2017 World Para Athletics Championships

Paralympic track and field event

2017 World Para Athletics Championships

Host city| London, England United Kingdom
Nations| 92
Athletes| 1074
Events| 213
Dates| 14–23 July 2017
Main venue| London Stadium

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The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It was the 8th edition of the event, the first to be held after being renamed from IPC Athletics World Championship, and featured 213 medal events.

They preceded the 2017 IAAF World Championships also held in London, marking the first time that a single city hosted both the IAAF and IPC athletics championships in the same year; London previously hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.[1][2]

## Events

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A view of the stadium during the evening session of 21 July

### Classification

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Further information: Para-athletics classification

All athletes are classified according to their impairment and compete against athletes with similar impairments. Each classification consists of a three character code, starting with a letter and followed by a two-digit number. The letter specifies the event type: T for track and jumping events, and F for throwing events. The first digit of the number specifies the type of impairment and the second digit the severity of the impairment; the lower the second number, the more impaired.

* T/F11–13 are for athletes with visual impairments. Athletes in class 11 and some athletes in class 12 compete with a sighted guide.
* T/F20 is for athletes with intellectual impairments.
* T/F31–38 are for athletes with coordination impairments (e.g. cerebral palsy). Athletes in classes 31–34 compete sitting or in wheelchairs, while athletes in classes 35–38 compete standing
* T/F40–41 are for athletes of short stature.
* T/F42–47 are for athletes with limb impairments (e.g. amputations).
* T/F51–58 are for athletes with impaired muscle power or range of motion (e.g. paraplegia). Athletes in these classes compete seated or in wheelchairs.

Several events are open to athletes with lower classifications, for example T47 events are open to athletes classified T45, T46 and T47. However, as with the 2015 championships and 2016 Summer Paralympics, no weighting will be given to a lower classified athletes in these events.

## Participating nations

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Below is the list of 1,074 athletes 92 countries who have agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each. Russia was found guilty of state-sponsored doping by the IPC in August 2016 and has been suspended from participating.[3]

*  Algeria (19)
*  Angola (4)
*  Argentina (16)
*  Australia (37)
*  Austria (5)
*  Bahrain (2)
*  Belarus (8)
*  Belgium (5)
*  Bermuda (1)
*  Brazil (25)
*  Bulgaria (9)
*  Canada (24)
*  Cape Verde (2)
*  Chile (5)
*  China (49)
* Chinese Taipei (3)
*  Colombia (9)
*  Costa Rica (2)
*  Croatia (13)
*  Cuba (6)
*  Cyprus (2)
*  Czech Republic (22)
*  Denmark (7)
*  Ecuador (10)
*  Egypt (7)
*  Estonia (1)
*  Finland (7)
*  France (23)
*  Georgia (2)
*  Germany (23)
*  Ghana (3)
*  Great Britain (50) (hosts)
*  Greece (27)
*  Hong Kong (5)
*  Hungary (7)
*  Iceland (1)
* Independent Paralympic Athletes (2)
*  India (30)
*  Iraq (10)
*  Ireland (10)
*  Iran (20)
*  Italy (12)
*  Jamaica (9)
*  Japan (50)
*  Jordan (3)
*  Kazakhstan (4)
*  Kenya (19)
*  South Korea (6)
*  Kuwait (12)
*  Latvia (5)
*  Libya (4)
*  Lithuania (10)
*  Luxembourg (1)
*  Malaysia (6)
*  Moldova (2)
*  Mauritius (6)
*  Mexico (21)
*  Mongolia (2)
*  Montenegro (3)
*  Morocco (14)
*  Namibia (5)
*  Netherlands (11)
*  New Zealand (6)
*  Nicaragua (3)
*  Norway (3)
*  Oman (2)
*  Philippines (5)
*  Poland (50)
*  Portugal (18)
*  Qatar (6)
*  Romania (5)
*  Saudi Arabia (3)
*  Senegal (1)
*  Serbia (6)
*  Singapore (3)
*  Slovakia (5)
*  Slovenia (2)
*  South Africa (21)
*  Spain (30)
*  Sri Lanka (3)
*  Sweden (12)
*   Switzerland (8)
*  Thailand (15)
*  Trinidad and Tobago (4)
*  Tunisia (16)
*  Turkey (27)
*  Uganda (1)
*  Ukraine (27)
*  United Arab Emirates (16)
*  United States (50)
*  Uzbekistan (7)
*  Vietnam (1)

