2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
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The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
was held in Christchurch
, New Zealand
from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability
competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Over 1000 athletes competed, including Oscar Pistorius
, the Blade Runner, who competed in class T44 at the 100m, 4x100m relay, 200m, and 400m events.
A warm-up meet, with free entry for the audience, was held on Friday January 14.
Estimates placed the total visitor spend in the city at around $12 million.
The Championship was staged in the 20,000-seat Queen Elizabeth II Park
stadium which was built in 1973.
The internet-TV channel ParalympicSport.TV, owned by the International Paralympic Committee
(IPC), in conjunction with Sky Television
and Kordia, broadcasted daily live coverage of the Championships. ParalympicSport.TV also added clips to their YouTube channel.
on Friday January 21 as a free event. 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
.
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.
for one (1) qualification slot (per placing) for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
s 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. 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
.
, and a number of area records and national records were broken.
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 Kardjenam (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 Ivekovic (F12) took the gold medal.
(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.
(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, the Ukraine's team (Viktoriya Kravchenko
, Maryna Snisar, Oksana Krechunyak
, Inna Dyachenko
) in the women’s 4x100m 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.
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.
and South Africa's Oscar Pistorius
battled it out with Singleton securing gold, just 0.002 ahead of Pistorius. Both Singleton and Pistorius were timed in 11.34.
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.
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.
of France, in the men’s F33/34 javelin throw with a throw of 35.91m, Egypt’s Ia Abdelwareth in the men’s F37/38 shot put with a throw of 15.58m, Latvia's Aigars Apinis
in the men’s F51/52/53 discus throw with a throw of 20.88m, China's team (Ting Zhang, Lisha Huang, Wenjun Liu, Hongzhuan Zhou) in the women's 4X400m relay T53/54 with a time of 3:36.11, Tunisia's Hania Aidi
in the women's javelin throw F54/55/56, with a throw of 17.27m, both Ukraine's Mariia Pomazan (F35), with a throw of 10.61m, and China's Qing Wu (F36), with a throw of 9.66m, in the women’s F35/36 shot put.
(F56) with a throw of 31.35m, and Cuba's Leonardo Diaz
(F56) with a throw of 43.10m.
There was also a world record in the women's F33/34/52/53 javelin: Birgit Kober of Germany with a throw of 23.54m. In the men’s 800m T37, Ireland’s Michael McKillop
, on his birthday, set a world record with a time of 1:58.90.
took her 4th gold at the championship (200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m T54).
World records: Mariia Pomazan of the Ukraine, in the women’s discus F35/36 with a throw of 28.73m (1073pts) and Tunisia’s Mohamed Farhat Chida in the men’s 400m T38 with a time of 49.33sec.
Iran’s Seyed Erfan Hosseini Liravi set a world record in the men’s javelin F12/13 with a throw of 61.48m, though the gold medal was won by China's Pengkai Zhu with 61.90. Liravi is classified F13 and Zhu is classified F12, and the world record was for F13 classified athletes. (F12: may recognise the shape of a hand, visual acuity
of 2/60, and/or visual field
of less than 5 degrees. F13: visual acuity ranges from 2/60 to 6/60, and/or visual field over 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.)
, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic.
Spain's Alberto Suarez Laso set a world record in the men’s marathon T12 with a time of 2:28:10.
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IPC Athletics World Championships
The IPC Athletics World Championships is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee . Athletes with a physical disability compete, and in a few events athletes with an intellectual disability compete...
was held in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Over 1000 athletes competed, including Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial...
, the Blade Runner, who competed in class T44 at the 100m, 4x100m relay, 200m, and 400m events.
A warm-up meet, with free entry for the audience, was held on Friday January 14.
Estimates placed the total visitor spend in the city at around $12 million.
Venue
The Championship was staged in the 20,000-seat Queen Elizabeth II Park
Queen Elizabeth II Park
Queen Elizabeth II Park is a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand. The stadium has a capacity of 25,000 people. It was built in 1973, to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in which a temporary 15000 seat western stand was erected for the event taking capacity to 35000...
stadium which was built in 1973.
