Host city | Paris |
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Country | France |
Edition | 10 |
Sport | Para-athletics |
Events | 171 (reduce to 168) [1] [2] |
Dates | 8–17 July 2023 |
Main venue | Charléty Stadium |
Track events | ||
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100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
4×100 m relay | Universal relay | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
High jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Club throw | men | women |
The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. [3] It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety Stadium in Paris, France, from 8 to 17 July 2023. [4] [5]
Paris was announced as the host city in December 2021. This was the third time France has hosted the World Championships, following the editions in Lille (2002) and Lyon (2013). [5]
Purple squares mark final heats scheduled. [6] [1]
Program: 171 medal events (93 in the men’s category, 77 in the women’s category and 1 in the mixed category).
Date → | 9 Sun | 10 Mon | 11 Tues | 12 Wed | 13 Thurs | 14 Fri | 15 Sat | 16 Sun | 17 Mon | |
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100 m | Men Details | T72 | T12 T37 T38 | T13 T44 T64 | T34 | T53 | T11 T36 T54 | T35 T51 T52 | T47 T63 | |
Women Details | T72 | T13 | T38 T47 | T36 | T11 T34 T37 T63 T64 | T53 T54 | T12 | T35 | ||
200 m | Men Details | T35 T37 | T64 T51 | |||||||
Women Details | T35 | T13 | T38 | T36 | T11 T12 T37 T47 T64 | |||||
400 m | Men Details | T34 T36 T53 | T11 T54 | T38 T52 | T37 T47 | T12 T13 T20 | T62 | |||
Women Details | T37 | T11 | T20 | T12 | T47 | T53 T54 | T13 T38 | |||
800 m | Men Details | T53 | T34 | T34 T54 | ||||||
Women Details | T53 T54 | |||||||||
1500 m | Men Details | T52 | T11 T13 | T54 | T46 | T20 T38 | ||||
Women Details | T11 T13 | T54 | T20 | |||||||
5000 m | Men Details | T11 T13 T54 | ||||||||
Women Details | T54 | |||||||||
4×100 m relay | Universal Details | Universal | ||||||||
High jump | Men Details | T64 | T47 | T63 | ||||||
Long jump | Men Details | T11 | T63 | T12 T36 | T47 | T38 T64 | T37 | T13 T20 | ||
Women Details | T11 | T64 | T12 T37 | T38 | T63 | T20 T47 | ||||
Shot put | Men Details | F55 F37 | F12 | F53 | F11 F41 | F20 F32 F36 | F46 | F35 | F38 F57 | F33 F34 F63 |
Women Details | F41 | F37 | F20 | F34 F54 | F32 F46 | F33 F35 F57 F64 | F12 | F40 | ||
Discus throw | Men Details | F40 F52 F64 | F56 | F11 F64 | F37 | |||||
Women Details | F55 | F57 | F53 | F11 | F41 | F38 | ||||
Javelin throw | Men Details | F38 | F64 | F34 | F13 | F46 F54 | F41 | |||
Women Details | F13 | F34 | F46 | F56 | F54 | |||||
Club throw | Men Details | F51 | ||||||||
Women Details | F32 | F51 |
* Host nation (France)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 16 | 16 | 13 | 45 |
2 | Brazil | 14 | 13 | 20 | 47 |
3 | United States | 10 | 14 | 15 | 39 |
4 | Great Britain | 10 | 8 | 11 | 29 |
5 | Ukraine | 10 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
6 | Switzerland | 9 | 5 | 0 | 14 |
7 | Tunisia | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
8 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
9 | Colombia | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
10 | Poland | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
11 | Italy | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
Thailand | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
13 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
14 | Iran | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
15 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
16 | Belgium | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
17 | Cuba | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
18 | Australia | 3 | 8 | 3 | 14 |
19 | India | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
20 | Morocco | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
22 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
23 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
24 | Canada | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
25 | New Zealand | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
26 | Spain | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
27 | Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
29 | Greece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
30 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Latvia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
32 | Bulgaria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
33 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
34 | Argentina | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Mexico | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
Serbia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
37 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
38 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
39 | Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
40 | Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
42 | Venezuela | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
43 | Namibia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
44 | Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
46 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
47 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
49 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Kuwait | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
53 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
58 | France * | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
59 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
60 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (62 entries) | 169 | 167 | 167 | 503 |
Rank | Name (country) | Points |
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1 | China | 476 |
2 | Brazil | 410 |
3 | United States | 346 |
4 | Great Britain | 298.50 |
5 | Ukraine | 225 |
6 | Australia | 204 |
7 | Poland | 189.50 |
8 | India | 179 |
9 | Colombia | 171 |
10 | Japan | 168 |
11 | Uzbekistan | 155 |
12 | Germany | 152 |
13 | Spain | 139 |
14 | Thailand | 136 |
15 | France | 135 |
16 | Canada | 132 |
17 | Tunisia | 130 |
18 | Iran | 125 |
19 | Switzerland | 121 |
20 | Algeria | 121 |
Total (84 Nations) | 171 Events |
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