Swimming highlights - London 2012 Paralympic Games
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With the second largest number of athletes and events at the Games, Swimming is one of the most popular Paralympic sports.
Competition dates
Thursday 30 August -- Saturday 8 September 2012
Competition venue
Olympic Park -- Aquatics Centre
Number of medal events
148: men's and women's events across a number of classifications.
Number of competitors
600: 340 men and 260 women
Each country is limited to 34 men and 26 women, and to a maximum of three athletes in each individual event.
Classification
Swimmers are classified according to how their impairment affects their ability to perform each stroke.
Classes are:
1--10: athletes with physical impairments. Class 1 swimmers' impairment has the greatest impact on their ability to perform strokes; class 10 swimmers' has the least impact.
11--13: athletes with a visual impairment. Class 11 swimmers have little or no sight; class 13 swimmers have limited sight.
14: athletes with an intellectual impairment compete in class 14.
Breaststroke uses greater leg propulsion than any other stroke, therefore athletes with a physical impairment often have a different class for this event compared to Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly.
This is also taken into account when athletes compete in the Individual Medley. This is shown by a prefix:
S before the class represents Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly events.
SB before the class represents Breaststroke events.
SM before the class represents Individual Medley events.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.
To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.
Competition dates
Thursday 30 August -- Saturday 8 September 2012
Competition venue
Olympic Park -- Aquatics Centre
Number of medal events
148: men's and women's events across a number of classifications.
Number of competitors
600: 340 men and 260 women
Each country is limited to 34 men and 26 women, and to a maximum of three athletes in each individual event.
Classification
Swimmers are classified according to how their impairment affects their ability to perform each stroke.
Classes are:
1--10: athletes with physical impairments. Class 1 swimmers' impairment has the greatest impact on their ability to perform strokes; class 10 swimmers' has the least impact.
11--13: athletes with a visual impairment. Class 11 swimmers have little or no sight; class 13 swimmers have limited sight.
14: athletes with an intellectual impairment compete in class 14.
Breaststroke uses greater leg propulsion than any other stroke, therefore athletes with a physical impairment often have a different class for this event compared to Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly.
This is also taken into account when athletes compete in the Individual Medley. This is shown by a prefix:
S before the class represents Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly events.
SB before the class represents Breaststroke events.
SM before the class represents Individual Medley events.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a disability from the beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org.
To watch videos on demand from Paralympic Games and to subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go to www.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on
Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic.