The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with disabilities competed, and the Championships were a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.FAQs , Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championship

Over 1,000 athletes competed, including Oscar Pistorius (nicknamed the "Blade Runner), who competed in class T44 at the 100m, 4 × 100 m relay, 200m, and 400m events.

A warm-up meet, with free entry for the audience, was held on Friday January 14.Australia Set for World Champs Warm-up, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 11, 2011

Estimates placed the total visitor spending in the city at around $12 million.

Venue

The championship was staged in the 20,000-seat Queen Elizabeth II Park stadium that was built in 1973 for the 1974 British Commonwealth Games. Three weeks after the championship closed, the venue was damaged beyond repair in the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and has since been demolished.

Coverage At least 120 journalists from 13 countries reported on the Championships. The countries included Brazil, Egypt, Finland, Switzerland, Algeria, Australia, Colombia and the United Kingdom.Strong International Media Interest in IPC Athletics World Championships, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), December 22, 2010

The internet-TV channel ParalympicSport.TV, owned by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), in conjunction with Sky Television and Kordia, broadcast daily live coverage of the Championships.ParalympicSport.TV to Broadcast Live Coverage of Athletics World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 14, 2011 ParalympicSport.TV also added clips to their YouTube channel.

Events

Opening ceremony The opening ceremony was held at Cathedral Square on Friday January 21 as a free event.Opening ceremony , On Track, Issue 4, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships Over 1000 athletes paraded through the streets of Christchurch. At Cathedral Square, the athletes were greeted by a Pōwhiri, a Māori welcoming ceremony. The New Zealand flag was raised and the national anthem performed. The Championships were Officially opened by the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rt Hon. John Key.New Zealand Prime Minister Opens 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), January 21, 2011

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 41–46 – amputation, les autre 51–58 – wheelchair athletes

Where there are more than one classification in one event, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), a percentage system is used to determine who's the winner.

Schedule

FAQs , Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships2012 IPC Athletics World Championships – Final Events Programme , IPC Athletics, December 3, 2010 The 1st and 2nd placed athletes in any individual medal event on the London 2012 Paralympic Games Programme, qualify the NPC for one (1) qualification slot (per placing) for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.London 2012 Paralympic Games Qualification Criteria – Athletics , International Paralympic Committee (IPC), February 2011