## Schedule

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All dates are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date → | 14
Fri | 15
Sat | 16
Sun | 17
Mon | 18
Tue | 19
Wed | 20
Thu | 21
Fri | 22
Sat | 23
Sun

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100 m | Men
Details | T54  | T11
T12
T33
T34
T47  | T13
T44  | T42  |  |  | T37  | T38
T51  | T36
T52  | T35
T53
Women
Details | T34  |  | T42  | T13
T44  | T11
T47  | T12
T35  | T36  |  | T37
T38  | T53
T54
200 m | Men
Details |  | T42  | T53  | T36  | T13
T37
T38
T54  | T35  |  | T11
T12
T34  | T43
T44
T47  |
Women
Details |  | T37
T38
T47
T53
T54  | T13
T35  | T11  | T36  |  |  |  |  | T44
400 m | Men
Details |  |  | T44  | T20
T34
T43
T44
T51  | T11
T12
T52
T53  | T47  | T54  | T13
T36  | T38  | T37
Women
Details |  |  |  | T54  | T20  | T53  | T11
T34
T37  | T38  |  | T47
800 m | Men
Details |  |  | T38  | ~~T54~~ |  |  | T34
T53  | T54  | T13
T20  | T36
Women
Details |  |  |  | T34  |  | T54  |  |  | T11  | T20
T53
1500 m | Men
Details |  | T46  | T20
T52
T54  |  | T13  |  | T11  | T37
T38  |  | T47
Women
Details | T13  |  | T11
T20
T54  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5000 m | Men
Details |  | T11  | T13  |  |  |  |  |  |  | T20
T54
Women
Details |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | T54  |
4×100 m relay | Men
Details |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | T11-13
T42-47
4×400 m relay | Men
Details |  |  |  |  |  | T53/54  |  |  |  |
Women
Details |  |  |  |  |  | T53/54  |  |  |  |
High jump | Men
Details |  |  | T47  |  | T13  |  |  |  | T42
T44  |
Long jump | Men
Details |  | T38  | T11
T12
T20  | T44  | T36
T42  | T47  |  | T37  | T13  |
Women
Details |  | T44  |  | T20
T38  |  | T37  | T11  | T12  |  | T42
T47
Triple jump | Men
Details |  |  |  | T47  | T20  |  |  |  |  |
Shot put | Men
Details | F38
F57  | F20  | F33
F34
F35  | F36  | F46  |  | F40
F41
F55  | F53  | F12
F42  | F32
F37
F44
Women
Details |  | F32
F55  |  | F34
F40  | F20
F34  | F41  |  | F35
F44  | F33
F36
F53  | F12
F57
Discus throw | Men
Details |  | F37  | F42
F44
F56  | F11  | F52  |  |  | F34
F57  | F12
F46  |
Women
Details |  | F41
F52
F57  |  |  | F11
F44  |  | F38  | F12
F55  |  |
Javelin throw | Men
Details | F46  | F55  |  | F41  | F44
F57  | F13
F37  |  |  | F38  | F34
F54
Women
Details |  | F46  | F54  | F13
F56  | F11  |  |  |  |  | F34
Club throw | Men
Details |  |  |  | F51  |  |  | F32  |  |  |
Women
Details | F32
F51  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Source:[4]

The results of the men's 800 m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark.[5]

