| Most recent season or competition: 2019 World Para Athletics Junior Championships | |
| Sport | Athletics |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Continent | World (World Para Athletics) |
The World Para Athletics Junior Championships are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It features athletics events contested by athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities in two age groups; under 20 and under 18. The first Championships were held in Nottwil, Switzerland in 2017, and will return there for the second edition in 2019. [1] They are a partial Paralympic parallel to the IAAF World U20 Championships for able-bodied athletes, although both junior (under 20) and youth (under 18) events are held in the Paralympic equivalent. [2] [3] [4]
| Edition | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Events | No. of Athletes | Best Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 () | Nottwil |  Switzerland | 3–6 August | Sport Arena Nottwil | 117 | 275 |  United States |
| 2 | 2019 () | Nottwil | Switzerland | 1–4 August | Sport Arena Nottwil | 109 | 300 | United States |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 34 | 11 | 19 | 64 |
| 2 |  Brazil (BRA) | 15 | 13 | 7 | 35 |
| 3 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 15 | 12 | 9 | 36 |
| 4 |  Mexico (MEX) | 15 | 10 | 6 | 31 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) | 13 | 14 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 |  India (IND) | 13 | 9 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 |  Iran (IRN) | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 8 |  South Africa (RSA) | 11 | 10 | 6 | 27 |
| 9 |  Japan (JPN) | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 10 |  Spain (ESP) | 9 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 11 |  Colombia (COL) | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 |
| 12 |  Turkey (TUR) | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 13 |  Poland (POL) | 6 | 8 | 2 | 16 |
| 14 |  Australia (AUS) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 15 |  Belarus (BLR) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 |  Ecuador (ECU) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 17 |  Austria (AUT) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 18 |  Croatia (CRO) | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 19 |  Argentina (ARG) | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 20 |  Portugal (POR) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 21 |  Canada (CAN) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 |  United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
| 23 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| 24 |  Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 25 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 26 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 27 |  Chile (CHI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 Mauritius (MRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 30 |  Bahrain (BHN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 |  France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 32 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 |  Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 |  Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 35 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 |  Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 38 |  Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 40 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (40 entries) | 226 | 191 | 155 | 572 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 18 | 8 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | Iran (IRN) | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 11 | 4 | 5 | 20 |
| 4 | Mexico (MEX) | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 5 | Colombia (COL) | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 7 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Australia (AUS) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | South Africa (SAF) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 15 | India (IND) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Chile (CHI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Ecuador (ECU) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 22 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 26 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 29 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 31 | Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 34 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (35 entries) | 117 | 94 | 76 | 287 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 16 | 3 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | India (IND) | 11 | 6 | 6 | 23 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 8 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | South Africa (RSA) | 7 | 10 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Mexico (MEX) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Turkey (TUR) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 10 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 11 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Ecuador (ECU) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Austria (AUT) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Croatia (CRO) | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 16 | United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 19 | Mauritius (MRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Bahrain (BHR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 22 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 23 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 24 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 26 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 27 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 31 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 32 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (34 entries) | 109 | 98 | 81 | 288 | |
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