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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.[1] 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.

World Para Athletics European Championships
SportAthletics
Founded2003
ContinentEuropean (IPC)

The first IPC Athletics European Championships was held in Assen, Netherlands in 2003 as an Open Championship.[2][3]

Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Events 		No. of
Athletes 		Best Nation
IPC Athletics European Championships
1 2003 (details) Assen[4]   Netherlands 15 – 21 Jun Stadsbroek sports park 215 700   Germany
2 2005 (details) Espoo[5]   Finland 22 – 27 August Leppävaara stadium +150 750   United Kingdom
3 2012 (details) Stadskanaal   Netherlands 24 – 28 June Stadskanaal Stadium 144 550   Russia
4 2014 (details) Swansea[6]   United Kingdom 18 – 23 August Swansea University Stadium 193 550   Russia
5 2016 (details) Grosseto[7]   Italy 10 – 16 June Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini 171 700   Russia
World Para Athletics European Championships
6 2018 (details) Berlin[8]   Germany 20 – 26 August Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 182 600   Poland
7 2021 (details) Bydgoszcz[9]   Poland 1 – 5 June Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium 157 670   Russia

Host cities of the games through 2016

  • 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.

As of 2021.[10][11][12][13][14][15]

* 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.

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  13. ^ "2016 IPC Athletics European Championships" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 16 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Berlin 2018 Medal Count". International Paralympic Committee. 6 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Medal Standings Bydgoszcz 2021" (PDF). World Para Athletics. 6 June 2021.