2016 IPC Athletics European Championships

The 2016 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, plus Israel. It was held in Grosseto, Italy and took part between 10 and 16 June. The competition was staged at Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini. Approximately 700 athletes from 35 countries attended the games.[1] This was the last edition of the event held under the IPC Athletics title.

IPC Athletics European Championships
Host cityGrosseto, Italy
EventsTrack and field
Dates10 – 16 June
Main venueStadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini

Russia topped the medal tables in both gold medals won (51) and total number of medals won (131).

Venue

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The venue for the Championships was the Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini athletics stadium which has held IPC Grand Prix athletic tournaments in the past.[1] The stadium has an eight lane MONDO track and has a capacity of 10,200 people.[1]

Format

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The 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2016 Championships. Not all events were open to all classifications, though no events were contested between classifications.

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 will be classed as 'no medal' events.

Events

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Classification

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Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini in 2010

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.

  • F = field athletes
  • T = track athletes
  • 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.
  • 40-47 – amputation, les autres
  • 51-58 – wheelchair athletes

Schedule

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 ●  Opening ceremony     Events  ●  Closing ceremony
Date → 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
100 m Men
Details
T11 T52
T42
T12
T51
T13
T34
T33
T36 T35
T53
T54
T44
T47
T38
Women
Details
T34 T35 T11 T13
T12
T42
T54
T37
T53
T38
T44
T47
200 m Men
Details
T53
T54
T38
T11
T35
T47
T12
T13
T34
T44
T42 T36
Women
Details
T11
T13
T53/54
T12
T38
T47
T44
T37 T35
400 m Men
Details
T34
T44
T54
T36
T53
T52
T51
T38
T12
T20
T13
Women
Details
T34
T47
T12
T38
T54
T53
T44
T13
T20
800 m Men
Details
T13 T20 T53
T36
T38
T34
Women
Details
T20 T54
T34
1500 m Men
Details
T52
T20
T38
T11
T46 T13 T54
Women
Details
T20
T11
T13 T54
5000 m Men
Details
T54 T11 T13
Women
Details
T54
4 × 100 m relay Men
Details
T11-13
T42-47
Women
Details
T11-13
T35-38
4 × 400 m relay Men
Details
T53/54
Long jump Men
Details
T36 T44 T37 T11
T47
T42
T12
T13
T38
T20
Women
Details
T42-44
T47
T37 T12
T38
T11 T20
High jump Men
Details
T12
T42-44
T47
Shot put Men
Details
F40/41
F46
F20
F42
F12
F38
F35
F36
F37
F53
F35
F55
F32
F33
F57
Women
Details
F34
F53/54
F57
F12
F32/33
F44
F55
F40/41 F35/36 F20
F37
Discus throw Men
Details
F56
F34
F52
F44-46
F57
F42 F11 F37
F12
Women
Details
F38 F57 F55 F40/41
F11/12
Javelin throw Men
Details
F11
F37/38
F13 F54
F34
F55
F57 F44
F40/41
F46
Women
Details
F11-13 F37 F34 F54
F56
Club throw Men
Details
F51
F32
Women
Details
F31/32/51
Ceremonies

Medal table

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  Host nation (Italy)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia515129131
2  Great Britain23171656
3  Poland22111750
4  Germany1321943
5  France104620
6  Spain77721
7  Turkey64515
8  Finland53412
9  Croatia4408
10  Bulgaria36413
11  Greece3429
12  Lithuania3238
13  Italy*25613
14  Sweden2529
15  Belarus23510
16  Serbia2226
17  Latvia2215
18  Ireland2125
19  Belgium2013
20  Portugal14712
21  Czech Republic1326
22  Denmark1225
23  Austria1214
24  Montenegro1203
25  Switzerland1157
26  Iceland1001
27  Hungary0224
28  Slovakia0134
29  Luxembourg0112
30  Cyprus0101
31  Norway0011
  Romania0011
Totals (32 entries)171171146488

Multiple medallists

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Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2016 Championships. The following athletes won four medals or more.

Name Country Medal Event
Natalia Kocherova   Russia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
200m - T53-54
400m - T54
800m - T54
1500m - T54
5000m - T54
100m - T54
Georgina Hermitage   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
100m - T37
200m - T37
400m - T38
4x100m relay - T35-38
David Weir   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
400m - T54
800m - T54
1500m - T54
5000m - T54
Henry Manni   Finland   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
100m - T34
200m - T34
400m - T34
800m - T34
Moatez Jomni   Great Britain   Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
200m - T53
400m - T53
800m - T53
100m - T53
Aleksei Bychenok   Russia   Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
200m - T54
1500m - T54
5000m - T54
100m - T54
400m - T54
800m T54
Gunilla Wallengren   Sweden   Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
400m - T54
800m - T54
5000m - T54
1500m - T54

Participating nations

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Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.

See also

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Footnotes

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Notes
References
  1. ^ a b c "Grosseto 2016: About us". paralympic.org. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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