The 2023
World Para Athletics Championships
The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...
was a
Paralympic
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...
track and field
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meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...
. It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety Stadium in
Paris
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, France, from 8 to 17 July 2023.
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
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(2002) and
Lyon
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Schedule
Purple squares mark final heats scheduled.
Program: 171 medal events (93 in the men’s category, 77 in the women’s category and 1 in the mixed category).
Medal table
Placing Table
2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships serves as the first qualifier event for all athletics events at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
The 2024 Paralympic Games, Summer Paralympics (french: Jeux paralympiques d'été de 2024), commonly known as the Games of the XVII Paralympiad, and commonly known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international Multi-sport event, multi-sport paraspo ...
.
Participation
1206 athletes from 103 National Paralympic Committees will be taking part. Central African Republic, Costa Rica and Ivory Coast will make their debut appearances.
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India at the World Para Athletics Championships 2023
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See also
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2023 World Athletics Championships
The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.
The city of Budapes ...
, held in Budapest, Hungary
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2023 World Para Swimming Championships
The 2023 World Para Swimming Championships was the 12th edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, an international swimming competition for swimmers with disabilities. It was held in Manchester, Great Britain from 31 July to 6 August 202 ...
, held in Manchester, Great Britain
Results Book
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References
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International athletics competitions hosted by France
Sports competitions in Paris
World Para Athletics Championships
The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...
World Para Athletics Championships
The World Para Athletics Championships, known as the IPC Athletics World Championships prior to 2017, are a biennial Paralympic athletics event organized by World Para Athletics, a subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). It ...