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IPC Athletics Asia Oceania Championship 2016

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Host city
  
Dubai

Athletes participating
  
230

Nations participating
  
24

Dates
  
March 7–12

Venues
  
Dubai Police Club Stadium

IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship 2016 was its first kind of continental championship held at Dubai Police Club Stadium, Dubai, UAE from March 7 to March 12. Iran emerged as overall champions with winning 23 Gold, 10 Silver and 7 Bronze while China and India finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

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Schedule

The championship was played as per the standard rules and regulations set by IPC, Many events are open to athletes with lower classification numbers, who are deemed to have a greater impairment, such as the men's discus F56, which can also be contested by F54 and F55 classification athletes.

Medal Table

  •   Host nation (UAE)
  • Participating Nations

    Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.

  •  Afghanistan (AFG)(3)
  •  Saudi Arabia (KSA)(12)
  •  China (CHN)(20)
  •  United Arab Emirates (UAE)(30)(Host)
  •  Fiji (FIJ)(1)
  •  Hong Kong (HKG)(4)
  •  India (IND)(20)
  •  Indonesia (INA)(10)
  •  Iran (IRI)(26)
  •  Iraq (IRQ)(5)
  •  Japan (JPN)(22)
  •  Kazakhstan (KAZ)(6)
  •  Kuwait (KUW)(6)
  •  Malaysia (MAS)(5)
  •  Mongolia (MGL)(3)
  •  New Zealand (NZL)(2)
  •  Pakistan (PAK)(3)
  •  Papua New Guinea (PNG)(3)
  •  Qatar (QAT)(8)
  •  Sri Lanka (SRI)(8)
  •  Chinese Taipei (TPE)(6)
  •  Thailand (THA)(20)
  •  Vietnam (VIE)(2)
  •  Macau (MAC)(5)
  • References

    IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championship 2016 Wikipedia