Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

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VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8–17 September 2016
Competitors595 from 80 nations
Swimming
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8–17 September 2016
Competitors595 from 80 nations
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Swimming at the 2016 Paralympic Games was held from 8 to 17 September 2016 at Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The competition consisted of 152 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course (50-metre) pool.[1] Up to 600 swimmers (340 males, 260 females) competed in the Games. With 152 events, swimming came second only to athletics as the largest sport at the 2016 Games.

Events

152 events over two genders (with one mixed relay), across 14 classification and four strokes were contested during the Games. Below is a summary of the events that were contested at the 2016 Games :

Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Events (152)
Classification →
Event
↓		 Motor and physical impairments Visual impairments ID
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 S14
SB1 SB2 SB3 SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 SB10 SB11 SB12 SB13 SB14
SM1 SM2 SM3 SM4 SM5 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM11 SM12 SM13 SM14
Freestyle
50 metre freestyle ● ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o
100 metre freestyle o ● ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o
200 metre freestyle ● ● ● ● - o ● - o
400 metre freestyle ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o
Backstroke
50 metre backstroke ● ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o
100 metre backstroke ● ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o
Butterfly
50 metre butterfly ● - o ● - o ● - o
100 metre butterfly ● - o ● - o ● - o ● ● - o
Breaststroke
50 metre breaststroke ● ● - o
100 metre breaststroke ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● ● - o ● - o
Medley
150 metre Individual Medley ● ● - o
200 metre individual medley o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o ● - o
Relays
4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34 points ●●●● - oooo
4 × 100 metre medley relay 34 points ●●●● - oooo
4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20 points ●o●o

Key:

  • ID : Intellectual impairments
  • S : Freestyle, butterfly and backstroke classification -
  • SB : breaststroke classification -
  • SM : Medley classification
  • ● : men's event in this classification -
  • o : women's event in this classification
  • ●●●● : men's relay event across these classifications -
  • oooo : women's relay event across these classifications
  • ●o●o : mixed relay event across these classifications

Event schedule

The schedule for the swimming events in the 2016 Summer Paralympics is reproduced below; in all cases, heats in each event were held in the morning, and the finals and victory ceremonies of the events were held on the evenings of the same day[2]

Date →891011121314151617
50 m freestyleMen
Details		S7
S10		S6S11
S5		S9
S3		S13S8S12
S4
Women
Details		S7
S10		S6S11
S5		S9S13S8S12
S4
100 m freestyleMen
Details		S4S8S9S10S11S7
S13		S6
S5
Women
Details		S3S8S9S10S11S7
S13		S6
S5
200 m freestyleMen
Details		S5S14
S2		S4S3
Women
Details		S5S14
400 m freestyleMen
Details		S8S9S11S13S6S7S10
Women
Details		S8S9S11S13S6S7S10
50 m backstrokeMen
Details		S3S1
S2		S4
S5
Women
Details		S3S2S4
S5
100 m backstrokeMen
Details		S6
S14
S7		S1
S2
S11		S10S8S12S9S13
Women
Details		S6
S14
S7		S2
S11		S10S8S12S9S13
50 m breaststrokeMen
Details		SB2
SB3
Women
Details		SB3
100 m breaststrokeMen
Details		SB9SB7SB5
SB13
SB4		SB11
SB12		SB8
SB14		SB6
Women
Details		SB9SB7SB5
SB13
SB4		SB11SB8
SB14		SB6
50 m butterflyMen
Details		S6S5S7
Women
Details		S6S5S7
100 m butterflyMen
Details		S13S8S10S11S9
Women
Details		S13S8S10S9
150 m individual medleyMen
Details		SM4SM3
Women
Details		SM4
200 m individual medleyMen
Details		SM13SM9
SM10		SM6SM7SM11
Women
Details		SM13SM9
SM10		SM6SM7SM5SM11SM8
SM14
Freestyle relaysMen4×50 m 20pts4×100 m 34pts
Women4×100 m 34pts
Medley relaysMen4×100 m 34pts
Women4×100 m 34pts

Medal table

Medalists

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