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

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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

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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

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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

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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
April October
Date → 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
100 m Men
Details
T53 T11
T12
T13 T42
T54
T51
T52
T47
T33
T34
T35
T36
T44
T37
T38
Women
Details
T34
T37
T38
T53
T54
T52 T36 T11
T12
T13
T35
T44
T47
T42
200 m Men
Details
T54
T37
T38
T53
T44
T35
T47
T13 T42 T11
T12
T36
T34
Women
Details
T53
T54
T52 T44
T35
T11
T36
T12
T13 T47 T37
T38
400 m Men
Details
T20 T34 T11
T12
T54
T44
T53
T13 T37
T38
T51
T52
Women
Details
T11
T12
T13 T37
T38
T53
T47 T54 T44 T20 T52
T34
800 m Men
Details
T13 T38 T36
T34
T20 T54
T53
Women
Details
T54 T53 T34
T20
T11
1500 m Men
Details
T46 T54 T20 T13
T52
T11
T37
T38
Women
Details
T54
T20
T11 T13
5000 m Men
Details
T54
T11
T13 T20
Women
Details
T54 T20
Marathon Men
Details
T12
T13
T46
T52
T54
Women
Details
T12
T54
4 × 100 m relay Men
Details
T11-13
T42-47
Women
Details
T11-13
T42-47
4 × 400 m relay Men
Details
T53/54
Women
Details
T53/54
Long jump Men
Details
T13 T44 T20
T12
T38 T42 T11
T36
T47 T37
Women
Details
T42
T44
T47 T20 T38 T37 T11
T12
Triple jump Men
Details
T47 T20
Women
Details
T20
High jump Men
Details
T42 T12 T47 T44
Shot put Men
Details
F42
F36
F12
F20
F32
F41
F35
F38
F33
F37
F34 F44
F57
F46
F53
F40 F55
Women
Details
F34 F37
F57
F20
F55
F54
F41 F53
F35
F40
F33
F44
F36 F32 F12
Discus throw Men
Details
F56
F44
F46 F52 F11 F42 F57
F37
F34
F12
Women
Details
F41 F11 F44 F38 F57
F52
F55 F12
Javelin throw Men
Details
F34 F37 F57 F54
F11
F13
F55
F46 F38
F41
F44
Women
Details
F11 F54 F13 F34
F56
F37
F46
Club throw Men
Details
F32 F51
Women
Details
F32 F51
Ceremonies

Medal table

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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

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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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  1. ^ a b "IPC Athletics publishes Doha 2015 Qualification Criteria". paralympic.org. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Doha to stage 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships". paralympic.org. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Doha leaves IPC 'spoilt for choice' for 2015 World Championships". The Guardian. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Doha's Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium to stage 2015 IPC World Champs". athleticsweekly.com. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Date change for 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships". paralympic.org. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. ^ "London to stage 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships". paralympic.org. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  7. ^ a b "London to host 2015 IPC Marathon World Championships". BBC Sport. 23 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  8. ^ "WATCH LIVE - 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Doha, Qatar". IPC. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  9. ^ "Boomerang to provide IPC World Athletics Championships 2015 coverage for Channel 4". boomerang.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 November 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  10. ^ "NPC Germany provides live stream of Doha 2015". IPC. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Qualification Criteria and Event Programme: 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships, Doha, Qatar" (PDF). paralympic.org. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Qualification Criteria and Event Programme: 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships, London, GBR" (PDF). paralympic.org. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  13. ^ "Competition Schedule Version 3: Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships" (PDF). IPC. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Medal Count". IPC. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  15. ^ "NPCs List". IPC. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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