	1	2
	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	1	1	2
87	Fiji (FIJ)	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg (LUX)	0	1	0	1
	Oman (OMA)	0	1	0	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	1	0	1
	Palestine (PLE)	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	0	1
	Singapore (SGP)	0	1	0	1
94	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Mozambique (MOZ)	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam (VIE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (99 entries)		1880	1817	1751	5448

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.
• 40-46 – amputation, les autre
• 51-58 – wheelchair athletes
• 61-64: Athletes who have a prosthesis affected by limb deficiency and leg length difference.