2016 IPC Athletics European Championships

IPC Athletics European Championships

Host city| Grosseto, Italy
Events| Track and field
Dates| 10 – 16 June
Main venue| Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini

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The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and took part between 10 and 16 June. The competition was staged at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini. Approximately 700 athletes from 35 countries attended the games.[1] This was the last edition of the event held under the IPC Athletics title.

Russia topped the medal tables in both gold medals won (51) and total number of medals won (131).

## Venue[edit]

Grosseto

The venue for the Championships was the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini athletics stadium which has held IPC Grand Prix athletic tournaments in the past.[1] The stadium has an eight lane MONDO track and has a capacity of 10,200 people.[1]

## Format[edit]

The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2016 Championships. Not all events were open to all classifications, though no events were contested between classifications.

Athletes finishing in first place are awarded the gold medal, second place the silver medal and third place the bronze. If only three competitors are available to challenge for an event then no bronze medal is awarded. Some events will be classed as 'no medal' events.

## Events[edit]

### Classification[edit]

Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in 2010

Main article: Disability sport classification

To ensure competition is as fair and balanced as possible, athletes are classified dependent on how their disability impacts on their chosen event/s. Thus athletes may compete in an event against competitors with a different disability to themselves. Where there are more than one classification in one event, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), a points system is used to determine the winner.

* F = field athletes
* T = track athletes
* 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.
* 40-47 – amputation, les autres
* 51-58 – wheelchair athletes

### Schedule[edit]

● | Opening ceremony  |  | Events  |  ● | Closing ceremony

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Date → | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16

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100 m | Men
Details |  | T11 | T52
T42
T12
T51
T13 | T34
T33 | T36 | T35
T53
T54
T44
T47 | T38
Women
Details |  | T34 | T35 |  | T11 | T13
T12
T42
T54
T37
T53
T38 | T44
T47
200 m | Men
Details |  |  | T53
T54
T38 | T11
T35
T47 | T12
T13
T34
T44 | T42 | T36
Women
Details |  | T11
T13
T53/54 | T12
T38 | T47
T44 | T37 | T35 |
400 m | Men
Details |  |  | T34
T44 | T54
T36
T53
T52 | T51
T38 | T12
T20 | T13
Women
Details |  |  | T34
T47 | T12
T38
T54
T53 | T44
T13 | T20 |
800 m | Men
Details |  |  | T13 | T20 |  | T53
T36 | T38
T34
Women
Details |  |  | T20 |  | T54
T34 |  |
1500 m | Men
Details |  | T52
T20 | T38
T11 | T46 | T13 |  | T54
Women
Details |  | T20
T11 |  |  |  | T13 | T54
5000 m | Men
Details |  |  | T54 | T11 |  |  | T13
Women
Details |  |  | T54 |  |  |  |
4 × 100 m relay | Men
Details |  |  |  |  |  |  | T11-13
T42-47
Women
Details |  |  |  |  |  |  | T11-13
T35-38
4 × 400 m relay | Men
Details |  |  |  |  |  |  | T53/54
Long jump | Men
Details |  | T36 | T44 | T37 | T11
T47
T42 | T12
T13 | T38
T20
Women
Details |  | T42-44
T47 | T37 | T12
T38 |  | T11 | T20
High jump | Men
Details |  | T12
T42-44 | T47 |  |  |  |
Shot put | Men
Details |  | F40/41
F46 | F20
F42 | F12
F38
F35 | F36
F37 | F53
F35
F55 | F32
F33
F57
Women
Details |  | F34
F53/54
F57
F12 | F32/33
F44
F55 | F40/41 |  | F35/36 | F20
F37
Discus throw | Men
Details |  | F56
F34 | F52
F44-46
F57 |  | F42 | F11 | F37
F12
Women
Details |  |  | F38 | F57 | F55 | F40/41
F11/12 |
Javelin throw | Men
Details |  | F11
F37/38 | F13 | F54
F34
F55 | F57 | F44
F40/41 | F46
Women
Details |  |  |  | F11-13 | F37 | F34 | F54
F56
Club throw | Men
Details |  |  |  |  | F51
F32 |  |
Women
Details |  |  |  |  |  | F31/32/51 |
Ceremonies | ● |  |  |  |  |  | ●

