World Deaf Athletics Championships

The World Deaf Athletics Championships is a quadrennial global competitions in the sport of athletics for deaf people. It is organised by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf and was first held in 2008.^[1]

World Deaf Athletics Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	midyear
Frequency	4 Years
Inaugurated	2008
Organised by	CISS

Editions

Outdoor

Edition	Year	Venue	Place	Country	Dates	Events	Athletes	Teams	Ref
1	2008	İzmir Atatürk Stadium	İzmir	Turkey	22–29 September		318	32	[2][3]
2	2012	Varsity Stadium	Toronto	Canada	14–21 July		241	27	[4]
3	2016	Beroe Stadium	Stara Zagora	Bulgaria	25 June – 3 July		262	38	[5][6]
4	2021	Lublin Athletics Stadium	Lublin	Poland	23 – 28 August	47	330	41	[7]
5	2024	TBD	Taipei	Taiwan	July	TBD	TBD	TBD	[8]

Indoor

Edition	Year	Venue	Place	Country	Dates	Events	Athletes	Teams	Ref
1	2019	Lasnamäe Kergejõustikuhall	Tallinn	Estonia					[9]

2nd World Deaf Indoor Athletics Championships in 2023

http://www.ciss.org/news/2nd-world-deaf-indoor-athletics-championships-in-2023

2nd World Deaf Indoor Athletics Championships

Torun, Poland on 22-25 March 2023.

Junior

1st -  Chinese Taipei 2024

2024 Results

https://web.archive.org/web/20240818054855/http://163.17.55.68/wdyac2024/score_query_adv.php?ItNo=21&ItNa=%A5%D0%AE%7C - 2024 Youth Results

https://web.archive.org/web/20240818054900/http://210.59.162.39/wdac2024/score_query_adv.php?ItNo=21&ItNa=%A5%D0%AE%7C - 2024 Senior Results

http://www.ciss.org/events/402

http://www.ciss.org/championships/taipei-2024

https://www.tokyoforward2025.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/

Events:

Youth: 9 Men + 4 Women = 13

Senior: 13 Men + 9 Women + 1 Mixed = 23

Asia-Pacific

Asia-Pacific Deaf Athletics Championships

Source:^[10][11]

1. 2023 -  Iran

Europe

European Deaf Athletics Championships

Source:^[12][13]

Results:^[14]

https://www.edso.eu/2013/10/19/overview-european-championships/

https://www.edso.eu/2013/10/19/overview-junior-european-championships/

Athletics – Overview European Championships

Place Country Date Year

1st Salerno  Italy 02 - 05 October 1980

2nd München  Germany 29 July - 01 August 1987

3rd Vladimir  Russia 02 - 06 July 1991

4th Lausanne  Switzerland 27 June - 01 July 1995

5th Piraeus  Greece 05 - 10 July 1999

6th Tallinn  Estonia 13 - 19 July 2003

7th Sofia  Bulgaria 08 - 14 July 2007

8th Kayseri  Turkey 10 - 16 July 2011

Medals

See also

• European Deaf Athletics Championships
• Asian Deaf Athletics Championships Since 2023

Notes

The 2021 World Deaf Athletics Championships was originally scheduled from 18 to 25 July 2020 and was going to be held in Radom, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and moved to Lublin.^[15]

Related Games

• https://winterdeaflympics2023.com/schedule-separately/
• https://www.deaflympics.com/events/438
• https://www.deaflympics.com/pdf/bulletin-1-world-deaf-youth-games.pdf - 1st World Deaf Youth Games
• http://www.ciss.org/world-deaf-youth-games-in-2024
• http://www.ciss.org/events/402
• http://www.ciss.org/championships/taipei-2024

References

1. Athletics. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
2. 1st World Deaf Athletics Championships. Deaflympics. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
3. Deaflympics.com - Athletics, besøkt 26. juli 2016.
4. 2012 World Deaf Athletics Championships. USADTF. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
5. 2016 World Deaf Athletics Championships. WDAC 2016. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fmds.es. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. WDAC 2021
8. WDAC 2021
9. 2019 World Deaf Indoor Athletics Championships Competition Results
10. "Results Final – First Ap Deaf Athletics championships". Archived from the original on 2023-12-03.
11. "Result – First Ap Deaf Athletics championships". Archived from the original on 2023-12-03.
12. "European Deaf Sports Organisation | Athletics". 23 March 2023.
13. "European Deaf Sports Organisation | European Deaf Athletics Championships 2023". 3 May 2023.
14. "European Deaf Sports Organisation | Athletics – Results". 19 October 2013.
15. 4th World Deaf Athletics Championships in 2020