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.The internet-TV channel ParalympicSport.TV, owned by the International Paralympic Committee
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...
(IPC), in conjunction with Sky Television
SKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
and Kordia, broadcasted daily live coverage of the Championships. ParalympicSport.TV also added clips to their YouTube channel.
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was held at Cathedral SquareCathedral Square, Christchurch
Cathedral Square, locally known simply as the Square, is the geographical centre and heart of Christchurch, New Zealand, where the city's Anglican cathedral, ChristChurch Cathedral is located...
on Friday January 21 as a free event. Over 1000 athletes paraded through the streets of Christchurch. At Cathedral Square, the athletes were greeted by a Pōwhiri
Powhiri
A Pōwhiri is a Māori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, singing and finally the hongi...
, a Māori
Maori culture
Māori culture is the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, an Eastern Polynesian people, and forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. Within the Māori community, and to a lesser extent throughout New Zealand as a whole, the word Māoritanga is often used as an approximate synonym for 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
John Key
John Phillip Key is the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand, in office since 2008. He has led the New Zealand National Party since 2006....
.
Classification
- F = field athletes
- T = track athletes
- P = pentathlon
- 11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guideSighted guideA sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....
- 20 – intellectual disability
- 31-38 – cerebral palsyCerebral palsyCerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
- 41-46 – amputationAmputationAmputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preventative surgery for...
, 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
The 1st and 2nd placed athletes in any individual medal event on the London 2012 Paralympic Games Programme, qualify the NPCNational Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee , they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.The Paralympic Games are a major...
for one (1) qualification slot (per placing) for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
| ● | Opening ceremony | Events | ● | Closing ceremony |
| Date → | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |
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| 100 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium from 22–26 January-Medalists:-T11:The Men's 100 metres, T11 was held on January 22–23 and the medal ceremony on 24... |
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 | |||||
| Women | T13, T52, T53, T54 | T53, T54 | T11, T34, T46 | T11, T12, T35, T36, T37, T38, T42, T44, T46 | T36, T37, T38, T44 | ||||||
| 200 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 200 metres The men's 200 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22-29 January-Medalists:-T11:The Men's 200 metres, T11 was held on January 28 and 29... |
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 | ||
| Women | T11, T12, T34, T36, T37, T38, T46 | T11, T12, T36, T37, T38, T46 | T52, T53 | T44, T53, T54 | T13 | T35 | |||||
| 400 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 400 metres The men's 400 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23 and 26–29 January-Medalists:-T11:The Men's 400 metres, T11 was held on January 26–27... |
T12 | T12 | T11, T52 | T11, T34, T46, T52, T53, T54 | T36, T38, T46, T53, T54 | T13, T36, T37, T38, T44 | ||||
| Women | T11 | T11, T12, T52 | T12, T46 | T37, T53, T54 | T13, T37, T53, T54 | ||||||
| 800 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 800 metres The men's 800 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23 and 26-29 January-Medalists:-T37:The Men's 800 metres, T37 was held on January 28... |
T54 | T53, T54 | T46 | T13, T36 | T11, T12, T13, T36, T37, T52 | T11, T12 | ||||
| Women | T53, T54 | T11 | T52 | T11 | |||||||
| 1500 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 1500 metres The men's 1500 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-27, and 29 JanuaryIn the classicifation T37 event, there were only two competitors, so even though Irelands Michael McKillop set a World Record, he did not receive a medal, as there must be a... |
T52 | T13, T36 | T11, T12, T46 | P11-13, T11, T54 | T12, T37, T54 | T20 | F20 | |||
| Women | T12 | T12, T13 | T54 | T20, T54 | |||||||
| 5000 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 5000 metres The men's 5000 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22, and 24-27 January-Medalists:-T46:The Men's 5000 metres, T46 was held on January 22... |
T46 | T54 | T52 | T11, T52 | T11, T12, T54 | |||||
| Women | T54 | ||||||||||
| 10,000 m | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 10000 metres The men's 10000 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium from 22-23 January-Medalists:-T54:The Men's 10000 metres, T54 was held on January 22T54 = normal upper limb function, partial to normal trunk function... |
T54 | T11, T12, T54 | ||||||||