## Marketing

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### Mascot

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The mascots for the IAAF and IPC Championships were unveiled in April 2017, and chosen through a children's design contest organized by the BBC programme Blue Peter. The mascots represent "everyday" endangered species of the UK; the World Para Athletics Championships Championships mascot is an anthropomorphic bee named Whizbee.[6]

## Broadcasting

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Channel 4 served as domestic rightsholder. Sunset + Vine, who has previously produced Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, was named host broadcaster for the championships.[7]

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 30| 17| 18| 65
2|  United States| 20| 19| 20| 59
3|  Great Britain*| 18| 8| 13| 39
4|  Ukraine| 12| 6| 11| 29
5|  Australia| 11| 9| 8| 28
6|  Tunisia| 10| 6| 8| 24
7|  Algeria| 9| 4| 6| 19
8|  Germany| 8| 7| 7| 22
9|  Brazil| 8| 7| 6| 21
10|  South Africa| 5| 8| 2| 15
11|  Morocco| 5| 1| 1| 7
12|  Poland| 4| 10| 14| 28
13|  Italy| 4| 4| 2| 10
14|  Ireland| 4| 3| 0| 7
15|  Canada| 4| 2| 3| 9
16|  Cuba| 4| 1| 0| 5
Latvia| 4| 1| 0| 5
18|  Iran| 3| 12| 5| 20
19|  Uzbekistan| 3| 4| 0| 7
20|  Switzerland| 3| 1| 0| 4
21|  Japan| 2| 5| 9| 16
22|  Greece| 2| 3| 3| 8
23|  Finland| 2| 2| 2| 6
24|  Malaysia| 2| 1| 0| 3
25|  Serbia| 2| 0| 1| 3
Trinidad and Tobago| 2| 0| 1| 3
27|  Belgium| 2| 0| 0| 2
Kenya| 2| 0| 0| 2
29|  Portugal| 1| 5| 4| 10
30|  Netherlands| 1| 5| 1| 7
31|  Colombia| 1| 4| 5| 10
32|  Mexico| 1| 4| 4| 9
33|  Spain| 1| 3| 7| 11
34|  Croatia| 1| 2| 2| 5
India| 1| 2| 2| 5
36|  Bulgaria| 1| 1| 2| 4
37|  Austria| 1| 1| 1| 3
38|  Denmark| 1| 1| 0| 2
Iraq| 1| 1| 0| 2
Qatar| 1| 1| 0| 2
41|  Hungary| 1| 0| 1| 2
Lithuania| 1| 0| 1| 2
43|  Bahrain| 1| 0| 0| 1
Kuwait| 1| 0| 0| 1
Uganda| 1| 0| 0| 1
46|  France| 0| 4| 4| 8
47|  Thailand| 0| 3| 4| 7
48|  Argentina| 0| 3| 2| 5
49|  Ecuador| 0| 3| 1| 4
United Arab Emirates| 0| 3| 1| 4
51|  Namibia| 0| 3| 0| 3
52|  New Zealand| 0| 2| 3| 5
53|  Egypt| 0| 1| 3| 4
54|  Angola| 0| 1| 1| 2
Sweden| 0| 1| 1| 2
56|  Chile| 0| 1| 0| 1
Iceland| 0| 1| 0| 1
Jamaica| 0| 1| 0| 1
Luxembourg| 0| 1| 0| 1
Oman| 0| 1| 0| 1
Slovakia| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sri Lanka| 0| 1| 0| 1
63|  Turkey| 0| 0| 3| 3
64|  Belarus| 0| 0| 2| 2
South Korea| 0| 0| 2| 2
66|  Cyprus| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (66 entries)| 202| 202| 198| 602

Source:[8][9]

## Placing table

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Host nation (Great Britain)

