IAAF World Championships in Athletics the desire of many IAAF members to have their own World Championships began to grow. In 1976 at the IAAF Council Meeting in Puerto Rico an Athletics World Championships separate from the Olympic Games was approved. Following bids from both Stuttgart, West Germany and Helsinki, Finland, the IAAF Council awarded the inaugural competition to Helsinki, to take place in 1983 and be held in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (where the 1952 Summer Olympics had been held). Two IAAF world championship events preceded the inaugural edition of the World Championships in Athletics in 1983. The 1976 World Championships had just one
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres = Championship Record, R 162.7 = False start Key: CR = Championship Record Championships 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's 100 metres The men's 100 metres at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships were held at the QEII Stadium from 22–26 January The Men's 100 metres, T11 was held on January 22–23 and the medal ceremony on 24 T11 = visual impairment - range from no light perception, to light perception with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand. Qualification: First 1 in each heat(Q) and the next 1 fastest(q) advance to the final. Key: =CR =