Qualification Criteria and Event Programme Bydgoszcz 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships

03 February 2021 (Version 1.1)

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Medal Events Male Female Mixed Total 92 73 1 166 Detailed Medal Events List attached to the end of this document.

Athlete Eligibility To be eligible for entry, athletes must hold an active World Para Athletics License for the 2021 season, and must: • have achieved a Minimum Entry Standard (MES) at a World Para Athletics recognised competition for an event from the published final event programme between 01 January 2019 and 25 April 2021 in accordance with the Athlete Licensing Programme Policies valid for the 2019-2021 seasons; or • have been allocated a Direct Invitation RaceRunning athletes, in addition to the above, must have undergone CPISRA classification which has been recognised by WPA. Please note that there is no classfication for RaceRunning athletes at European Championships. Maximum Entry per NPC An NPC may enter a maximum of three (3) eligible athletes per single class medal event. An NPC may enter a maximum of five (5) eligible athletes in field events where two (2) or more sport classes are clustered (e.g., /55/56). However, per each sport class, a maximum of three (3) eligible athletes can be entered. An NPC may enter a maximum of one (1) team in the universal relay event provided that the team is comprised of athletes already entered into an individual event. No Minimum Entry Standard is required for the relay event(s). NPCs may enter an eligible athlete in an unlimited number of events as long as the athlete has achieved a MES in at least one of the events for which the athlete is entered.

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Direct Invitation World Para Athletics reserves the right to directly invite athletes under the following criteria: . To enable the greater representation by nation; . To ensure events featured on the programme have sufficient representation for viability; . To enable greater representation by gender; . To ensure the representation of athletes with high support needs; . To ensure top athletes that may have not had the opportunity to formally qualify due to extraordinary circumstances. To be considered for a direct invite slot, an athlete must hold a World Para Athletics Athlete License for the 2021 season. NPCs must submit a formal request for direct entry to World Para Athletics by 06 April 2021. Event Viability Criteria A minimum of four (4) athlete entries from two (2) NPCs is necessary to sustain an individual medal event on the programme. A minimum of four (4) entries from four (4) NPCs is necessary to sustain a relay medal event on the programme. World Para Athletics shall review the event viability following the close of the final entry on 26 April 2021. In the case an event does not meet the above viability criteria at final entry, World Para Athletics may combine such event with other event(s) where appropriate and applicable. In such combined field events, the Raza point system may be used to determine the placings. World Para Athletics also reserve the right to cancel such events or run them as non-medal events. In the case the entry number of an event drops below the event viability criteria due to withdrawals after 26 April 2021, the event shall still be run as a Medal Event and the medals will be allocated under the ‘minus one’ rule. Qualification Rounds Seated Throw Events Should a seated throw event exceed twelve (12) entries at the close of final entry, a qualification round may be held to allow the competition to be conducted in a single round (final). Should a qualification round be held, the top 8 entered athletes (based on qualification performances) will proceed to the final without competing in the qualification round. The Top 4 athletes from the qualification round shall proceed to the final.

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Ambulant Throw Events Should an ambulant throw event exceed sixteen (16) entries at the close of final entry, a qualification round may be held to allow the competition to be conducted in a single round (final). Should the qualification round be held, the Top 12 entered athletes (based on qualification performances) shall proceed to the final without competing in the qualification round. The Top 4 athletes from the qualification round shall proceed to the final. Qualification Round Timetable Qualification rounds may be held in an additional non-ticketed session outside of the official programme. In all throw events, athletes will have a maximum of three trials in the qualification round. Qualification and Entry Timelines 1 January 2019 Start of the qualification period for athletes to achieve MES performances. 17 February 2021 Preliminary Entry by Number 06 April 2021 World Para Athletics open the online entry system for final entry by number and name: www.paralympic.org/sdms 06 April 2021 Deadline for NPCs to request a Direct Invitation 20 April 2021 World Para Athletics confirm Direct Invitations issued to NPCs 25 April 2021 End of qualification period for athletes to achieve MES performances. 26 April 2021 Deadline for NPCs to confirm the size of team delegation and the final entry by Name via the online entry system.

