The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was the ninth edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries competed at the games, with China topping the tables with most gold medals and medals won. The event was held at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez located in Mexico City. However, due to safety concerns, both Great Britain and Russia withdrew from the rearranged championships.
Venue
The Championship was staged at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez located at Mexico City, Mexico.
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 → 2 Dec3 Dec4 Dec5 Dec6 Dec7 Dec 50 m Freestyle Men Details S10S7 S8S4 S5 S12 S13S3S6 S9 S11 Women Details S10S7 S5 S11 S12 S13 S3 S4 S6 S8 S9 100 m Freestyle Men Details S1-5 S7 S11S8 S10S6 S9S12 S13 Women Details S5 S7 S11 S8 S10 S12 S13 S3 S4 S6 S9 200 m freestyle Men DetailsS3S14 S2 S4 S5 Women Details S14S1-5 400 m freestyle Men DetailsS6 S7 S8 S13S11 S9 S10 Women Details S6 S11 S13S7 S8 S9 S10 50m backstroke Men Details S3 S4S1 S2 S5 Women Details S3 S4 S5 100 m backstroke Men Details S8 S9 S10 S12 S13S11S6 S7S14S1 S2 Women Details S9 S10 S12 S13S11S6 S7 S8 S14 50 m breaststroke Men Details SB2 SB2 Women Details SB3 100m breaststroke Men Details SB4 SB14 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 SB13 SB11 SB12 Women Details SB4 SB14 SB5 SB6 SB7SB8 SB9SB11 SB12 SB13 50 m butterfly Men Details S7 S6 Women Details S5 S6 S7 100m butterfly Men DetailsS11 S12 S13 S8 S9 S10S14 Women Details S12-13 S8 S9 S10S14 150m medley Men Details SM3 SM4 Women Details SM3-4 200m medley Men Details SM9 SM10 SM14SM11 SM13SM6 SM7 SM8 Women Details SM9 SM10 SM14SM11 SM13SM6 SM7 SM84×50m freestyle relays Mixed Details 20pts 4 × 100 m freestyle relays Men Details 34pts Women Details 34pts 4 × 100 m medley relays Men Details 34pts Women Details 34pts
Medal table The medal table at the end of the championship.
Multiple medallists Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2017 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more. Name Country Medal Event
100m Backstroke S8 100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Butterfly S8 100m Freestyle S8 200m Individual Medley SM8 400m Freestyle S8 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts
100m Backstroke S10 100m Butterfly S10 100m Freestyle S10 200m Individual Medley SM10 400m Freestyle S10 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts 50m Freestyle S10 100m Backstroke S13 100m Breaststroke SB13 100m Butterfly S13 100m Freestyle S13 200m Indiv. Medley SM13 400m Freestyle S13 50m Freestyle S13 100m Butterfly S8 100m Freestyle S8 200m Individual Medley SM8 400m Freestyle S8 50m Freestyle S8 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 100m Breaststroke SB8 100m Freestyle S1-5 200m Freestyle S5 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts 50m Backstroke S5 50m Freestyle S5 100m Backstroke S13 100m Butterfly S12-13 100m Freestyle S13 200m Indiv. Medley SM13 50m Freestyle S13 400m Freestyle S13 150m Individual Medley SM3 150m Individual Medley SM3 50m Breaststroke SB2 50m Freestyle S3 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 50m Backstroke S3 100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Freestyle S7 200m Individual Medley SM7 50m Butterfly S7 50m Freestyle S7 400m Freestyle S7 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 100m Backstroke S6 100m Breaststroke SB5 200m Individual Medley SM6 400m Freestyle S6
Records Multiple world and continental records were broken during the competition. The below table lists the number of records broken by country.
Legend WR: World record, CR: Championship record, AF: Africa record, AM: Americas record, AS: Asian record, EU: European record, OS: Oceania record
New Records Nation WR CR AF AM AS EU OC 319 4 145 17 3417 14 1 1 12 1 1 3 1226 1 115 141 2 43 1104 15 2 1 3535552Total3644621251422
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