# 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 (IPC) 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.

## 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, (for example discus throw F54/55/56), a points system is used to determine the winner.
* F = field athletes
* T = track athletes
* 11-13 – visually impaired, 11 and 12 compete with a sighted guide
* 20 – intellectual disability
* 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.
* 41-46 – amputation, les autres
* 51-58 – wheelchair athletes

### Schedule

| ● | Opening ceremony | Events | ● | Closing ceremony |
| Date → | Date → | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 100 m | Men Details | | T11 T12 T35 T36 T42 | T34 T37 T54 T13 T46 | T51/53 T44 T38 | | |
| 100 m | Women Details | | T11 T12 | T34/52/53 | T42 T44 T46 | T13 T35 T36 T37 T38 T54 | |
| 200 m | Men Details | | | T44 | | T46 T53 T36 T37 T38 T42 T11 T34 T35 | T12 T13 |
| 200 m | Women Details | | T34 | T53 T53 T35 T36 T44 T46 | T37 T34/52/53 T11 T12 | | |
| 400 m | Men Details | | | T38 | T46 T54 | T12 T44 | T36 T53 |
| 400 m | Women Details | | T46 T13 | T37 T53 T54 | T12 | T44 | |
| 800 m | Men Details | | | T53 T46 | T12 T36 | T54 | T13 |
| 800 m | Women Details | | | | T12 T53 T54 | | |
| 1500 m | Men Details | | | | T54 T11 T20 T37 | T13 T46 | T54 |
| 1500 m | Women Details | | | | | | T12 T20 T54 |
| 5000 m | Men Details | | | | | | T11 T12 |
| 4×100 m relay | Men Details | | | | | | T11-T13 |
| 4×100 m relay | Women Details | | | | | | T35-T38 |
| Long jump | Men Details | | T37/38 | F36 | F11 | F20 F13 | F42/44 |
| Long jump | Women Details | | F13 | F20 F11 F12 | F37 F38 | F42/44/46 | |
| Triple jump | Men Details | | F46 | | | | F11 F12 |
| Shot put | Men Details | | F20 F54 | F55 F37 F38 F11 | F32/33/34 F52/53 | F56/57/58 | F40 F46 F42 F44 |
| Shot put | Women Details | | F37 | F35/36 F57/58 | F20 | F40/42/44 F11/12 | F34 |
| Discus throw | Men Details | | F51/53/53 F11 F37/38 F57/58 | | F40/44 F42 | F54 F55 F35/36 F55 | F32/33/34 |
| Discus throw | Women Details | | | F51/52/53 | F35/36 | F37 F57/58 | F32/33 F11/12 |
| Javelin throw | Men Details | | F12/13 F44 | F33/34/52/53 | F54 F55/56 | F40 F42 | F57/58 |
| Javelin throw | Women Details | | F57/58 | F12/13 + F37/38 | | F52/53/33/34 | F46 F54/55/56 |
| Club throw | Men Details | | | F32 F51 | | | |
| Club throw | Women Details | | F31/32/51 | | | | |
| Ceremonies | Ceremonies | ● | | | | | ● |

## Medal table

The medal table at the end of Day 5 (28 June).
* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 29 | 28 | 19 | 76 |
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 11 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 11 | 6 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 8 | 9 | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 8 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Netherlands (NED)* | 8 | 8 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 10 | Serbia (SRB) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 11 | Belarus (BLR) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 |
| 13 | Finland (FIN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 17 | Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
| 19 | Portugal (POR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 | Lithuania (LTU) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 | Cyprus (CYP) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 23 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 25 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 29 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (34 entries) | Totals (34 entries) | 144 | 142 | 129 | 415 |
Source: paralympic.org

## Highlights
### Broken records
#### World Records

| Event | Round | Name | Nation | Time/Distance | Date |
| Men's 200m T42 | Final | Richard Whitehead | United Kingdom | 24.93 | 27 June |
| Men's 800m T36 | Final | Evgenii Shvetcov | Russia | 2:05.05 | 26 June |
| Men's Shot Put F40 | Final | Paschalis Stathelakos | Greece | 13.01m | 28 June |
| Men's Shot Put F46 | Final | Dmytro Ibragimov | Ukraine | 15.46m | 28 June |
| Men's Discus Throw F32 | Final | Frantisek Serbus | Czech Republic | 20.41m | 28 June |
| Women's 100m T42 | Final | Martina Caironi | Italy | 15.89 | 26 June |
| Women's 1500m T11 | Final | Annalisa Minetti | Italy | 4:51.75 | 28 June |
| Women's 4x100m Relay T35-38 | Final | Russian women's relay team | Russia | 54.77 | 28 June |
| Women's Long Jump F38 | Final | Inna Stryzhak | Ukraine | 4.96m | 26 June |
| Women's Shot Put F34 | Final | Birgit Kober | Germany | 10.06m | 28 June |
| Women's Shot Put F35 | Final | Mariia Pomazan | Ukraine | 11.34 | 25 June |
| Women's Discus Throw F35 | Final | Mariia Pomazan | Ukraine | 28.88 | 26 June |

### Multiple medalists

Athletes who have obtained at least three medals.
| Name | Nationality | Medals | Events |
| Margarita Goncharova | Russia | Gold Gold Gold Silver | Women's 100m T38 Women's 200m T38 Women's 4x100m relay T35-38 Women's long jump T38 |
| Evgenii Shvetcov | Russia | Gold Gold Gold | Men's 100m T36 Men's 400m T36 Men's 800m T36 |
| Luis Goncalves | Portugal | Gold Gold Silver | Men's 200m T12 Men's 400m T12 Men's 4x100m relay T11-13 |
| Roman Kapranov | Russia | Gold Gold Silver | Men's 100m T37 Men's 400m T37 Men's 200m T37 |
| Roger Puigbo Verdaguer | Spain | Gold Gold Silver | Men's 400m T53 Men's 800m T53 Men's 5000m T54 |
| Maria Seifert | Germany | Gold Gold Silver | Women's 100m T37 Women's 200m T37 Women's 4x100m relay T35-38 |
| Roman Pavlyk | Ukraine | Gold Silver Silver | Men's 200m T36 Men's 100m T36 Men's long jump T36 |
| Drazenko Mitrovic | Serbia | Gold Gold Bronze | Men's discus throw F54 Men's shot put F54 Men's javelin throw F54 |
| Radoslav Zlatanov | Bulgaria | Silver Silver Bronze | 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.
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Spain
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Great Britain
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Iceland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Slovenia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Switzerland
* Slovakia
* Sweden
* Turkey
* Ukraine