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World Para Athletics Championships

World championships for disability athletics

Field	Value
last_season	2025 World Para Athletics Championships
logo	World Para Athletics logo.svg
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 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

#	Year	Host City	Dates	Venue	Events	Athletes	Nations
IPC Athletics World Championships
1	1994 ()	Berlin	22–31 July	Berlin Olympiastadion		1154	63
2	1998 ()	Birmingham	6–16 August	Alexander Stadium		+1000	61
3	2002 ()	Lille	20–28 July	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole		+1000	75
4	2006 ()	Assen	2–10 September	Sports Park Stadsbroek	203	1097	76
5	2011 ()	Christchurch	21–30 January	Queen Elizabeth II Park	213	1060	80
6	2013 ()	Lyon	19–28 July	Stade du Rhône	207	1073	118
7	2015 ()	Doha	22–31 October	Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium	212	1230	96
World Para Athletics Championships
8	2017 ()	London	14–23 July	Olympic Stadium, Stratford	210	1074	92
9	2019 ()	Dubai	7–15 November	Dubai Club for People of Determination	172	1365	118
10	2023 ()	Paris	8–17 July	Stade Charléty	171	1206	103
11	2024 ()	Kobe	17–25 May	Universiade Memorial Stadium	168	1073	103
12	2025 ()	New Delhi	26 September–5 October	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	184	1182	100

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Medal table (1994-2025)

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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.

References

Howe, David. (2008). "The Cultural Politics of the Paralympic Movement". Routledge.
Hart, Simon. (18 October 2012). "Olympic Stadium set to host 2017 World Paralympic Championships". The Daily Telegraph.
(19 December 2012). "London named host city for 2017 Paralympic World Championships". BBC Sport.
(23 April 2019). "Kobe to host 2021 World Para Athletics Championships".
"1994 Results Book".
"2002 Results Book".
"Hangzhou Asian Para Games".
"1994 Results Book".
"2002 Results Book".

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