Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Swimming
at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates 7–15 September 2008
Women's Freestyle swimming

The swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records were broken in 122 events, of which the records in 108 events were also world records.

Classifications

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.

Events

Due to the classification process, there will be more than one set of medals in each of the traditional swimming events. The following events will be held in the various classifications.

Men
Event S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
50 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X X X
100 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X X X
200 m freestyle X X X X
400 m freestyle X X X X X X X X
50 m backstroke X X X X X
100 m backstroke X X X X X X X X
50 m butterfly X X X
100 m butterfly X X X X X X
Event SB3 SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 SB11 SB12 SB13
50 m breaststroke X
100 m breaststroke X X X X X X X X X
Event SM4 SM5 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM12 SM13
150 m individual medley X
200 m individual medley X X X X X X X X
Event 20pts 34pts
4×50 m freestyle relay X
4 × 100 m freestyle relay X
4×50 m medley relay X
4 × 100 m medley relay X
Women
Event S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 S11 S12 S13
50 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X X
100 m freestyle X X X X X X X X X X
200 m freestyle X
400 m freestyle X X X X X X
50 m backstroke X X X
100 m backstroke X X X X X X
50 m butterfly X X
100 m butterfly X X X X X
Event SB4 SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 SB9 SB12
100 m breaststroke X X X X X X X
Event SM4 SM6 SM7 SM8 SM9 SM10 SM12 SM13
150 m individual medley X
200 m individual medley X X X X X X X

Qualification

There will be 547 athletes (323 male, 224 female) from 62 nations taking part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their swimmers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)17141344
2 China (CHN)13221752
3 Ukraine (UKR)13102043
4 Great Britain (GBR)11121841
5 Russia (RUS)119727
6 Spain (ESP)1012931
7 Australia (AUS)911929
8 Brazil (BRA)87419
9 South Africa (RSA)8019
10 Canada (CAN)77923
11 Mexico (MEX)5128
12 Greece (GRE)45312
13 New Zealand (NZL)4206
14 Belarus (BLR)3216
15 Poland (POL)25310
16 France (FRA)2406
17 Netherlands (NED)2226
18 Czech Republic (CZE)2147
19 Sweden (SWE)2013
20 Germany (GER)1359
21 Japan (JPN)1225
22 Italy (ITA)1203
23 Singapore (SIN)1102
24 Hungary (HUN)1045
25 Cyprus (CYP)1012
 Denmark (DEN)1012
 Norway (NOR)1012
28 Israel (ISR)0303
29 South Korea (KOR)0112
30 Ireland (IRL)0101
31 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Colombia (COL)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Portugal (POR)0011
Totals (34 nations)141139142422