| Marathon | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's marathon The men's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.British athlete David Weir, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic... |
T11, T12, T46, T54 | |||||||||
| Women Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's marathon The women's marathon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in the streets of Christchurch, New Zealand on 30 January.British athlete Shelly Woods, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to... |
T54 | ||||||||||
| 4×100 m relay | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 4 x 100 metres relay The men's 4 x 100 metres relay events at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships were held at the QEII Stadium on 24, 27 and 29 January-Medalists:-T11−13:The Men's 4 x 100 metres relay, T11−13 was held on January 24 and 27*T11−13... |
T11-13 | T11-13, T35-38 | T42-46 | |||||||
| Women | T35-38 | T11-13 | |||||||||
| 4×400 m relay | Men | T53/54 | T53/54 | ||||||||
| Women | T53/54 | ||||||||||
| Long jump | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's long jump The men's long jump at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships is held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23, 25-26 and 29 January-Medalists:-F42:The Men's long jump, F42 was held on January 22F42 = single above knee amputation or equivalent impairment.... |
F13, F37/38, F42, F46 | F46 | P11-13, F36, F44 | F20 | F11 | |||||
| Women | F11, F42 | F20, F44/46 | F13, F38 | ||||||||
| Triple jump | Men | F11 | F12, F46 | ||||||||
| High jump | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's high jump The men's high jump at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 27-29 January.-Medalists:-F13:The Men's high jump, F13 was held on January 28*Classification F13 - visual impairment... |
F46 | F13 | F42 | |||||||
| Pentathlon | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's pentathlon The men's pentathlon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 25 JanuaryClassification P11−13: visual impairment-Medalists:-Long jump:-Javelin throw:-100 metres:-Discus throw:-1500 metres:... |
P11-13 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's pentathlon The men's pentathlon at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 25 JanuaryClassification P11−13: visual impairment-Medalists:-Long jump:-Javelin throw:-100 metres:-Discus throw:-1500 metres:... |
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| Shot put | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's shot put The men's shot put at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22-29 January.In the Men's shot put F42, held on January 27, the Bronze was originally won by Fanie Lombaard of South Africa. However, he tested positive for Probenecid in a urine sample provided on... |
F12, F32/33, F34 | F12, F35/36 | F11, F52/53, F57/58 | F40, F42 | F54/55/56 | F37/38 | F44/46 | F20 | ||
| Women Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's shot put The women's shot put at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22-29 January.-Medalists:-F11:The Women's shot put, F11 was held on January 26... |
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 | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw The men's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22-28 JanuaryIn the Men's discus throw F42, held on January 27, the Gold was originally won by Fanie Lombaard of South Africa. However, he tested positive for Probenecid in a urine sample provided... |
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 | |||
| Women Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's discus throw The women's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 22-23, 25 and 29 January.-Medalists:-F12:The Women's discus throw, F12 was held on January 22... |
F12 | F37 | F54/55/56 | F35/36, F40, F51/52/53, F57/58 | |||||||
| Javelin throw | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's javelin throw The men's javelin throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22-29 January-Medalists:-F11:The Men's javelin throw, F11 was held on January 27... |
F35/36, F46 | F42, F44, F46 | F54/55/56 | P11-13 | F37/38 | F11, F33/34 | F40, F57/58 | F13, F52/53 | ||
| Women Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's javelin throw The women's javelin throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 24-28 January-Medalists:-F13:The Women's javelin throw, F13 was held on January 24 with the medal ceremony on January 25... |
F13 | F13, F57/58 | F38 | F54/55/56 | F33/34/52/53, F46 | ||||||
| Club throw | Men Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's club throw The men's club throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 25 January*Classification F31/32/51: cerebral palsy, head injury, stroke, spinal cord injury or les autres-Medalists:-Results:-Final:-References:... |
F31/32/51 | |||||||||
| Women Details 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's club throw The women's club throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 22 January*Classification F31/32/51: cerebral palsy, head injury, stroke, spinal cord injury or les autres-Medalists:-Final:... |
F31/32/51 | ||||||||||
| Ceremonies | ● | ● | |||||||||
Medalists
The sighted guideSighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....
