Host city | Stadskanaal, Netherlands |
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Nations | 38 |
Athletes | 550 |
Events | Track and field |
Dates | 23 – 28 June |
Main venue | Stadskanaal Stadium |
The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe. It was held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands and lasted from 23 to 28 June. The event was held in the Stadskanaal Stadium and was the last major European disability athletics event before the forthcoming 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Approximately 550 athletes from 38 countries attended the games. [1] Several countries used the Championships to finalise the remaining places for the Paralympics. [2]
The event was held at the Stadskanaal Stadium.
The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2012 Championships. Not all events were open to all classifications, with several throwing and jumping events being contested between classifications, which were then decided on a points system. The men's 100m relay was the only event to use mixed classifications as a team, with each leg of the relay contested by a different classification athlete. There were no women's relay events. In total there were 144 events held over 17 disciplines.
Athletes finishing in first place are awarded the gold medal, second place the silver medal and third place the bronze. If only three competitors are available to challenge for an event then no bronze medal is awarded. Some events were classed as 'no medal' events.
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To ensure competition is as fair and balanced as possible, athletes are classified dependent on how their disability impacts on their chosen event/s. Thus athletes may compete in an event against competitors with a different disability to themselves. Where there are more than one classification in one event, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), a points system is used to determine the winner. [3]
● | Opening ceremony | Events | ● | Closing ceremony |
The medal table at the end of Day 5 (28 June).
* Host nation (Netherlands)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 29 | 28 | 19 | 76 |
2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 11 | 6 | 12 | 29 |
5 | Spain (ESP) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
6 | Greece (GRE) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
7 | Netherlands (NED)* | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
10 | Serbia (SRB) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
11 | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
12 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
13 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
14 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
15 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
17 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
18 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
19 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
20 | Lithuania (LTU) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
21 | Cyprus (CYP) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
22 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
23 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
24 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
25 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
26 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
28 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
29 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
31 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
32 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
33 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (34 entries) | 144 | 142 | 129 | 415 |
Source: paralympic.org
Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time/Distance | Date |
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Men's 200m T42 | Final | Richard Whitehead | United Kingdom | 24.93 | 27 June |
Men's 800m T36 | Final | Evgenii Shvetcov | Russia | 2:05.05 | 26 June |
Men's Shot Put F40 | Final | Paschalis Stathelakos | Greece | 13.01m | 28 June |
Men's Shot Put F46 | Final | Dmytro Ibragimov | Ukraine | 15.46m | 28 June |
Men's Discus Throw F32 | Final | Frantisek Serbus | Czech Republic | 20.41m | 28 June |
Women's 100m T42 | Final | Martina Caironi | Italy | 15.89 | 26 June |
Women's 1500m T11 | Final | Annalisa Minetti | Italy | 4:51.75 | 28 June |
Women's 4x100m Relay T35-38 | Final | Russian women's relay team | Russia | 54.77 | 28 June |
Women's Long Jump F38 | Final | Inna Stryzhak | Ukraine | 4.96m | 26 June |
Women's Shot Put F34 | Final | Birgit Kober | Germany | 10.06m | 28 June |
Women's Shot Put F35 | Final | Mariia Pomazan | Ukraine | 11.34 | 25 June |
Women's Discus Throw F35 | Final | Mariia Pomazan | Ukraine | 28.88 | 26 June |
Athletes who have obtained at least three medals.
Name | Nationality | Medals | Events |
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Margarita Goncharova | Russia | Gold Gold Gold Silver | Women's 100m T38 Women's 200m T38 Women's 4x100m relay T35-38 Women's long jump T38 |
Evgenii Shvetcov | Russia | Gold Gold Gold | Men's 100m T36 Men's 400m T36 Men's 800m T36 |
Luis Goncalves | Portugal | Gold Gold Silver | Men's 200m T12 Men's 400m T12 Men's 4x100m relay T11-13 |
Roman Kapranov | Russia | Gold Gold Silver | Men's 100m T37 Men's 400m T37 Men's 200m T37 |
Roger Puigbo Verdaguer | Spain | Gold Gold Silver | Men's 400m T53 Men's 800m T53 Men's 5000m T54 |
Maria Seifert | Germany | Gold Gold Silver | Women's 100m T37 Women's 200m T37 Women's 4x100m relay T35-38 |
Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | Gold Silver Silver | Men's 200m T36 Men's 100m T36 Men's long jump T36 |
Drazenko Mitrovic | Serbia | Gold Gold Bronze | Men's discus throw F54 Men's shot put F54 Men's javelin throw F54 |
Radoslav Zlatanov | Bulgaria | Silver Silver Bronze | Men's 200m T13 Men's long jump T13 Men's 100m T13 |
Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.
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