 ● Opening ceremony   Events ● Closing ceremony

Date → 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 100 m MenDetails T11, T53, T54 T11, T36, T37, T38, T53, T54 T11, T13, T34, T35, T36, T37, T38, T51, T52 P11-13, T34, T42, T44, T46 T12, T42, T44, T46 WomenDetails T13, T52, T53, T54 T53, T54 T11, T34, T46 T11, T12, T35, T36, T37, T38, T42, T44, T46 T36, T37, T38, T44 200 m MenDetails T34, T35, T51 T34, T42, T44, T46, T52 T42, T44, T46, T54 T37, T38, T53, T54 T13, T36, T37, T38, T53, T54 T12, T13, T36 T11 T11, T12 WomenDetails T11, T12, T34, T36, T37, T38, T46 T11, T12, T36, T37, T38, T46 T52, T53 T44, T53, T54 T13 T35 400 m MenDetails T12 T12 T11, T52 T11, T34, T46, T52, T53, T54 T36, T38, T46, T53, T54 T13, T36, T37, T38, T44 WomenDetails T11 T11, T12, T52 T12, T46 T37, T53, T54 T13, T37, T53, T54 800 m MenDetails T54 T53, T54 T46 T13, T36 T11, T12, T13, T36, T37, T52 T11, T12 WomenDetails T53, T54 T11 T52 T11 1500 m MenDetails T52 T13, T36 T11, T12, T46 P11-13, T11, T54 T12, T37, T54 T20 F20 WomenDetails T12 T12, T13 T54 T20, T54 5000 m MenDetails T46 T54 T52 T11, T52 T11, T12, T54 WomenDetails T54 10,000 m MenDetails T54 T11, T12, T54 Marathon MenDetails T11, T12, T46, T54 WomenDetails T54 4 × 100 m relay MenDetails T11-13 T11-13, T35-38 T42-46 WomenDetails T35-38 T11-13 4 × 400 m relay MenDetails T53/54 T53/54 WomenDetails T53/54 Long jump MenDetails F13, F37/38, F42, F46 F46 P11-13, F36, F44 F20 F11 WomenDetails F11, F42 F20, F44/46 F13, F38 Triple jump MenDetails F11 F12, F46 High jump MenDetails F46 F13 F42 Pentathlon MenDetails P11-13 Shot put MenDetails F12, F32/33, F34 F12, F35/36 F11, F52/53, F57/58 F40, F42 F54/55/56 F37/38 F44/46 F20 WomenDetails F42/44/46 F32/33/34, F40, F52/53, F57/58 F32/33/34, F37 F37 F11, F12 F35/36 F20, F35/36 F54/55/56 Discus throw MenDetails F11 F37/38 F32/33/34, F37/38, F40 P11-13, F32/33/34, F46 F44, F57/58 F42, F51/52/53 F12, F35/36, F54/55/56 WomenDetails F12 F37 F54/55/56 F35/36, F40, F51/52/53, F57/58 Javelin throw MenDetails F35/36, F46 F42, F44, F46 F54/55/56 P11-13 F37/38 F11, F33/34 F40, F57/58 F13, F52/53 WomenDetails F13 F13, F57/58 F38 F54/55/56 F33/34/52/53, F46 Club throw MenDetails F31/32/51 WomenDetails F31/32/51 Ceremonies ● ●

Medalists

The sighted guides who run together with athletes with a visual impairment at the Championship, did not receive a medal. This will change for the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. For the first time, also guides at a major international athletics event will receive medals.Exclusive: Guides to be awarded Paralympic medals at London 2012 , insideworldparasport.biz, February 12, 2011 In Paralympic winter sports, such as alpine skiing, biathlon and cross-country skiing the guides receive medals, for example at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. In Paralympic tandem cycling events, the pilots receive medals, for example at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Medal table Medal Standings, as of 30 JAN 2011, 202 events, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships]

Changes in medal standings + List of changes in medal standingsRuling date Sport Event NPC Gold Silver Bronze Total 7 April 2011 Men's discus throw F42 −1 −1 +1 −1 +1 −1 +1 +1

Highlights

Records At the competition, 57 world records, 173 Championship records, and a number of area records and national records were broken.World record in marathon to finish IPC Athletics, International Paralympic Committee, 31 January 2011RECORDS SET (As of 30 JAN 2011), Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships

Day 0 (21st) Opening ceremony.

Day 1 (22nd) There were seven world records: Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina in the women's 200m T11 with a time of 24.74, China's Yuxi Ma (F37) in the men's long jump F37/38 with a length of 6.07m, France's Arnaud Assoumani in the men's long jump F46 twice, first with a length of 7.36m, then with 7.58m, Algeria's Karim Bettina (F32) in the men's shot put F32/33 final with a length of 10.89m and in the same event Algeria's Kamel Kardjena (F33) with 12.24m, France's Thierry Cibone in the men's shot put F34 with a length of 11.53m, China's Liangmin Zhang (classification F11) with a world record throw in the women's discus throw F12 (included both F11 and F12) with 40.42, which gave her a silver medal, while Croatia's Marija Iveković (F12) took the gold medal.IPC Athletics World Champs Off to Record Breaking Start, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 22 January 2011 Day One on YouTube

