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Events at the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
4×100 m relay	Universal relay
Field events
Long jump	men	women
High jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
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The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics subcommittee of the International Paralympic Committee. It was the 10th edition of the event and was held in the Charlety Stadium in Paris, France, from 8 to 17 July 2023.

Paris was announced as the host city in December 2021. This was the third time France hosted the World Championships, following the editions in Lille (2002) and Lyon (2013).

Schedule

Purple squares mark final heats scheduled.

Program: 171 medal events (93 in the men’s category, 77 in the women’s category and 1 in the mixed category).

Medal table

  *   Host nation (France)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	16	16	13	45
2	Brazil	14	13	20	47
3	United States	10	14	15	39
4	Great Britain	10	8	11	29
5	Ukraine	10	6	6	22
6	Switzerland	9	5	0	14
7	Tunisia	7	1	4	12
8	Uzbekistan	6	7	4	17
9	Colombia	6	6	6	18
10	Poland	5	6	3	14
11	Italy	5	3	4	12
	Thailand	5	3	4	12
13	Germany	5	2	5	12
14	Iran	4	6	2	12
15	Japan	4	3	4	11
16	Belgium	4	1	1	6
17	Cuba	4	0	1	5
18	Australia	3	8	3	14
19	India	3	4	3	10
20	Morocco	3	2	2	7
	Netherlands	3	2	2	7
22	Algeria	3	1	3	7
23	Hungary	3	1	0	4
24	Canada	2	7	5	14
25	New Zealand	2	5	2	9
26	Spain	2	4	5	11
27	Ecuador	2	1	1	4
	South Africa	2	1	1	4
29	Greece	2	0	2	4
30	Azerbaijan	2	0	1	3
	Latvia	2	0	1	3
32	Bulgaria	2	0	0	2
33	Finland	1	2	3	6
34	Argentina	1	2	2	5
	Mexico	1	2	2	5
	Serbia	1	2	2	5
37	Malaysia	1	1	0	2
38	Turkey	1	0	2	3
39	Kenya	1	0	1	2
40	Jordan	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
42	Venezuela	0	3	1	4
43	Namibia	0	3	0	3
44	Nigeria	0	2	0	2
	United Arab Emirates	0	2	0	2
46	Portugal	0	1	3	4
47	Iraq	0	1	2	3
	Mauritius	0	1	2	3
49	Austria	0	1	1	2
	Indonesia	0	1	1	2
	Kuwait	0	1	1	2
	Slovakia	0	1	1	2
53	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Costa Rica	0	1	0	1
	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	1	0	1
58	France*	0	0	4	4
59	Sri Lanka	0	0	2	2
60	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
Totals (62 entries)		169	167	167	503

Placing Table

Rank	Name (country)	Points
1	China	476
2	Brazil	410
3	United States	346
4	Great Britain	298.50
5	Ukraine	225
6	Australia	204
7	Poland	189.50
8	India	179
9	Colombia	171
10	Japan	168
11	Uzbekistan	155
12	Germany	152
13	Spain	139
14	Thailand	136
15	France	135
16	Canada	132
17	Tunisia	130
18	Iran	125
19	Switzerland	121
20	Algeria	121
Total (84 Nations)		171 Events

2024 Summer Paralympics

The 2023 World Para Athletics Championships served as the first qualifier event for all athletics events at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

Participation

1206 athletes from 103 National Paralympic Committees took part. Central African Republic, Costa Rica and Ivory Coast made their debut appearances.

•  Algeria (23)
•  Angola (4)
•  Argentina (20)
•  Armenia (4)
•  Australia (39)
•  Austria (5)
•  Azerbaijan (15)
•  Bahrain (4)
•  Belgium (14)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
•  Botswana (9)
•  Brazil (54)
•  Bulgaria (3)
•  Cameroon (12)
•  Canada (25)
•  Cape Verde (3)
•  Central African Republic (1)
•  Chile (3)
•  China (49)
•  Chinese Taipei (5)
•  Colombia (20)
•  Costa Rica (3)
•  Croatia (10)
•  Cuba (9)
•  Cyprus (2)
•  Czech Republic (10)
•  Denmark (12)
•  Ecuador (15)
•  Egypt (6)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Fiji (2)
•  Finland (10)
•  France (34) Host country
•  Gambia (2)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (27)
•  Ghana (2)
•  Great Britain (45)
•  Greece (21)
•  Guinea (1)
•  Hong Kong (5)
•  Hungary (9)
•  Iceland (2)
•  India (45) India at the World Para Athletics Championships 2023
•  Indonesia (9)
•  Iran (18)
•  Iraq (7)
•  Ireland (6)
•  Israel (3)
•  Italy (14)
•  Ivory Coast (1)
•  Jamaica (4)
•  Japan (37)
•  Jordan (1)
•  Kazakhstan (3)
•  Kenya (23)
•  Kuwait (7)
•  Latvia (6)
•  Lithuania (18)
•  Luxembourg (1)
•  Malaysia (6)
•  Mauritius (12)
•  Mexico (17)
•  Moldova (6)
•  Mongolia (4)
•  Montenegro (2)
•  Morocco (18)
•  Namibia (9)
•  Netherlands (12)
•  New Zealand (7)
•  Nigeria (5)
•  Norway (7)
•  Oman (2)
•  Panama (6)
•  Papua New Guinea (2)
•  Peru (3)
•  Poland (42)
•  Portugal (10)
•  Puerto Rico (3)
•  Qatar (3)
•  Romania (5)
•  Saudi Arabia (8)
•  Senegal (8)
•  Serbia (6)
•  Singapore (4)
•  Slovakia (3)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (17)
•  South Korea (8)
•  Spain (30)
•  Sri Lanka (3)
•  Sweden (4)
•  Switzerland (10)
•  Thailand (22)
•  Tunisia (16)
•  Turkey (23)
•  Uganda (3)
•  Ukraine (31)
•  United Arab Emirates (11)
•  United States (45)
•  Uzbekistan (24)
•  Venezuela (5)

See also

• 2023 World Athletics Championships, held in Budapest, Hungary
• 2023 World Para Swimming Championships, held in Manchester, Great Britain

Results Book

• Official results book

References

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