s who run together with athletes with a visual impairment
Visual impairment
Visual impairment is vision loss to such a degree as to qualify as an additional support need through a significant limitation of visual capability resulting from either disease, trauma, or congenital or degenerative conditions that cannot be corrected by conventional means, such as refractive...
at the Championship, did not receive a medal. This will change for the 2012 Summer Paralympics
2012 Summer Paralympics
The 2012 Summer Paralympic Games will be the fourteenth Paralympics and will take place between 29 August and 9 September 2012. The Games will be held in London, United Kingdom after the city was successful with its bid for the Paralympics and Summer Olympic Games.Even though 2012 will be London's...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. For the first time, also guides at a major international athletics event will receive medals. In Paralympic winter sports, such as alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiing is an adaptation of alpine skiing for athletes with a disability. Paralympic alpine skiing is one of the sports in the Paralympic Winter Games...
, biathlon
Paralympic biathlon
Paralympic biathlon is an adaptation of biathlon for athletes with a disability. Paralympic biathlon is one of two Nordic skiing disciplines in the Winter Paralympic Games...
and cross-country skiing
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Paralympic cross-county skiing is an adaptation of cross-country skiing for athletes with a disability. Paralympic cross-country skiing is one of two Nordic skiing disciplines in the Winter Paralympic Games...
the guides receive medals, for example at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
2010 Winter Paralympics
The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...
. In Paralympic tandem cycling events, the pilots receive medals, for example at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....
.
Medal table
| 1 |  Mainland China |
21 | 22 | 15 | 58 |
| 2 |  Russia |
18 | 11 | 6 | 35 |
| 3 |  Brazil |
12 | 10 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 |  United Kingdom |
12 | 9 | 17 | 38 |
| 5 |  Poland |
12 | 7 | 6 | 25 |
| 6 |  United States |
9 | 10 | 15 | 34 |
| 7 |  South Africa |
9 | 7 | 9 | 25 |
| 8 |  Ukraine |
8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
| 9 |  Germany |
8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 10 |  Australia |
8 | 8 | 7 | 23 |
| 11 |  Algeria |
8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 12 |  Tunisia |
8 | 6 | 5 | 19 |
| 13 |  Early Modern France |
8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 14 |  Mexico |
6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 15 |  Cuba |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 |  Spain |
4 | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 17 |  Canada |
4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 18 |  Japan |
3 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 19 |  Azerbaijan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 |  Switzerland |
2 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Morocco |
2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 22 |  Iran |
2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 |  Independent State of Croatia |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 |  Egypt |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 25 |  Republic of Ireland |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 |  United Arab Emirates |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 |  Belarus |
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 28 |  Cyprus |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 |  Latvia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 |  Greece |
1 | 5 | 3 | 9 |
| 31 |  Kenya |
1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 32 |  Iraq |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 |  Portugal |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 33 |  Serbia |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 35 |  Czech Republic |
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 36 |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 36 |  Finland |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 |  Austria |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 38 |  Thailand |
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 40 |  Chile |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 |  Hong Kong |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 42 |  Lithuania |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 42 |  Sweden |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 44 |  Denmark |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 45 |  Venezuela |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 46 |  Slovenia |
0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 47 |  Colombia |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 48 |  Ethiopia |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 49 |  Slovakia |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 50 |  Netherlands |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 51 |  Korea |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 52 |  Jordan |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 52 |  Namibia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 54 |  Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 |  Fiji |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 |  Italy |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 54 |  Norway |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 57 | Total | 202 | 202 | 199 | 603 |
|---|
Records
At the competition, 57 world records, 173 Championship recordsIPC Athletics World Championships
The IPC Athletics World Championships is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee . Athletes with a physical disability compete, and in a few events athletes with an intellectual disability compete...
