IPC Athletics European Championships

IPC Athletics European Championships

Sport	Athletics
Founded	2003
Continent	European (IPC)

The IPC Athletics European Championships is an event organized by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). 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 2003-2005 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.

Championships

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1st	2003 ()	Assen	Netherlands	15 Jun - 21 Jun			700
2nd	2005 ()	Espoo	Finland	22 Aug – 27 Aug	Leppävaara stadium		750
3rd	2012 ()	Stadskanaal	Netherlands	23 Jul – 28 Jul	Stadskanaal Stadium	144	550
4th	2014 ()	Swansea	United Kingdom	18 Aug - 23 Aug	Swansea University Stadium		550
5th	2016 ()	Grosseto	Italy	10 Jun - 16 Jun	Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini

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 autre
• 51-58 – wheelchair athletes

See also

• IPC Athletics World Championships