2012 IPC Athletics European Championships


The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee affiliated countries within Europe. It was held in Stadskanaal, Netherlands and lasted from 23 to 28 June. The event was held in the Stadskanaal Stadium and was the last major European disability athletics event before the forthcoming 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Approximately 550 athletes from 38 countries attended the games. Several countries used the Championships to finalise the remaining places for the Paralympics.

Venue

The event was held at the Stadskanaal Stadium.

Format

The 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships was an invitational tournament taking in track and field events. No combined sports were included in the 2012 Championships. Not all events were open to all classifications, with several throwing and jumping events being contested between classifications, which were then decided on a points system. The men's 100m relay was the only event to use mixed classifications as a team, with each leg of the relay contested by a different classification athlete. There were no women's relay events. In total there were 144 events held over 17 disciplines.
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 were classed as 'no medal' events.

Coverage

Events

Opening ceremony

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,, a points system is used to determine the winner.

Medal table

The medal table at the end of Day 5.

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Highlights

Broken records

;World Records
EventRoundNameNationTime/DistanceDate
Men's 200m T42FinalRichard Whitehead24.9327 June
Men's 800m T36FinalEvgenii Shvetcov2:05.0526 June
Men's Shot Put F40FinalPaschalis Stathelakos13.01m28 June
Men's Shot Put F46FinalDmytro Ibragimov15.46m28 June
Men's Discus Throw F32FinalFrantisek Serbus20.41m28 June
Women's 100m T42FinalMartina Caironi15.8926 June
Women's 1500m T11FinalAnnalisa Minetti4:51.7528 June
Women's 4x100m Relay T35-38FinalRussian women's relay team54.7728 June
Women's Long Jump F38FinalInna Stryzhak4.96m26 June
Women's Shot Put F34FinalBirgit Kober10.06m28 June
Women's Shot Put F35FinalMariia Pomazan11.3425 June
Women's Discus Throw F35FinalMariia Pomazan28.8826 June

Multiple medalists

Athletes who have obtained at least three medals.
NameNationalityMedalsEvents
Margarita Goncharova
Women's 100m T38
Women's 200m T38
Women's 4x100m relay T35-38
Women's long jump T38
Evgenii Shvetcov
Men's 100m T36
Men's 400m T36
Men's 800m T36
Luis Goncalves
Men's 200m T12
Men's 400m T12
Men's 4x100m relay T11-13
Roman Kapranov
Men's 100m T37
Men's 400m T37
Men's 200m T37
Roger Puigbo Verdaguer
Men's 400m T53
Men's 800m T53
Men's 5000m T54
Maria Seifert
Women's 100m T37
Women's 200m T37
Women's 4x100m relay T35-38
Roman Pavlyk
Men's 200m T36
Men's 100m T36
Men's long jump T36
Drazenko Mitrovic
Men's discus throw F54
Men's shot put F54
Men's javelin throw F54
Radoslav Zlatanov
Men's 200m T13
Men's long jump T13
Men's 100m T13

Participating nations

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