The 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Funchal, Madeira running from 30 April to 7 May. Around 450 athletes from 50 different countries attended the competition. This was the last major swimming tournament for disabled athletes prior to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, and acted as a qualifying event for the Rio Games. To increase the possibility of qualification for top swimmers, the championships was made an Open tournament allowing competitors from countries outside Europe to compete.
Venue The Championship was staged at the Complexo Olimpico de Piscinas da Penteada, which also held the 2005 Multi-nations Youth Meet and the 2015 Winter International Masters Open. The complex contains an Olympic sized swimming pool, a 25-metre pool, a diving pool and a training pool.
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.
Results
Men
Freestyle 50m Freestyle S2 Ievgen Panibratets 59.71 Serhii Palamarchuk 1:00.17 Dmitrii Kokarev 1:00.26S3 Dmytro Vynohradets 45.43 Vincenzo Boni 45.92 Alexander Makarov 47.79S4 Roman Zhdanov 39.57 David Smetanine 40.13 Andrii Derevinskyi 41.23S6 Oleksandr Komarov 31.19 Panagiotis Christakis 31.84 Sebastian Iwanow 32.25S7 Yevheniy Bohodayko 28.23 Sergey Sukharev 28.52 Tobias Pollap 28.98S8 Denis Tarasov 26.21 Bohdan Hrynenko 26.92 Iurii Bozhynskyi 27.20S9 Matthew Wylie 25.85 Leo Lahteenmaki 26.17 José Antonio Mari-Alcaraz 26.22S10 Dmitry Grigoryev 24.58 David Julián Levecq Vives 24.75 Simone Ciulli 25.40S11 Zryhory Zudzilau 27.61 Oleksandr Mashchenko 27.64 Viktor Smyrnov 27.92S12 Maksym Veraksa 23.80 Dzmitry Salei 24.14 Raman Salei 24.45S13 Ihar Boki 23.61 Oleksii FedynaIaroslav Denysenko 24.34
100m Freestyle S4 Roman Zhdanov 1:24.24 Darko Duric 1:28.21 Andrii Derevinskyi 1:28.54S5 Andrew Mullen 1:16.11 Dmitrii Cherniaev 1:16.91 Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso 1:17.26S6 Oleksandr Komarov 1:06.92 Thijs van Hofweegen 1:09.92 Francesco Bocciardo 1:09.93S7 Sergey Sukharev 1:03.93 Jonathan Fox 1:04.18 Andrei Gladkov 1:04.28S8 Denis Tarasov 58.09 Oliver Hynd 59.88 Bohdan Hrynenko 1:00.19S9 Federico Morlacchi 56.99 Lewis White 58.07 Kristijan Vincetic 58.38S10 Dmitry Grigoryev 54.30 Dmitri Bartasinskii 54.42 Denys Dubrov 54.46S11 Oleksandr Mashchenko 1:01.41 Hryhory Zudzilau 1:02.21 Wojciech Artur Makowski 1:03.13S13 Ihar Boki (S13) 50.87 Iaroslav Denysenko (S13) 52.60 Maksym Veraksa (S12) 53.02
200m Freestyle S1 Hennadii Boiko 5:04.11 Francesco Bettella 5:05.70 Anton Kol 5:07.90S2 Dmitrii Kokarev 4:12.76 WR Serhii Palamarchuk 4:21.76 Ievgen Panibratets 4:31.53S3 Dmytro Vynohradets 3:21.30 ER Alexander Makarov 3:28.22 Vincenzo Boni 3:33.03S4 Roman Zhdanov 3:02.28 David Smetanine 3:07.75 Darko Duric 3:08.38S5 Andrew Mullen 2:42.56 Théo Curin 2:43.61 Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso 2:51.36S14 Thomas Hamer 1:57.96 Jon Margeir Sverrisson 1:58.06 Mikhail Kuliabin 1:58.75