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle S2
 Georgios Kapellakis
 Greece		 Dmitrii Kokarev
 Russia		 James Anderson
 Great Britain
50 m freestyle S3
 Dmytro Vynohradets
 Ukraine		 Du Jianping
 China		 Byeong-Eon Min
 South Korea
50 m freestyle S4
 David Smétanine
 France		 Richard Oribe
 Spain		 Jan Povysil
 Czech Republic
50 m freestyle S5
 Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy
 Ukraine		 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Sebastián Rodríguez
 Spain
50 m freestyle S6
 Xu Qing
 China		 Tang Yuan
 China		 Anders Olsson
 Sweden
50 m freestyle S7
 David Roberts
 Great Britain		 Matt Walker
 Great Britain		 Lantz Lamback
 United States
50 m freestyle S8
 Xiaofu Wang
 China		 Peter Leek
 Australia		 Konstantin Lisenkov
 Russia
50 m freestyle S9
 Matthew Cowdrey
 Australia		 Zhi Guo
 China		 Xiaoming Xion
 China
50 m freestyle S10
 André Brasil
 Brazil		 Phelipe Rodrigues
 Brazil		 Benoit Huot
 Canada
50 m freestyle S11
 Enhamed Enhamed
 Spain		 Junichi Kawai
 Japan		 Alexander Chekurov
 Russia
50 m freestyle S12
 Maksym Veraksa
 Ukraine		 Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
 Russia		 Sergii Klippert
 Ukraine
50 m freestyle S13
 Oleksii Fedyna
 Ukraine		 Charalampos Taiganidis
 Greece		 Andrey Strokin
 Russia
100 m freestyle S2
 Dmitrii Kokarev
 Russia		 Georgios Kapellakis
 Greece		 James Anderson
 Great Britain
100 m freestyle S3
 Du Jianping
 China		 Dmytro Vynohradets
 Ukraine		 Li Hanhua
 China
100 m freestyle S4
 David Smétanine
 France		 Richard Oribe
 Spain		 Jan Povysil
 Czech Republic
100 m freestyle S5
 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Dmytro Kryzhanovskyy
 Ukraine		 Roy Perkins
 United States
100 m freestyle S6
 Anders Olsson
 Sweden		 Yuan Tang
 China		 Yuanrun Yang
 China
100 m freestyle S7
 David Roberts
 Great Britain		 Lantz Lamback
 United States		 Matt Walker
 Great Britain
100 m freestyle S8
 Xiaofu Wang
 China		 Konstantin Lisenkov
 Russia		 Peter Leek
 Australia
100 m freestyle S9
 Matthew Cowdrey
 Australia		 Zhi Guo
 China		 Tamás Sors
 Hungary
100 m freestyle S10
 André Brasil
 Brazil		 Phelipe Rodrigues
 Brazil		 Benoit Huot
 Canada
100 m freestyle S11
 Enhamed Enhamed
 Spain		 Bozun Yang
 China		 Grzegorz Polkowski
 Poland
100 m freestyle S12
 Maksym Veraksa
 Ukraine		 Sergii Klippert
 Ukraine		 Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
 Russia
100 m freestyle S13
 Charalampos Taiganidis
 Greece		 Oleksii Fedyna
 Ukraine		 Danylo Chufarov
 Ukraine
200 m freestyle S2
 Dmitrii Kokarev
 Russia		 James Anderson
 Great Britain		 Georgios Kapellakis
 Greece
200 m freestyle S3
 Dmytro Vynohradets
 Ukraine		 Li Hanhua
 China		 Du Jianping
 China
200 m freestyle S4
 Richard Oribe
 Spain		 David Smétanine
 France		 Jan Povysil
 Czech Republic
200 m freestyle S5
 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Sebastián Rodríguez
 Spain		 Anthony Stephens
 Great Britain
400 m freestyle S6
 Anders Olsson
 Sweden		 Darragh McDonald
 Ireland		 Matthew Whorwood
 Great Britain
400 m freestyle S7
 David Roberts
 Great Britain		 Lantz Lamback
 United States		 Jay Dohnt
 Australia
400 m freestyle S8
 Sam Hynd
 Great Britain		 Peter Leek
 Australia		 Jiachao Wang
 China
400 m freestyle S9
 Jesús Collado
 Spain		 Matthew Cowdrey
 Australia		 Tamás Sors
 Hungary
400 m freestyle S10
 André Brasil
 Brazil		 Robert Welbourn
 Great Britain		 Benoit Huot
 Canada
400 m freestyle S11
 Enhamed Enhamed
 Spain		 Bozun Yang
 China		 Donovan Tildesley
 Canada
400 m freestyle S12
 Sergei Punko
 Belarus		 Enrique Floriano
 Spain		 Sergii Klippert
 Ukraine
400 m freestyle S13
 Charl Bouwer
