2015 IPC Athletics World Championships

The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. The event was the 7th edition of what is now known as the World Para Athletics Championships, held from 21 to 31 October 2015 at the Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar. It featured 119 men's events and 91 women's events.[1] The Marathon events which are traditionally part of the world championships were separated from the competition and instead held on 26 April as part of the London Marathon.

2015 IPC Athletics World Championships
Host cityDoha, Qatar
Events210
Dates21 – 31 October
Main venueSuhaim Bin Hamad Stadium

Venues

In January 2013 the IPC announced that Doha would hold the 2015 athletics world championships.[2] In March 2014 the Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium, a 15,000-seat venue with an eight-lane track, was confirmed as the host of the event which would take place between 19 and 28 November.[3][4] However the championships were moved forward by a month to 22 October to avoid construction work around the city.[5] In October 2014 it was decided that the Marathon events would be held separately. The marathon was staged on 26 April at the 2015 London Marathon.[6][7]

Coverage

The International Paralympic Committee provided live video coverage of over 70 hours of events on its website, as well as live coverage, videos of events and interviews on its ParalympicSportTV channel on YouTube.[8]

In the United Kingdom, Channel 4's sister channel More4 aired live coverage daily throughout the Championship.[9]

Coverage in Germany was streamed live on www.deutsche-paralympische-mannschaft.de with further availability on the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) sports channel.[10]

Format

The qualification period for the championships lasted from 1 January 2014 to 31 August 2015 with a maximum of three athletes from each nation qualifying for each individual event.[1] Each athlete was required to meet at least the B qualification standards in one IPC approved event. Athletes were required to enter at least one individual event to be able to participate in relays. However, in events where classes are combined each nation may send a maximum of five qualifying athletes.[11]

The marathon events were held separately, taking place on 26 April, the reason given was that the London Marathon would give a better schedule for the athletes.[7] The qualifying period for the marathon events were run between 1 January 2014 to 9 February 2015. All athletes were required to meet the minimum qualifying time to be able to participate having achieved the time at an IPC approved event. Up to six athletes from one country were allowed to compete in each class for the marathon. A maximum of two guide runners per an athlete were allowed for the T11 and 12 classes.[12]

Schedule

The marathon was run over the London Marathon course, starting from the blue start.

The marathon events for both women and men took part outside the main championship in Doha and were contested as part of the 2015 London Marathon. Unlike the previous Championship in Lyon, no events were contested across disability classifications, whereby results would be giving a points weighting to determine a winning athlete. Many events are open to athletes with lower classification numbers, who are deemed to have a greater impairment, such as the men's discus F56, which can also be contested by F54 and F55 classification athletes.[13]

  Opening ceremony    Events   Closing ceremony
AprilOctober
Date →262122232425262728293031
100 mMen
Details
T53T11
T12
T13T42
T54
T51
T52
T47
T33
T34
T35
T36
T44
T37
T38
Women
Details
T34
T37
T38
T53
T54
T52T36T11
T12
T13
T35
T44
T47
T42
200 mMen
Details
T54
T37
T38
T53
T44
T35
T47
T13T42T11
T12
T36
T34
Women
Details
T53
T54
T52T44
T35
T11
T36
T12
T13T47T37
T38
400 mMen
Details
T20T34T11
T12
T54
T44
T53
T13T37
T38
T51
T52
Women
Details
T11
T12
T13T37
T38
T53
T47T54T44T20T52
T34
800 mMen
Details
T13T38T36
T34
T20T54
T53
Women
Details
T54T53T34
T20
T11
1500 mMen
Details
T46T54T20T13
T52
T11
T37
T38
Women
Details
T54
T20
T11T13
5000 mMen
Details
T54
T11
T13T20
Women
Details
T54T20
MarathonMen
Details
T12
T13
T46
T52
T54
Women
Details
T12
T54
4 × 100 m relayMen
Details
T11-13
T42-47
Women
Details
T11-13
T42-47
4 × 400 m relayMen
Details
T53/54
Women
Details
T53/54
Long jumpMen
Details
T13T44T20
T12
T38T42T11
T36
T47T37
Women
Details
T42
T44
T47T20T38T37T11
T12
Triple jumpMen
Details
T47T20
Women
Details
T20
High jumpMen
Details
T42T12T47T44
Shot putMen
Details
F42
F36
F12
F20
F32
F41
F35
F38
F33
F37
F34F44
F57
F46
F53
F40F55
Women
Details
F34F37
F57
F20
F55
F54
F41F53
F35
F40
F33
F44
F36F32F12
Discus throwMen
Details
F56
F44
F46F52F11F42F57
F37
F34
F12
Women
Details
F41F11F44F38F57
F52
F55F12
Javelin throwMen
Details
F34F37F57F54
F11
F13
F55
F46F38
F41
F44
Women
Details
F11F54F13F34
F56
F37
F46
Club throwMen
Details
F32F51
Women
Details
F32F51
Ceremonies

Medal table

The medal table at the end of the competition saw China at its head in both total medal count and gold medals won.[14] The host nation Qatar failed to achieve a medal.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)41261885
2 Russia (RUS)24212469
3 United States (USA)13161039
4 Great Britain (GBR)139931
5 Tunisia (TUN)113115
6 Poland (POL)95721
7 Brazil (BRA)8141335
8 Germany (GER)87924
9 Australia (AUS)841022
10 Cuba (CUB)7209
11 Belgium (BEL)5005
12 Ukraine (UKR)481426
13 South Africa (RSA)48517
14 Iran (IRI)47213
15 Canada (CAN)44311
16 France (FRA)35513
17 Netherlands (NED)34815
18 Japan (JPN)3249
19 Greece (GRE)3238
20 Bulgaria (BUL)3137
 Ireland (IRL)3137
22 Algeria (ALG)27211
23 Thailand (THA)2349
24 Azerbaijan (AZE)2226
25 Croatia (CRO)2215
26 Portugal (POR)2125
27 Italy (ITA)2114
28 Morocco (MAR)2057
29 Malaysia (MAS)2035
30 Spain (ESP)15410
31 Finland (FIN)1438
32 Colombia (COL)1326
33 Mexico (MEX)1315
34 Serbia (SRB)1225
35 Latvia (LAT)1203
36 Namibia (NAM)1124
 Uzbekistan (UZB)1124
38 Chile (CHI)1113
 Sweden (SWE)1113
40 Belarus (BLR)1102
 Iraq (IRQ)1102
42 Cape Verde (CPV)1001
 Kuwait (KUW)1001
 Nigeria (NGR)1001
 Slovakia (SVK)1001
46 United Arab Emirates (UAE)0314
47  Switzerland (SUI)0235
48 Denmark (DEN)0224
 New Zealand (NZL)0224
50 India (IND)0202
 Lithuania (LTU)0202
52 Argentina (ARG)0112
 Turkey (TUR)0112
54 Angola (ANG)0101
 Austria (AUT)0101
 Egypt (EGY)0101
 Jamaica (JAM)0101
 Syria (SYR)0101
 Venezuela (VEN)0101
60 Czech Republic (CZE)0033
61 Bermuda (BER)0011
 Iceland (ISL)0011
 Indonesia (INA)0011
 Mozambique (MOZ)0011
 Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (65 entries)213211207631

Participating nations

Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.[15]

References

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