The World Para Athletics European Championships (European Para Athletics Championships), known prior to 2018 as the IPC Athletics European Championships is an event organized by World Para Athletics, the international athletics federation established under the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2016. Athletes with a physical disability compete, and there is also a specific category for athletes with an intellectual disability. Organised biennially, the original Games ran from 2003 to 2005 as an Open Championship but the event was frozen in 2005, but returned in 2012 in Stadskanaal, Netherlands.
The first IPC Athletics European Championships was held in Assen, Netherlands in 2003 as an Open Championship. The most recent edition of the event was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland in June 2021
Championships Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of Events No. ofAthletes Best Nation 1 2003 () Assen 15 – 21 Jun Stadsbroek sports park215700 2 2005 () Espoo 22 – 27 August Leppävaara stadium+150750 3 2012 () Stadskanaal 24 – 28 June Stadskanaal Stadium144550 4 2014 () Swansea 18 – 23 August Swansea University Stadium193550 5 2016 () Grosseto 10 – 16 June Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini171700 6 2018 () Berlin 20 – 26 August Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark182600 7 2021 () Bydgoszcz 1 – 5 June Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium157670
Classification F = field athletes. T = track athletes. P = pentathlon. 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. 41-46 – amputation, les autres. 51-58 – wheelchair athletes.
Medal table As of 2021.
* In the 2005 IPC Athletics European Championships, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates were all guests in the championships and have won medals for their country respectively.
See also World Para Athletics Championships European Athletics Championships
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EPC European Championships Athletics 2003 in Assen / Netherlands - Sportpark Stadsbroek (in Italian) 2005 IPC Athletics Open European Championships Espoo (in Italian) (Archived) 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships 2021 European Championships