2016 IPC Athletics European Championships

IPC Athletics European Championships
Host city	Grosseto, Italy
Events	Track and field
Dates	10 – 16 June
Main venue	Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini
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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.

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

Venue

Grosseto

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

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

Classification

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

●	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
100 m	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
200 m	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
400 m	Women Details			T34 T47	T12 T38 T54 T53	T44 T13	T20
800 m	Men Details			T13	T20		T53 T36	T38 T34
800 m	Women Details			T20		T54 T34
1500 m	Men Details		T52 T20	T38 T11	T46	T13		T54
1500 m	Women Details		T20 T11				T13	T54
5000 m	Men Details			T54	T11			T13
5000 m	Women Details			T54
4 × 100 m relay	Men Details							T11-13 T42-47
4 × 100 m relay	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
Long jump	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
Shot put	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
Discus throw	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
Javelin throw	Women Details				F11-13	F37	F34	F54 F56
Club throw	Men Details					F51 F32
Club throw	Women Details						F31/32/51
Ceremonies		●						●

Medal table

Host nation (Italy)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	51	51	29	131
2	Great Britain	23	17	16	56
3	Poland	22	11	17	50
4	Germany	13	21	9	43
5	France	10	4	6	20
6	Spain	7	7	7	21
7	Turkey	6	4	5	15
8	Finland	5	3	4	12
9	Croatia	4	4	0	8
10	Bulgaria	3	6	4	13
11	Greece	3	4	2	9
12	Lithuania	3	2	3	8
13	Italy*	2	5	6	13
14	Sweden	2	5	2	9
15	Belarus	2	3	5	10
16	Serbia	2	2	2	6
17	Latvia	2	2	1	5
18	Ireland	2	1	2	5
19	Belgium	2	0	1	3
20	Portugal	1	4	7	12
21	Czech Republic	1	3	2	6
22	Denmark	1	2	2	5
23	Austria	1	2	1	4
24	Montenegro	1	2	0	3
25	Switzerland	1	1	5	7
26	Iceland	1	0	0	1
27	Hungary	0	2	2	4
28	Slovakia	0	1	3	4
29	Luxembourg	0	1	1	2
30	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
31	Norway	0	0	1	1
31	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		171	171	146	488

Multiple medallists

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