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 disabilities. The first IPC Athletics World Championships were held in Berlin, Germany in 1994.
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.
Editions #YearHost CityHost countryDatesVenueEventsAthletesNationsBest NationIPC Athletics World Championships11994 () Berlin 22–31 July Berlin Olympiastadion115463 21998 () Birmingham 6–16 August Alexander Stadium+10006132002 () Lille 20–28 July Stadium Nord Lille Métropole+100075 42006 () Assen 2–10 September Sports Park Stadsbroek203109776 52011 () Christchurch 21–30 January Queen Elizabeth II Park213106080 62013 () Lyon 19–28 July Stade du Rhône2071073118 72015 () Doha 22–31 October Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium212123096 World Para Athletics Championships82017 () London 14–23 July Olympic Stadium, Stratford210107492 92019 () Dubai 7–15 November Dubai Club for People of Determination1721365118 102023 () Paris 8–17 July Stade Charléty1711206103 112024 () Kobe 17–25 May Universiade Memorial Stadium1681073103 122025 () New Delhi 26 September–5 October Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium1841182100 132027 () Tashkent June Olympic City Stadium
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Medal table (1994-2025) Source:
Last updated after the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships
In this table, Serkan Yıldırım's medals in 2024 have been removed and the next ones have won medals. But the World Federation has not yet implemented it. He was reclassified due to medical fraud.
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. 40-41: small athletes. 42-43: impaired muscular power (without prosthesis) in the legs. 45-47: upper limb prosthesis. 51-57: spinal cord injuries. All races compete in wheel chairs. Everyone throws seated. 61-64 : athletes who have a prosthesis affected by lower limb deficiency and leg length difference. 71-72 : severe coordinations disorders. Practice only Frame Running.
See also Para Athletics International Paralympic Committee Athletics at the Paralympics World Juniors Para Athletics Championships European Para Athletics Championships European Para Championships Asian Para Athletics Championships World Athletics Championships World Deaf Athletics Championships Asian Para Games African Para Games Parapan American Games Oceania Area Championships in Athletics#Para
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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 IPC Athletics