Rank | Name (country) | Points

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1 |  China | 611
2 |  United States | 561.5
3 |  Great Britain | 414
4 |  Poland | 324.5
5 |  Australia | 311
6 |  Ukraine | 280
7 |  Japan | 275
8 |  Brazil | 213.5
9 |  Tunisia | 205
10 |  Germany | 201
11 |  Algeria | 189
12 |  South Africa | 187
13 |  Spain | 163
14 |  Iran | 156
15 |  Canada | 133
16 |  France | 115.5
17 |  Morocco | 115
18 |  Mexico | 109
19 |  Greece | 105
20 |  Colombia | 99
Total (87 Nations) | 210 Events

Source:[10]

## Individual medallists

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The following athletes won three or more medals, with at least two being gold:[11]

Rank | Name (country) | Medals

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1 |  Walid Ktila (TUN) |  Men's 100 m T34
Men's 200 m T34
Men's 400 m T34
Men's 800 m T34
1 |  Brent Lakatos (CAN) |  Men's 100 m T53
Men's 200 m T53
Men's 400 m T53
Men's 800 m T53
1 |  Tatyana McFadden (USA) |  Women's 200 m T54
Women's 400 m T54
Women's 800 m T54
Women's 1500 m T54
4 |  Johannes Floors (GER) |  Men's 200 m T43
Men's 400 m T43
Men's 4×100 m relay T42-47
Men's 100 m T44
5 |  Leilia Adzhametova (UKR) |  Women's 100 m T13
Women's 200 m T13
Women's 400 m T13
5 |  Hannah Cockroft (GBR) |  Women's 100 m T34
Women's 400 m T34
Women's 800 m T34
5 |  Diana Dadzite (LAT) |  Women's shot put F55
Women's discus throw F55
Women's javelin throw F56
5 |  Marcel Hug (SUI) |  Men's 800 m T54
Men's 1500 m T54
Men's 5000 m T54
5 |  James Turner (AUS) |  Men's 200 m T36
Men's 400 m T36
Men's 800 m T36
10 |  Yassine Gharbi (TUN) |  Men's 200 m T54
Men's 400 m T54
Men's 1500 m T54
Men's 800 m T54
11 |  Michael Brannigan (USA) |  Men's 800 m T20
Men's 1500 m T20
Men's 5000 m T20
11 |  Charl du Toit (RSA) |  Men's 200 m T37
Men's 400 m T37
Men's 100 m T37
13 |  Samantha Kinghorn (GBR) |  Women's 100 m T53
Women's 200 m T53
Women's 400 m T53
13 |  Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) |  Women's 400 m T53
Women's 800 m T53
Women's 100 m T53

## World Records

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Below is a list of all world records broken during the championships.

