2014 IPC Athletics European Championships

World Para Athletics European Championships, season
Sports season of league or competition	World Para Athletics European Championships
Sport	Para-athletics
Country	United Kingdom
Ein location	Swansea
Edition number	4
Point for tym insyd	2014
Organizer	International Paralympic Committee

De 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships na ebe track den field competition give athletes plus disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) dem affiliate countries within Europe, plus Azerbaijan den Israel. Na dem hold am insyd Swansea, Wales den wey last from 18 to 23 August. Na dem stage de competition for Swansea University Stadium. Approximately 550 athletes wey komot 37 countries attend de games.^[1]

Russia win de Games atop de medal table plus 41 Gold medals, wey dem sanso collect de greatest overall medal haul plus 88.^[2] De host nation, Britain, fini third.^[2] Of de 37 nations wey dey compete, 34 manage make dem achieve podium finish.^[3] Na der be seven world records set den further seven European records, insyd games na ebe beset by difficult weather conditions thru out de tournament.^[4]

Venue

Na de venue give de Championships be de Swansea University athletics stadium.^[5]

Format

De 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships be invitational tournament wey dem dey take insyd track den field events. Dem no include combined sports insyd de 2014 Championships. No be all events wey dem open to all classifications, though na dem no contest events between classifications.

Na dem award athletes wey fini insyd first place de gold medal, second place de silver medal den third place de bronze. If three competitors per wey be available make dem challenge for event then dem no dey award bronze medal. Dem go dey class sam events as 'no medal' events.

Coverage

As plus de 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, de IPC produce live streaming footage of de Championships for ParalympicSport.TV top. Insyd de United Kingdom Channel 4 continue dema commitment to para-sport plus dema own live streaming website den daily live coverage dem show for dema sisto channel More4 top.^[6]

Events

Opening ceremony

De Championship opening ceremony take place for de Swansea University Stadium for de nightie of 18 August de day before na dem hold de first events. Na de competition be officially open by Welsh Assembly Minister John Griffiths wey na de IPC president Sir Philip Craven follow plus address.^[7]

De IPC flag dem carry into de stadium by schoolgirl Molly Hopkins, de youngest Swansea 2014 ambassador, Paralympian champion John Harris, swimmer Jack Thomas den games volunteer Harmony Dumay; before na dem raise am make dem signal de opening of de games. Na Welsh athlete Josie Pearson, ein coach Anthony Hughes, den for behalf of de officials by Matt Witt undertake de swearing of de oaths.^[7]

Na dem provide entertainment for de venue by singers Shaheen Jafargholi den John Adams; den de Morriston Orpheus Choir.^[7]

Classification

Make dem ensure competition be as fair den balanced as possible, dem dey classify athletes dependent for how dema disability impacts for dema chosen event/s top. Thus athletes fi compete insyd event against competitors plus different disability to dema selves. Wer der be more dan one classification insyd one event, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), dem dey use a points system make den determine de winner.

F = field athletes
T = track athletes
11-13 – visually impaired, 11 den 12 dey compete plus sighted guide
20 – intellectual disability
31-38 – cerebral palsy anaa oda conditions wey dey affect muscle co-ordination den control. Athletes insyd class 31-34 dey compete insyd seated position; athletes insyd class 35-38 dey compete standing.
41-46 – amputation, les autres
51-58 – wheelchair athletes
De final of de men's T54 400m sprint. De Netherlands ein Kenny van Weeghel dey celebrate de gold medal during de victory lap.

Schedule

●	Opening ceremony		Events	●	Closing ceremony

Date →		18	19	20	21	22	23
100 m	Men		T12 T42 T44 T35 T36 T37 T38 T34 T54	T33 T53 T51 T13 T11	T47
100 m	Women		T42 T44 T37 T34 T51 T53	T13 T54 T47 T38 T35 T12 T11	T36	T33 T52
200 m	Men			T47 T44	T11 T12 T13 T35 T36 T37 T38 T42 T34 T53	T54
200 m	Women		T36		T12 T35 T44	T11
400 m	Men		T51	T44 T36 T54 T52 T12		T53 T37 T38 T47 T13 T20	T11 T34
400 m	Women		T13 T53 T47 T54	T20 T52		T44 T37 T38 T12	T11
800 m	Men		T53	T38 T34 T36	T54
800 m	Women				T53 T54	T34
1500 m	Men		T52	T54		T20	T38 T46 T11
1500 m	Women			T11		T13	T46 T13 T20 T54
5000 m	Men			T13		T11	T54
5000 m	Women			T54
4 × 100 m relay	Men						T11-13
4 × 100 m relay	Women						T35-38
Long jump	Men		T11	T47 T12 T37	T20	T36 T13	T38 T44 T42
Long jump	Women		T38 T11	T12	T37 T20 T42	T47 T44
High jump	Men		T12	T42	T47	T44
Triple jump	Men		T47
Shot put	Men		F20 F38 F57	F44 F32	F34 F42 F36 F35	F33 F12 F46	F55 F40 F37 F53 F41
Shot put	Women		F37 F32 F35	F20 F40 F55	F12	F36 F57 F41	F33 F53 F34
Discus throw	Men		F12 F34	F56 F38	F52 F11	F44	F57 F46 F42
Discus throw	Women		F55 F40 F52 F41		F57	F11 F12 F44	F38
Javelin throw	Men		F46 F42	F57 F34 F41	F44 F38 F56	F40 F54	F12
Javelin throw	Women		F12		F56 F46 F37	F34 F54
Club throw	Men		F32	F51
Club throw	Women			F51		F32
Ceremonies		●					●

Medal table

De end medal table after day 5, dey show all medal winning countries.