, and a number of area records and national records were broken.
Day 1 (22nd)
There were seven world records: Brazil’s Terezinha GuilherminaTerezinha Guilhermina
Terezinha Guilhermina is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres - T12 event, went out in the first round of the women's 800 metres - T12...
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
Arnaud Assoumani
Arnaud Assoumani is a French athlete.He represented France in the F46 long jump at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, and won gold by setting a new world record with a jump of 7.23 metres. He had previously won bronze at the 2004 Games., Assoumani is a student at the prestigious Institut d'études...
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 Kardjenam (F33) with 12.24m, France’s Thierry Cibone
Thierry Cibone
Thierry Cibone is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F35 throwing events.Thierry has competed in 3 paralympics. His first was in 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney where he won a clean sweep of the throwing gold medals, winning discus, javelin and shot putt...
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 Ivekovic (F12) took the gold medal.
- 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 BlatkiewiczTomasz Blatkiewicz
Tomasz Blatiewicz is a Paralympian athlete from Poland competing mainly in category F37 throws events.Tomasz won two golds in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece in the F37 discus and the F37 shot putt...
(F37) in the men’s discus F37/38 with a length of 53.00m after Ukraine’s Mykola Zhabnyak
Mykola Zhabnyak
Mykola Zhabnyak is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Mykola competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing in all three throws for the F37/38 combined class winning a silver in the discus....
(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
Maria Stamatoula
Maria Stamatoula is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F32 shot putt events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a bronze medal in the women's F32-34/52-53 shot putt event....
(F32) with 6.60m.
- Day Two on YouTube
Day 3 (24th)
Brazil's Yohansson NascimentoYohansson Nascimento
Yohansson Nascimento is an athlete and Paralympian from Brazil competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...
(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, the Ukraine's team (Viktoriya Kravchenko
Viktoriya Kravchenko
Viktoriya Kravchenko is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.She competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There she won a silver medal in the women's 100 metres - T37 event and a silver medal in the women's 200 metres - T37...
, Maryna Snisar, Oksana Krechunyak
Oksana Krechunyak
Oksana Krechunyak is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.Oksana has twice competed in the paralympics, in 2004 and 2008, on both occasions competing in the 100m and 200m. She won the 100m gold medal in 2004.-References:...
, Inna Dyachenko
Inna Dyachenko
Inna Dyachenko is a Paralympian athlete from Ukraine competing mainly in category T38 sprint events.She competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 100 metres - T38 event and finished fourth in the women's 200 metres - T38 event. She...
) in the women’s 4x100m relay F35-38 with a time of 55.07, Brazil’s Terezinha Guilhermina
Terezinha Guilhermina
Terezinha Guilhermina is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres - T12 event, went out in the first round of the women's 800 metres - T12...
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
Aigars Apinis
Aigars Apinis is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function. He started to practice in 1998, but already at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won two bronze medals - in discus throw and shot put...
(F52) in the men’s shot put F52/53 with a length of 10.03m, Russia’s Alexey Ashapatov
Alexey Ashapatov
Alexey Ashapatov is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F57-58 throwing events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won two gold medals, one in the men's F57-58 shot putt and the other in the men's F57-58 discus throw.-External links:...
(F58) in the men’s shot put F57/58 with the length of 16.37m, Paschalis Stathelakos
Paschalis Stathelakos
Paschalis Stathelakos is a Paralympian athlete from Greece competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's F40 shot putt event....
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.
- Day Three on YouTube
Day 4 (25th)
Brazil's Odair SantosOdair Santos
Odair Santos is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T12 middle distance events.He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece...
set a world record in the men's 1500m T11 with 4:04.70, Terezinha Guilhermina
Terezinha Guilhermina
Terezinha Guilhermina is a Paralympic athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T11 sprint events.She competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There she won a bronze medal in the women's 400 metres - T12 event, went out in the first round of the women's 800 metres - T12...