## Medal table[edit]

Host nation (Italy)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia| 51| 51| 29| 131
2|  Great Britain| 23| 17| 16| 56
3|  Poland| 22| 11| 17| 50
4|  Germany| 13| 21| 9| 43
5|  France| 10| 4| 6| 20
6|  Spain| 7| 7| 7| 21
7|  Turkey| 6| 4| 5| 15
8|  Finland| 5| 3| 4| 12
9|  Croatia| 4| 4| 0| 8
10|  Bulgaria| 3| 6| 4| 13
11|  Greece| 3| 4| 2| 9
12|  Lithuania| 3| 2| 3| 8
13|  Italy*| 2| 5| 6| 13
14|  Sweden| 2| 5| 2| 9
15|  Belarus| 2| 3| 5| 10
16|  Serbia| 2| 2| 2| 6
17|  Latvia| 2| 2| 1| 5
18|  Ireland| 2| 1| 2| 5
19|  Belgium| 2| 0| 1| 3
20|  Portugal| 1| 4| 7| 12
21|  Czech Republic| 1| 3| 2| 6
22|  Denmark| 1| 2| 2| 5
23|  Austria| 1| 2| 1| 4
24|  Montenegro| 1| 2| 0| 3
25|  Switzerland| 1| 1| 5| 7
26|  Iceland| 1| 0| 0| 1
27|  Hungary| 0| 2| 2| 4
28|  Slovakia| 0| 1| 3| 4
29|  Luxembourg| 0| 1| 1| 2
30|  Cyprus| 0| 1| 0| 1
31|  Norway| 0| 0| 1| 1
Romania| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (32 entries)| 171| 171| 146| 488

### Multiple medallists[edit]

Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2016 Championships. The following athletes won four medals or more.

Name  | Country  | Medal  | Event

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Natalia Kocherova |  Russia |  Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold
Silver | 200m - T53-54
400m - T54
800m - T54
1500m - T54
5000m - T54
100m - T54
Georgina Hermitage |  Great Britain |  Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold | 100m - T37
200m - T37
400m - T38
4x100m relay - T35-38
David Weir |  Great Britain |  Gold
Gold
Gold
Gold | 400m - T54
800m - T54
1500m - T54
5000m - T54
Henry Manni |  Finland |  Gold
Gold
Gold
Silver | 100m - T34
200m - T34
400m - T34
800m - T34
Moatez Jomni |  Great Britain |  Gold
Silver
Silver
Bronze | 200m - T53
400m - T53
800m - T53
100m - T53
Aleksei Bychenok |  Russia |  Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze
Bronze
Bronze | 200m - T54
1500m - T54
5000m - T54
100m - T54
400m - T54
800m T54
Gunilla Wallengren |  Sweden |  Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze | 400m - T54
800m - T54
5000m - T54
1500m - T54

## Participating nations[edit]

Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.

* Austria (7)
* Belarus (10)
* Belgium (8)
* Bulgaria (12)
* Croatia (17)
* Cyprus (1)
* Denmark (8)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (10)
* France (24)
* Germany (30)
* Great Britain (48)
* Greece (16)
* Hungary (7)
* Ireland (9)
* Iceland (4)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (36)
* Latvia (5)
* Lithuania (11)
* Luxembourg (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Montenegro (3)
* Norway (7)
* Poland (51)
* Portugal (25)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (100)
* Serbia (10)
* Slovakia (7)
* Slovenia (1)
* Spain (34)
* Sweden (11)
* Switzerland (8)
* Turkey (26)

## See also[edit]

* 2016 European Athletics Championships

## Footnotes[edit]

Notes

References

1. ^ a b c "Grosseto 2016: About us". paralympic.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

## External links[edit]

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