400m Freestyle S6 Francesco Bocciardo 5:03.02 Viacheslav Lenskii 5:19.57 Thijs van Hofweegen 5:24.45S7 Andrei Gladkov 4:52.52 Andreas Skaar Bjornstad 4:58.40 Marian Kvasnytsia 5:01.33S8 Oliver Hynd 4:24.77 Josef Craig 4:35.87 Bohdan Hrynenko 4:43.76S9 Federico Morlacchi 4:19.28 Kristijan Vincetic 4:22.95 David Grachat 4:28.26S10 Denys Dubrov 4:08.54 Dmitri Bartasinskii 4:08.77 Patryk Karlinski 4:17.09 S11 Israel Oliver 4:47.62 Viktor Smyrnov 4:56.93 Dmytro Zalevskyy 5:03.21S13 Ihar Boki (S13) 3:56.97 Iaroslav Denysenko (S13) 3:59.99 Sergey Punko (S12) 4:13.13
Backstroke 50m Backstroke S1 Hennadii Boiko 1:06.92 Francesco Bettella 1:11.27 Anton Kol 1:13.19S2 Serhii Palamarchuk 58.52 Jacek Czech 58.92 Dmitrii Kokarev 1:00.32S3 Vincenzo Boni 45.94 Alexander Makarov 48.03 Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo 52.53S4 Roman Zhdanov 43.52 ER Arnost Petracek 45.66 Jan Povysil 47.40S5 Andrew Mullen 37.92 Zsolt Vereczkei 40.21 Jonas Larsen 41.67
100m Backstroke S1 Hennadii Boiko 2:23.75 WR Francesco Bettella 2:26.63 Anton Kol 2:31.05S2 Dmitrii Kokarev 2:02.25 WR Serhii Palamarchuk 2:06.47 Aristeidis Makrodimitris 2:11.23S6 Oleksandr Komarov 1:18.82 Sebastian Iwanow 1:19.27 Thijs van Hofweegen 1:20.78S7 Jonathan Fox 1:10.62 Andrei Gladkov 1:11.45 Yevheniy Bohodayko 1:12.96S8 Oliver Hynd 1:06.56 Iurii Bozhynskyi 1:09.35 Niels Korfitz Mortensen 1:10.02S9 James Crisp 1:04.18 Patryk Biskup 1:04.98 Tamás Tóth 1:05.85S10 Kardo Ploomipuu 1:01.69 Riccardo Menciotti 1:02.62 Denys Dubrov 1:03.03S11 Wojciech Artur Makowski 1:09.11 Dmytro Zalevskyy 1:09.96 Viktor Smyrnov 1:10.28S12 Sergii Klippert 1:01.20 Roman Makarov 1:01.24 Raman Salei 1:01.77S13 Ihar Boki 56.81 Iaroslav Denysenko 59.61 Antti Antero Latikka 1:03.59S14 Marc Evers 1:00.70 Mikhail Kuliabin 1:02.19 Andrei Shabalin 1:03.17
Breaststroke 50m Breaststroke SB2 Dmytro Vynohradets 1:00.89 Serhii Lapchenko 1:04.97 Alexander Makarov 1:14.79SB3 Efrem Morelli 49.16 ER Miguel Luque 50.21 Aleksei Lyzhikhin 52.65
100m Breaststroke SB4 Ricardo Ten 1:39.81 Antonios Tsapatakis 1:40.38 Dmitrii Cherniaev 1:41.58SB5 Iurii Luchkin 1:30.18 Karl Forsman 1:34.17 Marco Maria Dolfin 1:38.61SB6 Yevheniy Bohodayko 1:22.85 Torben Schmidtke 1:23.77 Andreas Skaar Bjornstad 1:26.45SB7 Egor Efrosinin 1:21.34 Bohdan Hrynenko 1:21.66 Victor Chebotarev 1:27.50SB8 Federico Morlacchi 1:12.96 Andreas Onea 1:13.75 Charles Rozoy 1:14.52SB9 Pavel Poltavtsev 1:05.81 Denys Dubrov 1:07.71 Aleksei Bugaenko 1:09.91SB11 Oleksandr Mashchenko 1:15.22 Israel Oliver 1:15.51 Viktor Smyrnov 1:18.49SB12 Uladzimir Izotau 1:08.00 Dzmitry Salei 1:08.31 Artur Saifutdinov 1:08.38SB13 Oleksii Fedyna 1:04.55 Maksim Nikiforov 1:07.02 Ihar Boki 1:07.25SB14 Scott Quin 1:07.29 Artem Pavlenko 1:07.63 Adam Ismael Wenham 1:08.60
Butterfly 50m Butterfly S5 Andrew Mullen 36.91 Dmitrii Cherniaev 38.38 Beytullah Eroglu 38.41S6 Sergey Klyagin 33.66 Alejandro Yared Rojas Cabrera 36.31 Yoav Valinsky 39.14S7 Yevheniy Bohodayko 29.91 Egor Efrosinin 31.09 Andriy Kozlenko 32.68
100m Butterfly S8 Denis Tarasov 1:01.76 Charles Rozoy 1:01.95 Niels Korfitz Moretensen 1:05.74S9 Federico Morlacchi 1:00.09 Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 1:00.16 Tamás Sors 1:00.78S10 Denys Dubrov 56.84 Dmitry Grigoryev 57.73 David Julián Levecq Vives 58.81S13 Ihar Boki (S13) 54.65 Roman Makarov (S12) 57.03 Raman Salei (S12) 57.98
Individual medley 150m Individual Medley SM3 Dmytro Vynohradets 2:59.61 Alexander Makarov 3:21.00 Mikael Fredriksson 3:24.58SM4 Roman Zhdanov 2:29.89 ER Jonas Larsen 2:32.19 Jan Povysil 2:40.04
200m Individual Medley SM6 Iurii Luchkin 2:57.41 Iaroslav Semenenko 2:58.26 Yoav Valinsky 3:00.04SM7 Yevheniy Bohodayko 2:36.56 Tobias Pollap 2:44.71 Andrei Gladkov 2:48.19SM8 Oliver Hynd 2:25.60 Niels Korfitz Mortensen 2:29.76 Andreas Onea 2:31.10SM9 Federico Morlacchi 2:18.39 Tamás Tóth 2:21.43 Tamás Sors 2:22.42SM10 Denys Dubrov 2:08.71 WR Dmytro Vanzenko 2:15.80 Dmitry Grigoryev 2:17.66SM11 Israel Oliver 2:24.66 Oleksandr Mashchenko 2:30.75 Viktor Smyrnov 2:33.68SM14 Marc Evers 2:11.67 Mikhail Kuliabin 2:14.21 Thomas Hamer 2:15.94
Relay 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34 points Sergey Sukharev (S7)Denis Tarasov (S8)Alexander Skaliukh (S9)Dmitry Grigoryev (S10) 3:52.44 Oliver Hynd (S8)Matthew Wylie (S9)Josef Craig (S8)Lewis White (S9) 3:53.47 Oleksandr Komarov (S6)Dmytro Vanzenko (S10)Bohdan Hrynenko (S8)Denys Dubrov (S10) 3:57.41
4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34 points Andrei Gladkov (S7)Pavel Poltavtsev (SB9)Dmitry Grigoryev (S10)Denis Tarasov (S8) 4:10.60 Iurii Bozhynskyi (S8)Dmytro Vanzenko (SB9)Denys Dubrov (S10)Yevheniy Bohodayko (S7) 4:19.15 Riccardo Menciotti (S10)Federico Morlacchi (SB8)Simone Ciulli (S10)Francesco Bocciardo (S6) 4:42.57
Women
Freestyle 50m Freestyle S2 Ingrid Thunem (S1) 54.31 Alexandra Agafonova (S2) 1:06.83 Iryna Sotska (S2) 1:11.42S3 Olga Sviderska 46:64 Alexandra Stamatopoulou 47.89 Iuliia Shishova 48.70S4 Arjola Trimi 41.12 Mariia Lafina 47.74 Maryna Verbova 52.48S6 Viktoriia Savtsova 32.98 WR Yelyzaveta Mereshko 33.43 Eleanor Robinson 35.43S7 Susie Rodgers 33.80 Denise Grahl 34.25 Erel Halevi 37.77S8 Stephanie Slater 30.57 Kateryna Istomina 31.76 Olesia Vladykina 31.84S9 Sarai Gascon 28.89 ER Natalia Mamlina 29.79 Nuria Marques Soto 30.03S10 Nina Ryabova 27.60 WR Elodie Lorandi 28.53 Chantalle Zijderveld 28.83S11 Maja Reichard 30.87 WR Liesette Bruinsma 31.22 Cecilia Camellini 32.00S12 Darya Stukalova 27.00 Hannah Russell 27.46 Naomi Maike Schnittger 28.44S13 Anna Stetsenko 27.45 Anna Krivshina 27.85 Joanna Mendak 28.62
100m Freestyle S3 Olga Sviderska 1:39.97 Iuliia Shishova 1:49.04 Alexandra Stamatopoulou 1:51.53S4 Arjola Trimi 1:28.02 WR Mariia Lafina 1:38.57 Maryna Verbova 1:54.01S5 Teresa PeralesSarah Louise Rung 1:21.97 Inbal Pezaro 1:24.73S6 Yelyzaveta Mereshko 1:12.38 Viktoriia Savtsova 1:15.56 Eleanor Robinson 1:16.96S7 Susannah Rodgers 1:13.42 Denise Grahl 1:15.01 Verena Schott 1:19.30S8 Olesia Vladykina 1:09.97 Amalie Vinther 1:10.86 Mariia Pavlova 1:11.86S9 Sarai Gascon 1:02.81 ER Nuria Marques Soto 1:04.14 Stephanie Millward 1:05.26S10 Nina Ryabova 1:00.93 Elodie Lorandi 1:01.29 Chantalle Zijderveld 1:02.77S11 Cecilia Camellini 1:09.20 Maja Reichard 1:09.74 Liesette Bruinsma 1:09.85S13 Anna Stetsenko (S13) 58.05 WR Darya Stukalova (S12) 58.93 Hannah Russell (S12) 59.32
200m Freestyle S4 Arjola Trimi (S4) 3:10.61 WR Mariia Lafina (S4) 3:23.06 Olga Sviderska (S3) 3:31.98S5 Sarah Louise Rung 2:51.84 Teresa Perales 2:58.01 Inbal Pezaro 2:59.85S14 Valeriia Shabalina 2:03.54 WR Jessica-Jane Applegate 2:06.29 Michelle Alonso Morales 2:16.87
400m Freestyle S6 Yelyzaveta Mereshko 5:14.69 WR Viktoriia Savtsova 5:37.52 Eleanor Robinson 5:43.77S7 Susie Rodgers 5:27.16 Verena Schott 5:40.59 Arianna Talamona 5:41.46S8 Amalie Vinther 5:17.01 Vendula Duskova 5:26.57 Mariia Pavlova 5:32.69S9 Stephanie Millward 4:45.71 Nuria Marques Soto 4:53.77 Zsofia Konkoly 4:54.84S10 Elodie Lorandi 4:35.54 Oliwia Jablonska 4:35.91 Bianka Pap 4:45.77S11 Liesette Bruinsma 5:20.14 Cecilia Camellini 5:30.26 Daniela Schulte 5:38.24
Backstroke 50m Backstroke S2 Ingrid Thunem (S1) 1:06.53 WR Alexandra Agafonova (S2) 1:06.75 Iryna Sotska (S2) 1:10.02S3 Olga Sviderska 56.03 Iuliia Shishova 59.51 Alexandra Stamatopoulou 1:01.15S4 Maryna Verbova 53.76 Arjola Trimi 54.80 Mariia Lafina 55.59S5 Teresa Perales 43.50 Bela Trebinova 45.14 Sarah Louise Rung 45.32
100m Backstroke S2 Iryna Sotska (S2) 2:16.63 Ingrid Thunem (S1) 2:25.71 WR Alexandra Agafonova (S2) 2:34.63 S6 Anastasia Diodorova 1:26.27 Oksana Khrul 1:27.71 Yelyzaveta Mereshko 1:29.34 S7 Verena Schott 1:28.14 Denise Grahl 1:28.95 Arianna Talamona 1:32.79 S8 Mariia Pavlova 1:20.42 Olesia Vladykina 1:22.00 Kseniia Sogomonian 1:24.29 S9 Nuria Marques Soto 1:09.51 ER Stephanie Millward 1:12.68 Zsofia Konkoly 1:15.88 S10 Bianka Pap 1:09.11 Nina Ryabova 1:09.29 Anaelle Roulet 1:10.78S11 Maryna Piddubna 1:20.11 Daniela Schulte 1:22.45 Cecilia Camellini 1:22.65S12 Hannah Russell 1:06.18 Darya Stukalova 1:10.44 Yaryna Matlo 1:13.55S13 Anna Krivshina 1:07.05 WR Anna Stetsenko 1:09.90 Karina Petrikovicova 1:14.85S14 Valeriia Shabalina 1:05.31 Jessica-Jane Applegate 1:07.03 Janina Breuer 1:13.53
Breaststroke 50m Breaststroke SB3 Olga Sviderska 1:02.62 Mariia Lafina 1:03.53 Arjola Trimi 1:04.40
100m Breaststroke