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Bydgoszcz 2021 Medal Events List & Qualification Standards

MEN

# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 1 Men’s 100m RR1 RR1 40.00 2 Men’s 100m RR3 RR2/RR3 31.00 3 Men's 100m T11 T11 12.50 4 Men's 100m T12 T12 12.00 5 Men's 100m T13 T13 12.10 6 Men's 100m T33 30.00 7 Men's 100m T34 20.00 8 Men's 100m T35 17.00 9 Men's 100m T36 14.50 10 Men's 100m T37 13.15 11 Men's 100m T38 13.00 12 Men's 100m /46/47 11.80 13 Men's 100m T51 30.00 14 Men's 100m T52 23.00 15 Men's 100m T53 18.00 16 Men's 100m T54 15.50 17 Men's 100m T63 /63 16.00 18 Men's 100m T64 /62/64 12.50 19 Men's 200m T35 T35 33.50 20 Men's 200m T37 T37 27.00 21 Men's 200m T51 T51 50.00

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# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 22 Men's 200m T61 T61 34.00 23 Men's 200m T64 T44/64 28.00 24 Men's 400m T11 T11 1:00.00 25 Men's 400m T12 T12 56.00 26 Men's 400m T13 T13 56.00 27 Men's 400m T20 55.00 28 Men's 400m T36 T36 1:09.00 29 Men's 400m T37 T37 1:04.00 30 Men's 400m T38 T38 1:02.00 31 Men's 400m T44 T44 1:00.00 32 Men's 400m T47 T45/46/47 58.00 33 Men's 400m T52 T51/52 1:35.00 34 Men's 400m T53 T53 56.00 35 Men's 400m T54 T54 52.00 36 Men's 400m T62 T62 1:10.00 37 Men's 800m T34 T33/34 2:20.00 38 Men's 800m T53 T53 2:00.00 39 Men's 800m T54 T54 1:40.00 40 Men's 1500m T11 T11 4:50.00 41 Men's 1500m T13 T12/13 4:15.00 42 Men's 1500m T20 T20 4:15.00 43 Men's 1500m T38 T37/38 5:00.00 44 Men's 1500m T45/46 4:50.00 45 Men's 1500m T52 T51/52 5:20.00 46 Men's 1500m T54 T53/54 3:12.00 47 Men's 5000m T11 T11 17:40.0

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# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 48 Men's 5000m T13 T12*/13 17:40.0 49 Men's 5000m T54 T53/54 11:15.0 50 T42/63 1.40m Men's T42/44/63/64 Points T44/64 1.40m 51 Men's High Jump T47 T45/46/47 1.40m 52 Men's T11 T11 5.30m 53 Men's Long Jump T12 T12 5.80m 54 Men's Long Jump T13 T13 5.50m 55 Men's Long Jump T20 T20 5.80m 56 Men's Long Jump T36 T36 4.00m 57 Men's Long Jump T37 T37 4.80m 58 Men's Long Jump T38 T38 4.70m 59 Men's Long Jump T47 T45/46/47 5.80m 60 Men's Long Jump T63 T42/61/63 4.40m 61 Men's Long Jump T64 T44/62/64 5.20m 62 Men's F11 F11 7.50m 63 Men's Shot Put F12 F12 10.50m 64 Men's Shot Put F20 F20 10.50m 65 Men's Shot Put F32 F32 6.00m 66 Men's Shot Put F33 F33 6.00m 67 Men's Shot Put F34 F34 7.50m 68 Men's Shot Put F35 F35 7.80m 69 Men's Shot Put F36 F36 8.50m 70 Men's Shot Put F37 F37 10.00m 71 Men's Shot Put F40 F40 5.00m 72 Men's Shot Put F41 F41 7.50m

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# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 73 Men's Shot Put F46 F45/46 11.00m 74 Men's Shot Put F53 F53 5.00m 75 Men's Shot Put F54/55 9.50m 76 Men's Shot Put /57 10.00m 77 Men's Shot Put F63 F42/61/63 9.50m 78 Men's Discus Throw F11 F11 27.00m 79 Men's Discus Throw F37 F37 37.00m 80 Men's Discus Throw F52 F51/52 10.00m 81 Men's Discus Throw F56 F54/55/56 28.00m 82 Men's Discus Throw F64 F43/44/62/64 27.00m 83 Men's Javelin F13 F12/13 33.00m 84 Men's Javelin F34 F33/34 19.00m 85 F37 24.00m Men's Javelin F37/38 Points F38 30.00m 86 Men's Javelin F41 F40/41 23.00m 87 Men's Javelin F46 F45/46 25.00m 88 Men's Javelin F54 F53/54 17.00m 89 Men's Javelin F57 F56/57 20.00m 90 Men's Javelin F64 F42/43/44/61/62/63/64 35.00m 91 Men's Club Throw F32 /32 20.00m 92 Men's Club Throw F51 F51 17.00m

