2024 World Para Athletics Championships
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The 2024 World Para Athletics Championships was a Paralympic track and field meet organized by the World Para Athletics, the respective sport branch of the International Paralympic Committee.
Host city | Kobe |
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Country | Japan |
Organizer | IPC |
Edition | 11 |
Athletes | 1073 from 103 nations |
Sport | Para-athletics |
Events | 168 |
Dates | 17–25 May 2024 |
Main venue | Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium |
This was the 11th edition of the event and was held at Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium in Japan, from 17 to 25 May 2024.[1] This was the first time the event was held in East Asia.[2][3]
The event was initially scheduled for September 2021 but it was rescheduled to avoid clashing with the 2020 Summer Paralympics which were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]
In January 2022, the organisers requested World Para Athletics for postponement of the event until 2024 due to COVID-19 concerns.[6] A week later, World Para Athletics confirmed that the event would not be held in 2022.[7]