Host City: | Reykjavík, Iceland |
1st IPC Swimming European Championships | |
Venues: | Laugardalslaug |
Dates: | 18–24 October |
Competitors: | 650 |
Nations: | 37 |
Athletes: | 650 |
Next: | 2011 Berlin |
The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavík, Iceland and ran from 18 to 24 October. Around 650 athletes from 37 different countries attended.[1] Great Britain finished top of the medal tables with 39 golds and 94 medals, both greater than any other country.[2]
The 2009 Championships was the first IPC-run event where intellectual disability athletes were allowed to compete since the 2000 Summer Paralympic controversy.[3] In the 2000 Sydney Games cheating by the Spanish basketball team resulted in the banning of all events for athletes with intellectual disabilities.[3]
The Championship was staged at the Laugardalslaug located in the north of Reykjavík.
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:
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.
Finals |
Date → | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | |
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50 m Freestyle | Men Details | |||||||
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100 m freestyle | Men Details | S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 | ||||||
Women Details | S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 | |||||||
200 m freestyle | Men Details | S4 S5 | ||||||
Women Details | S5 | |||||||
400 m freestyle | Men Details | |||||||
Women Details | S8 | S13 | ||||||
50m backstroke | Men Details | S1 S2 | ||||||
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100 m backstroke | Men Details | S6 S7 | ||||||
Women Details | S6 S7 | |||||||
50 m breaststroke | Men Details | |||||||
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100m breaststroke | Men Details | |||||||
Women Details | SB14 | |||||||
50 m butterfly | Men Details | S6 S7 | ||||||
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100m butterfly | Men Details | S12 S13 | ||||||
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150m medley | Men Details | |||||||
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200m medley | Men Details | SM8 | ||||||
Women Details | SM6 SM7 | SM8 | ||||||
4×50m freestyle relays | Men Details | |||||||
4×50m medley relays | Men Details | 20 pts | ||||||
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4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Men Details | 34 pts | ||||||
Women Details | 34 pts | |||||||
4 × 100 m medley relays | Men Details | |||||||
Women Details |
Great Britain led the 2009 Championships in both medals won and number of gold medals.[4]
Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.