 | ||
| Track events | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 4 x 100 metre Universal relay at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships were held in Paris. [1] [2] [3]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Relay |  Japan Uran Sawada (T12) Guide:Ryuhei Shiokawa Sae Tsuji (T47) Takeru Matsumoto (T36) Tomoki Ikoma (T54) |  Great Britain Zachary Shaw (T12) Jonnie Peacock (T64) Sophie Hahn (T38) Samantha Kinghorn (T53) |  Brazil Jhulia Karol dos Santos (T11) Guide; Mateus Santos de Oliviera Fernanda da Silva (T47) Ricardo Gomes (T37) Ariosvaldo Fernandes (T53) |
The event final took place on 16 July. [4]
| Rank | Lane | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 |  Japan (JPN) | Uran Sawada (T12) Guide:Ryuhei Shiokawa Sae Tsuji (T47) Takeru Matsumoto (T36) Tomoki Ikoma (T54) | 47.96 | SB |
 | 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | Zachary Shaw (T12) Jonnie Peacock (T64) Sophie Hahn (T38) Samantha Kinghorn (T53) | 48.07 | AR |
 | 5 | Brazil (BRA) | Jhulia Karol dos Santos (T11) Guide; Mateus Santos de Oliviera Fernanda da Silva (T47) Ricardo Gomes (T37) Ariosvaldo Fernandes (T53) | 48.25 | SB |
| 7 |  Canada (CAN) | Bianca Borgella (T13) Marissa Papaconstantinou (T64) Zachary Gingras (T38) Austin Smeenk (T34) | DQ | 23.6 | |
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