The venue for the Championships was the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark athletics stadium in the Northeast of Berlin.
Format
The 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships was an invitational championships for track and field events. No combined sports were included and not all events were open to all classifications, no events were contested between classifications. Athletes who came in first place were awarded the gold medal, second place the silver medal and third place the bronze. If only three competitors were declared to compete in an event then no bronze medal was awarded. Some events were classed as 'no medal' events.
Events
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. RaceRunning, an event using adapted tricycle frames for athletes with a severe balance impairment, was introduced for the first time in the RR category, while 'blade' athletes, using a prosthetic specialist limb were placed in new *61-4 categories, while athletes with lower limb disabilities, but not amputations, remained in the *42-4 categories.
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 – arm amputation, lower limb deficiencies and les autres
51-58 – wheelchair athletes
61-63 – leg amputees, 'blade' athletes
RR1-3 – racerunners who employ an adapted tricycle to maintain balance.
Summary
36 athletes won two gold medals or more at the event, while the seven listed below won 3 golds or more. Pierre Fairbank of France, with 4 gold medals, was the most successful athlete at the event, with Diana Dadzite of Latvia and Sophie Hahn of Great Britain the most successful female athletes with 3 gold medals.. The most successful home athletes were Felix Streng and Johannes Floors, with three gold and one silver medal each. Alexandra Helbling of Switzerland won 5 medals, a gold, 3 silvers and a bronze, the most medals of any athlete at the event.
Rank
Athlete
Nation
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1
Pierre Fairbank
4
0
0
4
2
Johannes Floors
3
1
0
4
2
Felix Streng
3
1
0
4
2
Leo Pekka Tahti
3
1
0
4
5
Sophie Hahn
3
0
0
3
5
Diana Dadzite
3
0
0
3
5
Marcel Hug
3
0
0
3
15 World Records were broken in total across all events, with a further 9 European records also falling. Lucyna Kornobys of Poland was the only athlete to break two world records, setting new marks in the women's javelin F33 and shot put F33. Markus Rehm of Germany broke his own world record in the long jump T64 with a distance of 8.48 - a distance that would have won the able bodied event a few weeks earlier.
Medal table
In a number of events not all medals were awarded, due to field sizes or tied medals. In addition, a small number of rces were deemed 'non-medal' events, and are therefore not included in the final medal table. ;Final table, 26 August 2018.
Participating nations
Below is the list of countries who participated in the Championships. were unable to take part due to their ongoing suspension from the IPC.