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WOMEN

# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 1 Women’s 100m RR1 RR1 40.00 2 Women’s 100m RR3 RR2/RR3 31.00 3 Women's 100m T11 T11 15.20 4 Women's 100m T12 T12 14.30 5 Women's 100m T13 T13 15.00 6 Women's 100m T34 T33/34 25.00 7 Women's 100m T35 T35 20.50 8 Women's 100m T36 T36 18.00 9 Women's 100m T37 T37 16.00 10 Women's 100m T38 T38 15.40 11 Women's 100m T47 T45/46/47 14.00 12 Women's 100m T53 T53 21.00 13 Women's 100m T54 T54 18.90 14 Women's 100m T63 T42/63 20.00 15 Women's 100m T64 T44/62/64 16.00 16 Women's 200m T11 T11 31.00 17 Women's 200m T12 T12 30.00 18 Women's 200m T35 T35 45.00 19 Women's 200m T36 T36 40.00 20 Women's 200m T37 T37 33.50 21 Women's 200m T47 T45/46/47 30.00 22 Women's 200m T64 T44/64 33.00 23 Women's 400m T11 T11 1:15.00 24 Women's 400m T12 T12 1:15.00

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# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 25 Women's 400m T13 T13 1:16.00 26 Women's 400m T20 T20 1:06.00 27 Women's 400m T37 T37 1:20.00 28 Women's 400m T38 T38 1:19.00 29 Women's 400m T47 T45/46/47 1:15.00 30 Women's 400m T53 T53 1:16.00 31 Women's 400m T54 T54 1:05.00 32 Women's 800m T34 T33/34 2:50.00 33 Women's 800m T53 T53 2:30.00 34 Women's 800m T54 T54 2:10.00 35 Women's 1500m T11 T11 6:20.00 36 Women's 1500m T13 T12/13 5:35.00 37 Women's 1500m T20 T20 5:20.00 38 Women's 1500m T54 T53/54 3:55.00 39 Women's 5000m T54 T53/54 14:00.00 40 Women's Long Jump T11 T11 3.40m 41 Women's Long Jump T12 T12 3.70m 42 Women's Long Jump T20 T20 4.30m 43 Women's Long Jump T37 T37 3.40m 44 Women's Long Jump T38 T38 3.60m 45 Women's Long Jump T47 T45/46/47 4.00m 46 Women's Long Jump T63 T42/61/63 2.80m 47 Women's Long Jump T64 T44/62/64 3.60m 48 Women's Shot Put F12 F11/12 7.00m 49 Women's Shot Put F20 F20 9.50m 50 Women's Shot Put F32 F32 2.80m

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# Event Eligible Classes MES Points 51 Women's Shot Put F33 F33 3.50m 52 Women's Shot Put F34 F34 5.20m 53 Women's Shot Put F35 F35 5.90m 54 Women's Shot Put F36 F36 5.50m 55 Women's Shot Put F37 F37 7.50m 56 Women's Shot Put F40 F40 3.50m 57 Women's Shot Put F41 F41 4.50m 58 Women's Shot Put F54 F53/54 4.00m 59 Women's Shot Put F57 F56/57 6.00m F11 18.00m 60 Women's Discus Throw F11/12 Yes F12 20.00m 61 Women's Discus Throw F38 F37/38 20.00m 62 Women's Discus Throw F41 F40/41 13.00m 63 Women's Discus Throw F53 F51/52/53 4.50m 64 Women's Discus Throw F55 F54/55 12.00m 65 Women's Discus Throw F57 F56/57 15.00m 66 Women's Discus Throw F64 F43/44/62/64 18.00m 67 Women's Javelin F13 F12/13 15.00m 68 Women's Javelin F34 F33/34 9.00m 69 Women's Javelin F46 F45/46 18.00m 70 Women's Javelin F54 F53/54 8.00m 71 Women's Javelin F56 F55/56 12.50m 72 Women's Club Throw F32 F31/32 12.00m 73 Women's Club Throw F51 F51 8:00m

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MIXED # Event Eligible Classes MQS Points T11-13 T33-34/T51-54 1 4 x 100m Universal Relay Nil T35-38 T42-47/T61-64

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