2016 IPC Athletics European Championships explained

IPC Athletics European Championships
Host City:	Grosseto, Italy
Dates:	10 – 16 June
Events:	Track and field
Stadium:	Stadio Olimpico Carlo Zecchini
Previous:	2014 Swansea

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

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

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See main article: Disability sport classification. 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							T38
100 m	Women Details							T44 T47
200 m	Men Details							T36
200 m	Women Details
400 m	Men Details						T12 T20	T13
400 m	Women Details
800 m	Men Details				T20			T38 T34
800 m	Women Details
1500 m	Men Details
1500 m	Women Details
5000 m	Men Details							T13
5000 m	Women Details
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							T38 T20
Long jump	Women Details						T11
High jump	Men Details
Shot put	Men Details							F32 F33 F57
Shot put	Women Details
Discus throw	Men Details
Discus throw	Women Details
Javelin throw	Men Details							F46
Javelin throw	Women Details							F54 F56
Club throw	Men Details
Club throw	Women Details
Ceremonies		●						●

Medal table

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			200m - T53-54 400m - T54 800m - T54 1500m - T54 5000m - T54 100m - T54
Georgina Hermitage			100m - T37 200m - T37 400m - T38 4x100m relay - T35-38
David Weir			400m - T54 800m - T54 1500m - T54 5000m - T54
Henry Manni			100m - T34 200m - T34 400m - T34 800m - T34
Moatez Jomni			200m - T53 400m - T53 800m - T53 100m - T53
Aleksei Bychenok			200m - T54 1500m - T54 5000m - T54 100m - T54 400m - T54 800m T54
Gunilla Wallengren			400m - T54 800m - T54 5000m - T54 1500m - T54