The swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records were broken in 122 events, of which the records in 108 events were also world records.
Classifications Athletes are allocated a classification for each event based upon their disability to allow fairer competition between athletes of similar ability. The classifications for swimming are: Visual impairment S11-S13 Other disability S1-S10 (Freestyle, backstroke and butterfly) SB1-SB9 (breaststroke) SM1-SM10 (individual medley) Classifications run from S1 (severely disabled) to S10 (minimally disabled) for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 (totally blind) to S13 (legally blind) for visually impaired athletes. Blind athletes must use blackened goggles.
Events Due to the classification process, there were more than one set of medals in each of the traditional swimming events. The following events were held in the various classifications.
Men EventS1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10S11S12S1350 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXXXX100 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXXXX200 m freestyleXXXX400 m freestyleXXXXXXXX50 m backstrokeXXXXX100 m backstrokeXXXXXXXX50 m butterflyXXX100 m butterflyXXXXXX
EventSB3SB4SB5SB6SB7SB8SB9SB11SB12SB1350 m breaststrokeX100 m breaststrokeXXXXXXXXX
EventSM4SM5SM6SM7SM8SM9SM10SM12SM13150 m individual medleyX200 m individual medleyXXXXXXXX
Event20pts34pts4 × 50 m freestyle relayX4 × 100 m freestyle relayX4 × 50 m medley relayX4 × 100 m medley relayX
Women EventS2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10S11S12S1350 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXXX100 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXX200 m freestyleX400 m freestyleXXXXXX50 m backstrokeXXX100 m backstrokeXXXXXX50 m butterflyXX100 m butterflyXXXXX
EventSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8SB9SB12100 m breaststrokeXXXXXXX
EventSM4SM6SM7SM8SM9SM10SM12SM13150 m individual medleyX200 m individual medleyXXXXXXX
Qualification There were 547 athletes (323 male, 224 female) from 62 nations that took part in this sport.
Medal summary
Medal table
This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their swimmers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
Men's events
50 m freestyle S2 50 m freestyle S3 50 m freestyle S4 50 m freestyle S5 50 m freestyle S6 50 m freestyle S7 50 m freestyle S8 50 m freestyle S9 50 m freestyle S10 50 m freestyle S11 50 m freestyle S12 50 m freestyle S13 100 m freestyle S2 100 m freestyle S3 100 m freestyle S4 100 m freestyle S5 100 m freestyle S6 100 m freestyle S7 100 m freestyle S8 100 m freestyle S9 100 m freestyle S10 100 m freestyle S11 100 m freestyle S12 100 m freestyle S13 200 m freestyle S2 200 m freestyle S3 200 m freestyle S4 200 m freestyle S5 400 m freestyle S6 400 m freestyle S7 400 m freestyle S8 400 m freestyle S9 400 m freestyle S10 400 m freestyle S11 400 m freestyle S12 400 m freestyle S13 50 m backstroke S1 50 m backstroke S2 50 m backstroke S3 50 m backstroke S4 50 m backstroke S5 100 m backstroke S6 100 m backstroke S7 100 m backstroke S8 100 m backstroke S9 100 m backstroke S10 100 m backstroke S11 100 m backstroke S12 100 m backstroke S13 50 m breaststroke SB3 100 m breaststroke SB4 100 m breaststroke SB5 100 m breaststroke SB6 100 m breaststroke SB7 100 m breaststroke SB8 100 m breaststroke SB9 100 m breaststroke SB11 100 m breaststroke SB12 100 m breaststroke SB13 50 m butterfly S5 50 m butterfly S6 50 m butterfly S7 100 m butterfly S8 100 m butterfly S9 100 m butterfly S10 100 m butterfly S11 100 m butterfly S12 100 m butterfly S13 150 m individual medley SM4 200 m individual medley SM5 200 m individual medley SM6 200 m individual medley SM7 200 m individual medley SM8 200 m individual medley SM9 200 m individual medley SM10 200 m individual medley SM12 200 m individual medley SM13 4×50 m freestyle 20pts Jianping Du Yuan Tang Junguan He Yuanrun Yang Richard Oribe Daniel Vidal Jordi Gordillo Sebastián Rodríguez Clodoaldo Silva Joon Seo Daniel Dias Adriano Lima 4×100 m freestyle 34pts Matt Walker Graham Edmunds David Roberts Robert Welbourn Ben Austin Peter Leek Sam Bramham Matthew Cowdrey Xiaoming Xiong Yanpeng Wei Xiaofu Wang Zhi Guo 4×50 m medley 20pts Du Jianping Tang Yuan Xu Qing Yang Yuanrun Daniel Dias Ivanildo Vasconcelos Luis Silva Clodoaldo Silva Pablo Cimadevila Vicente Gil Daniel Vidal Sebastián Rodríguez 4×100 m medley 34pts Matthew Cowdrey Rick Pendleton Peter Leek Ben Austin Guo Zhi Lin Furong Wang Xiaofu Wei Yanpeng Ievgen Poltavskyi Andriy Kalyna Andriy Sirovatchenko Taras Yastremskyy
Women's events
50 m freestyle S3 50 m freestyle S4 50 m freestyle S5 50 m freestyle S6 50 m freestyle S7 50 m freestyle S8 50 m freestyle S9 50 m freestyle S10 50 m freestyle S11 50 m freestyle S12 50 m freestyle S13 100 m freestyle S4 100 m freestyle S5 100 m freestyle S6 100 m freestyle S7 100 m freestyle S8 100 m freestyle S9 100 m freestyle S10 100 m freestyle S11 100 m freestyle S12 100 m freestyle S13 200 m freestyle S5 400 m freestyle S6 400 m freestyle S7 400 m freestyle S8 400 m freestyle S9 400 m freestyle S10 400 m freestyle S13 50 m backstroke S2 50 m backstroke S3 50 m backstroke S5 100 m backstroke S6 100 m backstroke S7 100 m backstroke S8 100 m backstroke S9 100 m backstroke S10 100 m backstroke S13 100 m breaststroke SB4 100 m breaststroke SB5 100 m breaststroke SB6 100 m breaststroke SB7 100 m breaststroke SB8 100 m breaststroke SB9 100 m breaststroke SB12 50 m butterfly S6 50 m butterfly S7 100 m butterfly S8 100 m butterfly S9 100 m butterfly S10 100 m butterfly S12 100 m butterfly S13 150 m individual medley SM4 200 m individual medley SM6 200 m individual medley SM7 200 m individual medley SM8 200 m individual medley SM9 200 m individual medley SM10 200 m individual medley SM12 200 m individual medley SM13
See also Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics List of Paralympic records in swimming 2008 in swimming
References
External links Official Site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics