2009 IPC Swimming European Championships

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. Great Britain finished top of the medal tables with 39 golds and 94 medals, both greater than any other country.

The 2009 Championships was the first IPC-run event where intellectual disability athletes were allowed to compete since the 2000 Summer Paralympic controversy. In the 2000 Sydney Games cheating by the Spanish basketball team resulted in the banning of all events for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

Venue

The Championship was staged at the Laugardalslaug located in the north of Reykjavík.

Events

Classification 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 Intellectual impairment S14 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.

Schedule

   Finals Date → 18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct24 Oct 50 m Freestyle MenDetails S1S2S3S4S5 S6S7 S8S11S12S13 S9S10 WomenDetails S2S4S5 S6S7 S8S11S12S13 S9S10 100 m freestyle MenDetails S4 S6S7 S2S5S8S14 S9S10S11S12S13 WomenDetails S4 S6S7 S2S5S8S14 S9S10S11S12S13 200 m freestyle MenDetails S2 S4S5 WomenDetails S4 S5 400 m freestyle MenDetails S6S7 S8S11 S9S10 S12S13 WomenDetails S6S7 S8S9S10 S13 50m backstroke MenDetails S3S4S5 S1S2 WomenDetails S3S4S5 S2 100 m backstroke MenDetails S8 S14 S9S10S11S12S13 S6S7 WomenDetails S14 S9S10S13 S6S7 50 m breaststroke MenDetails SB3 WomenDetails SB3 100m breaststroke MenDetails SB6SB7SB8SB12SB13 SB9 SB14 SB4 WomenDetails SB6SB7SB8SB13 SB9 SB14SB4SB5 50 m butterfly MenDetails S4S5 S6S7 WomenDetails S5 S6S7 100m butterfly MenDetails S9S10 S12S13 S8S11 WomenDetails S9S10 S13 S12 S8 150m medley MenDetails SM3SM4 WomenDetails SM4 200m medley MenDetails SM12SM13 SM9SM10 SM6SM7 SM14 SM8 WomenDetails SM13 SM9SM10 SM6SM7SM14 SM84×50m freestyle relays MenDetails 20 pts 4×50m medley relays MenDetails 20 pts WomenDetails 20 pts 4 × 100 m freestyle relays MenDetails 34 pts WomenDetails 34 pts4 × 100 m medley relays MenDetails 34 pts WomenDetails 34 pts

Medal table Great Britain led the 2009 Championships in both medals won and number of gold medals.

Multiple medallists

Participating nations Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.

Footnotes Notes

References

External links Official web-site