Day 2 (23rd) Eight World records: Mexico's Angeles Ortiz Hernandes (F58) in the women's shot put F57/58 final with the length of 11.21m, Poland's Pawel Piotrowski (F36) in the men's shot put F35/36 with a throw of 13.77m, Australia's Kelly Cartwright set a world record and took Australia's first gold medal in the women's long jump F42 with a length of 4.19m, China's Mingjie Gao in the men's javelin T44 final with 59.82m, Poland's Tomasz Blatkiewicz (F37) in the men's discus F37/38 with a length of 53.00m after Ukraine's Mykola Zhabnyak (F37) had broken it first with 52.48m, Egypt's Mostafa Fathalla Mohammed in the men's 100m T37 heat with a time of 11.64 sec, and two records in the women's shot put F32/33/34: Germany's Brigit Kober (classification F34) with a length of 9.30m, and Greece's Maria Stamatoula (F32) with 6.60m.Field Athletes Dominate the Records on Day Two of the IPC Athletics World Champs, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 23 January 2011 Day Two on YouTube

Day 3 (24th) Brazil's Yohansson Nascimento (T45) set a world record for classification T45 in the men's 200m race T46 (included T45 and T46 classified athletes) with a time of 22.35 and won the silver medal while Antonis Aresti (T46) of Cyprus did not set a record for T46, but won the gold medal with a time of 22.25.

Other world records: Egypt's Mostafa Fathalla Mohamed in the men's 100m T37 final with a time of 11.61, Ukraine's team (Viktoriya Kravchenko, Maryna Snisar, Oksana Krechunyak, Inna Dyachenko) in the women's 4 × 100 m relay F35-38 with a time of 55.07, Brazil's Terezinha Guilhermina in the women's 100m T11 heats with a time of 12.13, Russia's Alexy Kuznetsov (F54) in the men's javelin throw F54/55/56 with a length of 29.44m, Serbia's Tanja Dragic (F12) in the women's javelin throw F13 with a length of 36.74m, Latvia's Aigars Apinis (F52) in the men's shot put F52/53 with a length of 10.03m, Russia's Alexey Ashapatov (F58) in the men's shot put F57/58 with the length of 16.37m, Paschalis Stathelakos of Greece, in the men's discus throw F40 with the length 40.92, and Algeria's Lahouari Bahlaz (F32) in the men's discus throw F32/33/34 with a length of 20.30m.Pistorius Lights Up Christchurch With 200m Gold as Records Tumble, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 24 January 2011 Day Three on YouTube

Day 4 (25th) Brazil's Odair Santos set a world record in the men's 1500m T11 with 4:04.70, Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil set a world record in the women's 100m T11 with a time of 12.13sec. Other world records: Markus Rehm of Germany in the men's long jump F44 with a jump of 7.09m, Algeria's Lahouari Bahlaz in the men's club throw F31/32/51 with a length of 36.73m, and Algeria's Hocine Gherzouli in the men's shot put F40 with the length 12.21m.Singleton throws down challenge to Pistorius at IPC Athletics, International Paralympic Committee (IPC), 25 January 2011 Day Four on YouTube

Day 5 (26th) In the 100m T44 men final, America's Jerome Singleton and South Africa's Oscar Pistorius battled it out with Singleton securing gold, just 0.002 ahead of Pistorius.Pistorius still focused on 2012 after IPC Worlds defeat , Athletics Weekly, January 26, 2011 Both Singleton and Pistorius were timed in 11.34.Singleton pips Pistorius in epic 100m at IPC Athletics World Champs, International Paralympic Committee, 26 January 2011

In the 1500m T37 men, Ireland's Michael McKillop won and set a world record with a time of 4:14.81, but did not receive a medal, because only two athletes competed, and there must be a minimum of three competitors.Paralympics: Heartache for McKillop after world-record run, Irish Independent, January 27, 2011

There were five more world records: Great Britain's Daniel Greaves in the men's discus throw F44 final with a throw of 58.98m, Algeria's Sofiane Hamdi in the men's 200m T37 final with a time of 23.64secs, Brazil's Yohansson Nascimento in the men's 100m T46 final with a time of 11.01secs, Russia's Alexey Ashapatov in the men's discus throw F57/58 final with a throw of 57.64m, and Cuba's Omara Durand in the women's 200m T13 final with a time of 24.24secs. Day Five on YouTube

Day 6 (27th)