* Host nation (Great Britain)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	41	29	18	88
2	Ukraine	17	8	18	43
3	Great Britain*	16	19	17	52
4	Germany	14	17	15	46
5	Finland	9	3	4	16
6	France	8	8	4	20
7	Switzerland	8	3	6	17
8	Poland	6	15	10	31
9	Spain	6	9	10	25
10	Netherlands	5	4	5	14
11	Italy	4	5	2	11
12	Bulgaria	4	3	4	11
13	Turkey	4	3	2	9
14	Ireland	4	1	0	5
15	Sweden	3	2	2	7
16	Greece	2	5	5	12
17	Austria	2	2	0	4
18	Croatia	2	1	5	8
18	Czech Republic	2	1	5	8
20	Lithuania	2	1	2	5
21	Belarus	2	1	1	4
22	Latvia	2	0	1	3
23	Portugal	1	6	3	10
24	Azerbaijan	1	2	1	4
24	Hungary	1	2	1	4
26	Slovakia	1	1	1	3
27	Iceland	1	0	1	2
28	Serbia	0	5	1	6
29	Denmark	0	2	1	3
30	Belgium	0	2	0	2
31	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
31	Norway	0	1	0	1
33	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Totals (33 entries)		168	162	146	476

Multiple medallists

Chaw competitors win multiple medals for de 2014 Championships. De athletes wey dey follow win four medals anaa more.

Name	Country	Medal	Event
Margarita Goncharova	Russia	Gold Gold Gold Gold	100m - T38 400m - T38 Long jump - T38 4 × 100 m relay - T35-38
Henry Manni	Finland	Gold Gold Gold Gold	100m - T34 200m - T34 400m - T34 800m - T34
Manuela Schär	Switzerland	Gold Gold Gold Gold	400m - T54 800m - T54 1500m - T54 5000m - T54
Marcel Hug	Switzerland	Gold Gold Gold Bronze	800m - T54 1500m - T54 5000m - T54 400m - T54
Kenny van Weeghel	Netherlands	Gold Gold Silver Silver	200m - T54 400m - T54 100m - T54 800m - T54
Marc Schuh	Germany	Silver Bronze Bronze Bronze	400m - T54 100m - T54 200m - T54 800m - T54

Highlights

Broken records

Na dem break fourteen records wey dey include seven world records.

Event	Round	Name	Nation	Time/Distance	Date	Record
Men's 400m T37	Final	Andrei Vdovin	Russia	50.91	22 August	WR
Men's 5000m T13	Final	Alexey Akhtyamov	Russia	15:07.13	20 August	ER
Men's High Jump T44	Final	Maciej Lepiato	Poland	2.17m	22 August	WR
Men's Discus Throw F44	Final	Dan Greaves	Great Britain	62.34m	22 August	ER
Men's Discus Throw F54	Final	Drazenko Mitrovic	Serbia	33.68	20 August	WR
Women's 100m T12	Semifinal	Oxana Boturchuk	Ukraine	12.00	19 August	ER
Women's 400m T38	Final	Margarita Goncharova	Russia	1:03.40	22 August	WR
Women's 400m T44	Final	Marie-Amelie Le Fur	France	1:01.41	22 August	WR
Women's 4 × 100 m Relay T35-38	Final	Zhanna Fekolina Margarita Goncharova Anna Sapozhnikova Svetlana Sergeeva	Russia	53.53	23 August	WR
Women's Long Jump T37	Final	Anna Sapozhnikova	Russia	4.46	21 August	ER
Women's Shot Put F37	Final	Eva Berna	Czech Republic	11.01	19 August	ER
Women's Discus Throw F12	Final	Sofia Oksem	Russia	45.97	22 August	WR
Women's Javelin Throw F53	Final	Svitlana Stetsyuk	Ukraine	10.50	22 August	ER
Women's Club Throw F51	Final	Joanna Butterfield	Great Britain	17.68	22 August	ER

Nations wey participate

Below be de list of countries wey gree make dem participate insyd de Championships wey de number of athlete dem request wey dem dey place for each.

Austria 6
Azerbaijan 5
Belarus 6
Belgium 5
Bulgaria 10
Croatia 15
Denmark 7
Estonia 2
Finland 11
France 19
Germany 32
Great Britain 52
Greece 35
Hungary 7
Ireland 8
Iceland 3
Israel 2
Italy 13
Latvia 8
Lithuania 11
Luxembourg 1
Montenegro 1
Norway 4
Netherlands 23
Poland 33
Portugal 22
Romania 3
Russia 74
Serbia 9
Slovakia 5
Slovenia 2
Spain 31
Sweden 8
Switzerland 9
Czech Republic 12
Turkey 24
Ukraine 34

References

↑ "Swansea 2014". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Medal Standings" (PDF). IPC. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
↑ "Placing Table" (PDF). IPC. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
↑ "Records Set: As of 23 Aug 2014" (PDF). IPC. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
↑ Davies, Gareth A (21 March 2013). "Swansea to host 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
↑ Anderson, Gary (10 July 2014). "Bumper summer of Paralympic sports coverage as Channel 4 set to broadcast host of events". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Swansea 2014: The Opening Ceremony". thewave.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

External links

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Official web-site

[1] "Swansea 2014". paralympic.org. Retrieved 13 November 2014.

[:0-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Medal Standings" (PDF). IPC. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[3] "Placing Table" (PDF). IPC. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[4] "Records Set: As of 23 Aug 2014" (PDF). IPC. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original (pdf) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

[5] Davies, Gareth A (21 March 2013). "Swansea to host 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2013.

[6] Anderson, Gary (10 July 2014). "Bumper summer of Paralympic sports coverage as Channel 4 set to broadcast host of events". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 20 July 2014.

[:1-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 "Swansea 2014: The Opening Ceremony". thewave.co.uk. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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