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
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's club throw
The men's club throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium on 25 January*Classification F31/32/51: cerebral palsy, head injury, stroke, spinal cord injury or les autres-Medalists:-Results:-Final:-References:...
with a length of 36.73m, and Algeria’s Hocine Gherzouli
Hocine Gherzouli
Hocine Gherzouli is a Paralympian athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category F40 shot putt events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a bronze medal in the men's F40 shot putt event.-External links:...
in the men’s shot put F40 with the length 12.21m.
- Day Four on YouTube
Day 5 (26th)
In the 100m T44 men final, America's Jerome SingletonJerome Singleton
Jerome Singleton is a Paralympic athlete from the United States competing mainly in category T44 sprint events.- Early years though High School :...
and South Africa's Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius is a South African sprint runner. Known as the "Blade Runner" and "the fastest man on no legs", Pistorius, who has a double amputation, is the world record holder in the 100, 200 and 400 metres events and runs with the aid of Cheetah Flex-Foot carbon fibre transtibial...
battled it out with Singleton securing gold, just 0.002 ahead of Pistorius. Both Singleton and Pistorius were timed in 11.34.
In the 1500m T37 men, Ireland's Michael McKillop
Michael McKillop
Michael Gerard McKillop is an Irish athlete who has a mild form of cerebral palsy.He won the 800m title at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, clocking just over 2:02...
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.
There were five more world records: Great Britain's Daniel Greaves
Daniel Greaves (athlete)
Daniel Greaves is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.-Biography:Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982....
in the men's discus throw F44 final with a throw of 58.98m, Algeria’s Sofiane Hamdi
Sofiane Hamdi
Sofiane Hamdi is a Paralympic athlete from Algeria competing mainly in category T37 sprint events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a silver medal in the men's 200 metres - T37 event and a bronze medal in the men's 100 metres - T37 event-External links:...
in the men's 200m T37 final with a time of 23.64secs, Brazil's Yohansson Nascimento
Yohansson Nascimento
Yohansson Nascimento is an athlete and Paralympian from Brazil competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China...
in the men’s 100m T46 final with a time of 11.01secs, Russia’s Alexey Ashapatov
Alexey Ashapatov
Alexey Ashapatov is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F57-58 throwing events.He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won two gold medals, one in the men's F57-58 shot putt and the other in the men's F57-58 discus throw.-External links:...
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)
There were seven world records: Thierry CiboneThierry Cibone
Thierry Cibone is a Paralympian athlete from France competing mainly in category F35 throwing events.Thierry has competed in 3 paralympics. His first was in 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney where he won a clean sweep of the throwing gold medals, winning discus, javelin and shot putt...
of France, in the men’s F33/34 javelin throw with a throw of 35.91m, Egypt’s Ia Abdelwareth in the men’s F37/38 shot put with a throw of 15.58m, Latvia's Aigars Apinis
Aigars Apinis
Aigars Apinis is a Latvian athlete. He participates in F52 class which means he has limited finger movement and no trunk or leg function. He started to practice in 1998, but already at the 2000 Summer Paralympics he won two bronze medals - in discus throw and shot put...
in the men’s F51/52/53 discus throw with a throw of 20.88m, China's team (Ting Zhang, Lisha Huang, Wenjun Liu, Hongzhuan Zhou) in the women's 4X400m relay T53/54 with a time of 3:36.11, Tunisia's Hania Aidi
Hania Aidi
Hania Aidi is a Paralympian athlete from Tunisia competing mainly in category F54-46 javelin throw events.She competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece where she entered the F54-55 discus throe, javelin throw and shot putt but failed to medal.She competed in the 2008 Summer...
in the women's javelin throw F54/55/56, with a throw of 17.27m, both Ukraine's Mariia Pomazan (F35), with a throw of 10.61m, and China's Qing Wu (F36), with a throw of 9.66m, in the women’s F35/36 shot put.
