2017 World Para Athletics Championships
The 2017 World Para Athletics Championships were a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee, held at London Stadium in London from 14 to 23 July 2017. It was the 8th edition of the event, formerly known as the IPC Athletics World Championship prior to 2017, and featured 213 medal events.
They preceded the 2017 IAAF World Championships also being held in London, marking the first time that a single city has hosted both the IAAF and IPC athletics championships in the same year; London previously hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
Events
Classification
All athletes are classified according to their impairment and compete against athletes with similar impairments. Each classification consists of a three character code, starting with a letter and followed by a two-digit number. The letter specifies the event type: T for track and jumping events, and F for throwing events. The first digit of the number specifies the type of impairment and the second digit the severity of the impairment; the lower the second number, the more impaired.- T/F11–13 are for athletes with visual impairments. Athletes in class 11 and some athletes in class 12 compete with a sighted guide.
- T/F20 is for athletes with intellectual impairments.
- T/F31–38 are for athletes with coordination impairments. Athletes in classes 31–34 compete sitting or in wheelchairs, while athletes in classes 35–38 compete standing
- T/F40–41 are for athletes of short stature.
- T/F42–47 are for athletes with limb impairments.
- T/F51–58 are for athletes with impaired muscle power or range of motion. Athletes in these classes compete seated or in wheelchairs.
Participating nations
Below is the list of 1,074 athletes 92 countries who have agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each. Russia was found guilty of state-sponsored doping by the IPC in August 2016 and has been suspended from participating.- Chinese Taipei
- Independent Para Athletes
Schedule
Source:
The results of the men's 800 m T54 race on Monday 17 July were nullified and the race rescheduled to Friday 21 July after three competitors crashed at the 600-metre mark.
Marketing
Mascot
The mascots for the IAAF and IPC Championships were unveiled in April 2017, and chosen through a children's design contest organized by the BBC programme Blue Peter. The mascots represent "everyday" endangered species of the UK; the World Para Athletics Championships Championships mascot is an anthropomorphic bee named Whizbee.Broadcasting
served as domestic rightsholder. Sunset + Vine, who has previously produced Channel 4's Paralympics coverage, was named host broadcaster for the championships.Medal table
Source:Placing table
Source:Individual medallists
The following athletes won three or more medals, with at least two being gold:| Rank | Name | Medals |
| 1 | Men's 100 m T34 Men's 200 m T34 Men's 400 m T34 Men's 800 m T34 | |
| 1 | Men's 100 m T53 Men's 200 m T53 Men's 400 m T53 Men's 800 m T53 | |
| 1 | Women's 200 m T54 Women's 400 m T54 Women's 800 m T54 Women's 1500 m T54 | |
| 4 | Men's 200 m T43 Men's 400 m T43 Men's 4×100 m relay T42-47 Men's 100 m T44 | |
| 5 | Women's 100 m T13 Women's 200 m T13 Women's 400 m T13 | |
| 5 | Women's 100 m T34 Women's 400 m T34 Women's 800 m T34 | |
| 5 | Women's shot put F55 Women's discus throw F55 Women's javelin throw F56 | |
| 5 | Men's 800 m T54 Men's 1500 m T54 Men's 5000 m T54 | |
| 5 | Men's 200 m T36 Men's 400 m T36 Men's 800 m T36 | |
| 10 | Men's 200 m T54 Men's 400 m T54 Men's 1500 m T54 Men's 800 m T54 | |
| 11 | Men's 800 m T20 Men's 1500 m T20 Men's 5000 m T20 | |
| 11 | Men's 200 m T37 Men's 400 m T37 Men's 100 m T37 | |
| 13 | Women's 100 m T53 Women's 200 m T53 Women's 400 m T53 | |
| 13 | Women's 400 m T53 Women's 800 m T53 Women's 100 m T53 |
World Records
Below is a list of all world records broken during the championships.| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time/Distance | Date |
| Men's Shot Put F38 | Final | Cameron Crombie |  Australia | 15.95 m | 14 July |
| Women's 100m T34 | Final | Hannah Cockroft |  Great Britain | 17.18 | 14 July |
| Men's Shot Put F20 | Final | Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli |  Malaysia | 17.29 m | 15 July |
| Women's Discus Throw F52 | Final | Cassie Mitchell |  United States | 13.23 m | 15 July |
| Women's Javelin Throw F46 | Final | Hollie Arnold | Great Britain | 43.02 m | 15 July |
| Men's 100m T47 | Final | Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos |  Brazil | 10.53 | 15 July |
| Women's 200m T38 | Final | Sophie Hahn | Great Britain | 26.11 | 15 July |
| Women's 200m T53 | Final | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain | 28.61 | 15 July |
| Men's 200m T36 | Qualifying Heat | James Turner | Australia | 24.15 | 16 July |
| Men's 5000m T13 | Final | Youssef Benibrahim |  Morocco | 14:20.69 | 16 July |
| Men's Club Throw F51 | Final | Željko Dimitrijević |  Serbia | 31.99 m | 16 July |
| Women's 100m T44 | Qualifying Heat | Sophie Kamlish | Great Britain | 12.90 | 17 July |
| Women's Javelin Throw F56 | Final | Diāna Dadzīte |  Latvia | 27.07 m | 17 July |
| Men's 200m T36 | Final | James Turner | Australia | 24.09 | 17 July |
| Men's Javelin Throw F40 | Final | Ahmed Naas |  Iraq | 38.90 | 17 July |
| Men's Discus Throw F52 | Final | Andre Rocha | Brazil | 23.80 m | 18 July |
| Men's Triple Jump T20 | Final | Dmytro Prudnikov |  Ukraine | 15.50 m | 18 July |
| Men's Javelin Throw F43 | Final | Akeem Stewart |  Trinidad and Tobago | 57.61 m | 18 July |
| Men's High Jump T13 | Final | Isaac Jean-Paul | United States | 2.17 m | 18 July |
| Women's 400m T20 | Final | Breanna Clark | United States | 56.33 | 18 July |
| Women's 100m T35 | Final | Isis Holt | Australia | 13.43 | 19 July |
| Men's Javelin Throw F13 | Final | Aleksandr Svechnikov |  Uzbekistan | 71.01 m | 19 July |
| Men's Shot Put F55 | Final | Ruzhdi Ruzhdi |  Bulgaria | 12.47 m | 20 July |
| Women's 400m T37 | Final | Georgina Hermitage | Great Britain | 1:00.29 | 20 July |
| Men's Shot Put F41 | Final | Niko Kappel |  Germany | 13.81 m | 20 July |
| Women's 100m T36 | Final | Shi Yiting |  China | 13.68 | 20 July |
| Men's 400m T13 | Final | Mohamed Amguoun | Morocco | 46.92 | 21 July |
| Men's Javelin Throw F38 | Final | Jayden Sawyer | Australia | 52.96 m | 22 July |
| Men's 200m T47 | Final | Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos | Brazil | 21.21 | 22 July |
| Women's 100m T38 | Final | Sophie Hahn | Great Britain | 12.44 | 22 July |
| Men's Shot Put F42 | Final | Aled Davies | Great Britain | 17.52 m | 22 July |
| Men's Shot Put F43 | Final | Akeem Stewart | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.08 m | 23 July |
| Men's Shot Put F32 | Final | Lahouari Bahlaz |  Algeria | 11.08 m | 23 July |
Naas set a world record competing in the F41 men's javelin, though his throw left him in fifth place overall.