Event  | Round  | Name  | Nation  | Time/Distance  | Date

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Men's Shot Put F38  | Final  | Cameron Crombie |  Australia  | 15.95 m  | 14 July
Women's 100m T34 | Final  | Hannah Cockroft |  Great Britain  | 17.18  | 14 July
Men's Shot Put F20  | Final  | Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli |  Malaysia  | 17.29 m  | 15 July
Women's Discus Throw F52  | Final  | Cassie Mitchell |  United States  | 13.23 m  | 15 July
Women's Javelin Throw F46  | Final  | Hollie Arnold |  Great Britain  | 43.02 m  | 15 July
Men's 100m T47  | Final  | Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos |  Brazil  | 10.53  | 15 July
Women's 200m T38  | Final  | Sophie Hahn |  Great Britain  | 26.11  | 15 July
Women's 200m T53  | Final  | Samantha Kinghorn |  Great Britain  | 28.61  | 15 July
Men's 200m T36  | Qualifying Heat  | James Turner |  Australia  | 24.15  | 16 July
Men's 5000m T13  | Final  | Youssef Benibrahim |  Morocco  | 14:20.69  | 16 July
Men's Club Throw F51  | Final  | Željko Dimitrijević |  Serbia  | 31.99 m  | 16 July
Women's 100m T44  | Qualifying Heat  | Sophie Kamlish |  Great Britain  | 12.90  | 17 July
Women's Javelin Throw F56  | Final  | Diāna Dadzīte |  Latvia  | 27.07 m  | 17 July
Men's 200m T36  | Final  | James Turner |  Australia  | 24.09  | 17 July
Men's Javelin Throw F40  | Final  | Ahmed Naas†  |  Iraq  | 38.90  | 17 July
Men's Long Jump T43  | Final  | Ioannis Sevdikalis |  Greece  | 6,21  | 17 July[12]
Men's Discus Throw F52  | Final  | Andre Rocha |  Brazil  | 23.80 m  | 18 July
Men's Triple Jump T20  | Final  | Dmytro Prudnikov |  Ukraine  | 15.50 m  | 18 July
Men's Javelin Throw F43  | Final  | Akeem Stewart |  Trinidad and Tobago  | 57.61 m  | 18 July
Men's High Jump T13  | Final  | Isaac Jean-Paul |  United States  | 2.17 m  | 18 July
Women's 400m T20  | Final  | Breanna Clark |  United States  | 56.33  | 18 July
Women's 100m T35  | Final  | Isis Holt |  Australia  | 13.43  | 19 July
Men's Javelin Throw F13  | Final  | Aleksandr Svechnikov |  Uzbekistan  | 71.01 m  | 19 July
Men's Shot Put F55  | Final  | Ruzhdi Ruzhdi |  Bulgaria  | 12.47 m  | 20 July
Women's 400m T37  | Final  | Georgina Hermitage |  Great Britain  | 1:00.29  | 20 July
Men's Shot Put F41  | Final  | Niko Kappel |  Germany  | 13.81 m  | 20 July
Women's 100m T36  | Final  | Shi Yiting |  China  | 13.68  | 20 July
Men's 400m T13  | Final  | Mohamed Amguoun |  Morocco  | 46.92  | 21 July
Men's Javelin Throw F38  | Final  | Jayden Sawyer |  Australia  | 52.96 m  | 22 July
Men's 200m T47  | Final  | Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos |  Brazil  | 21.21  | 22 July
Women's 100m T38  | Final  | Sophie Hahn |  Great Britain  | 12.44  | 22 July
Men's Shot Put F42  | Final  | Aled Davies |  Great Britain  | 17.52 m  | 22 July
Men's Shot Put F43  | Final  | Akeem Stewart |  Trinidad and Tobago  | 19.08 m  | 23 July
Men's Shot Put F32  | Final  | Lahouari Bahlaz |  Algeria  | 11.08 m  | 23 July

† Naas set a world record competing in the F41 men's javelin, though his throw left him in fifth place overall.[13]

## References

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1. ^ Hart, Simon (18 October 2012). "Olympic Stadium set to host 2017 World Paralympic Championships". The Daily Telegraph. London.
2. ^ "London named host city for 2017 Paralympic World Championships". BBC Sport. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
3. ^ Rumsby, Ben (22 May 2017). "Russia will have no presence at World Para Athletics Championships and could face Winter Paralympics ban". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
4. ^ "Event Timetable" (PDF). London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
5. ^ "London 2017: Men's 800m T54 to be rerun following crash".
6. ^ "'Hero' and 'Whizbee' are named as World Championships 2017 mascots". BBC Sport. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
7. ^ "IPC appoints Sunset+Vine as host broadcaster for World Para Athletics Championships". IPC. Retrieved 23 July 2017.[permanent dead link]
8. ^ "London 2017 - medal count". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
9. ^ "Medal Standings" (PDF). 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
10. ^ "Placing Table" (PDF). 2017 World Para Athletics Championships. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
11. ^ "London 2017 - multi-medallists". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
12. ^ "London 2017 - Results and Schedule". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
13. ^ "Results - Men's Javelin Throw F41 Final" (PDF). IPC. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.

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