- Day Six on YouTube
Day 7 (28th)
In the men’s F54/55/56 discus throw, there were three world records: Bulgaria’s Mustafa Yuseinov (classification F55) with a throw of 39.42m, Serbia’s Drazenko MitrovicDraženko Mitrović
Draženko Mitrović is a Paralympian athlete from Serbia competing mainly in category F53/54 discus events.He was wounded by gunfire on 1989 and then became a paraplegic....
(F56) with a throw of 31.35m, and Cuba's Leonardo Diaz
Leonardo Diaz (Paralympian)
Leonardo Diaz is a Paralympian athlete from Cuba competing mainly in category F56 throwing events.Leonardo has competed in the shot, discus and javelin in two consecutive paralympics. In his first in Athens in 2004 he came away with nothing. On returning four years later to Beijing he won the...
(F56) with a throw of 43.10m.
There was also a world record in the women's F33/34/52/53 javelin: Birgit Kober of Germany with a throw of 23.54m. In the men’s 800m T37, Ireland’s Michael McKillop
Michael McKillop
Michael Gerard McKillop is an Irish athlete who has a mild form of cerebral palsy.He won the 800m title at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, clocking just over 2:02...
, on his birthday, set a world record with a time of 1:58.90.
- Day Seven on YouTube
Day 8 (29th)
America’s Tatyana McFaddenTatyana McFadden
Tatyana McFadden is a Paralympian athlete from America competing mainly in category T54 sprint events.-Early life:Tatyana was born with spina bifida in St. Petersburg, Russia and was abandoned in an orphanage where she spent the first six years of her life. She was not expected to live...
took her 4th gold at the championship (200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m T54).
World records: Mariia Pomazan of the Ukraine, in the women’s discus F35/36 with a throw of 28.73m (1073pts) and Tunisia’s Mohamed Farhat Chida in the men’s 400m T38 with a time of 49.33sec.
Iran’s Seyed Erfan Hosseini Liravi set a world record in the men’s javelin F12/13 with a throw of 61.48m, though the gold medal was won by China's Pengkai Zhu with 61.90. Liravi is classified F13 and Zhu is classified F12, and the world record was for F13 classified athletes. (F12: may recognise the shape of a hand, visual acuity
Visual acuity
Visual acuity is acuteness or clearness of vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye and the sensitivity of the interpretative faculty of the brain....
of 2/60, and/or visual field
Visual field
The term visual field is sometimes used as a synonym to field of view, though they do not designate the same thing. The visual field is the "spatial array of visual sensations available to observation in introspectionist psychological experiments", while 'field of view' "refers to the physical...
of less than 5 degrees. F13: visual acuity ranges from 2/60 to 6/60, and/or visual field over 5 degrees and less than 20 degrees.)
- Day Eight on YouTube
Day 9 (30th)
Great Britain's David Weir and Shelly WoodsShelly Woods
Shelly Woods is an elite British Paralympic athlete from the suburb of Layton in Blackpool, Lancashire.Shelly started using a wheelchair at the age of 11 after a heavy fall which injured her spinal cord...
, on January 29, pulled out of the marathon for safety reasons, as the roads around the circuit would not be closed to traffic.
Spain's Alberto Suarez Laso set a world record in the men’s marathon T12 with a time of 2:28:10.
Participating nations
(27) (5) (10) (46) (7) (6) (10) (2) (25) (7) (25) (1) (79) (2) (6) (2) (3) (14) (3) (1)(16) (6) (6) (3) (2) (7) (24) (34) (40) (31) (8) (2) (5) (13) (6) (8) (5) (3) (33) (4)
(11) (8) (5) (4) (7) (1) (32) (2) (8) (4) (7) (8) (1) (1) (36) (19) (1) (1) (53) (4)
(3) (1) (3) (4) (34) (7) (32) (7) (11) (2) (15) (11) (3) (32) (17) (50) (4) (20)
External links
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- ParalympicSport.TV
- London 2012 Paralympic Games Qualification Criteria – Athletics on the Official website of the International Paralympic CommitteeInternational Paralympic CommitteeThe International Paralympic Committee is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine sports...
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