 South Africa		 Danylo Chufarov
 Ukraine		 Charalampos Taiganidis
 Greece
50 m backstroke S1
 Christos Tampaxis
 Greece		 Andreas Katsaros
 Greece		 João Martins
 Portugal
50 m backstroke S2
 Dmitrii Kokarev
 Russia		 Jim Anderson
 Great Britain		 Georgios Kapellakis
 Greece
50 m backstroke S3
 Du Jianping
 China		 Min Byeong-Eon
 South Korea		 Dmytro Vynohradets
 Ukraine
50 m backstroke S4
 Juan Reyes
 Mexico		 David Smétanine
 France		 Huabin Zeng
 China
50 m backstroke S5
 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Junquan He
 China		 Zsolt Vereczkei
 Hungary
100 m backstroke S6
 Igor Plotnikov
 Russia		 Yuanrun Yang
 China		 Yuan Tang
 China
100 m backstroke S7
 Lantz Lamback
 United States		 Jon Fox
 Great Britain		 Guillermo Marro
 Argentina
100 m backstroke S8
 Konstantin Lisenkov
 Russia		 Peter Leek
 Australia		 Sean Fraser
 Great Britain
100 m backstroke S9
 Matthew Cowdrey
 Australia		 Zhi Guo
 China		 Jarrett Perry
 United States
100 m backstroke S10
 Justin Zook
 United States		 Michael Anderson
 Australia		 Kardo Ploomipuu
 Estonia
100 m backstroke S11
 Bozun Yang
 China		 Damian Pietrasik
 Poland		 Viktor Smyrnov
 Ukraine
100 m backstroke S12
 Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
 Russia		 Sergii Klippert
 Ukraine		 Maksym Veraksa
 Ukraine
100 m backstroke S13
 Charalampos Taiganidis
 Greece		 Oleksii Fedyna
 Ukraine		 Dmytro Aleksyeyev
 Ukraine
50 m breaststroke SB3
 Takayuki Suzuki
 Japan		 Vicente Gil
 Spain		 Miguel Luque
 Spain
100 m breaststroke SB4
 Ricardo Ten
 Spain		 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Moisés Fuentes
 Colombia
100 m breaststroke SB5
 Pedro Rangel
 Mexico		 Thomas Grimm
 Germany		 Tadhg Slattery
 South Africa
100 m breaststroke SB6
 Alexey Fomenkov
 Russia		 Gareth Duke
 Great Britain		 Matt Whorwood
 Great Britain
100 m breaststroke SB7
 Sascha Kindred
 Great Britain		 Blake Cochrane
 Australia		 Rudy Garcia-Tolson
 United States
100 m breaststroke SB8
 Andriy Kalyna
 Ukraine		 Xiaofu Wang
 China		 Alejandro Sánchez
 Spain
100 m breaststroke SB9
 Kevin Paul
 South Africa		 Furong Lin
 China		 Denis Dorogaev
 Russia
100 m breaststroke SB11
 Oleksandr Mashchenko
 Ukraine		 Bozun Yang
 China		 Viktor Smyrnov
 Ukraine
100 m breaststroke SB12
 Maksym Veraksa
 Ukraine		 Sergei Punko
 Belarus		 Sergii Klippert
 Ukraine
100 m breaststroke SB13
 Oleksii Fedyna
 Ukraine		 Daniel Sharp
 New Zealand		 Uladzimir Izotau
 Belarus
50 m butterfly S5
 Roy Perkins
 United States		 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Junquan He
 China
50 m butterfly S6
 Xu Qing
 China		 Kyosuke Oyama
 Japan		 Sascha Kindred
 Great Britain
50 m butterfly S7
 Rong Tian
 China		 Matt Walker
 Great Britain		 Mang Pei
 China
100 m butterfly S8
 Peter Leek
 Australia		 Wei Yanpeng
 China		 Wang Xiaofu
 China
100 m butterfly S9
 Tamás Sors
 Hungary		 Matthew Cowdrey
 Australia		 Guo Zhi
 China
100 m butterfly S10
 André Brasil
 Brazil		 David Julian Levecq
 Spain		 Mike van der Zanden
 Netherlands
100 m butterfly S11
 Enhamed Enhamed
 Spain		 Oleksandr Mashchenko
 Ukraine		 Junichi Kawai
 Japan
Viktor Smyrnov
 Ukraine
100 m butterfly S12
 Raman Makarau
 Belarus		 Sergei Punko
 Belarus		 Anton Stabrovskyy
 Ukraine
100 m butterfly S13
 Dzmitry Salei
 Belarus		 Charalampos Taiganidis
 Greece		 Andrey Strokin
 Russia
150 m individual medley SM4
 Cameron Leslie
 New Zealand		 Vicente Javier Torres
 Spain		 Takayuki Suzuki
 Japan
200 m individual medley SM5
 Daniel Dias
 Brazil		 Junquan He
 China		 Pablo Cimadevila
 Spain
200 m individual medley SM6
 Sascha Kindred
 Great Britain		 Yang Yuanrun
 China		 Xu Qing
 China
200 m individual medley SM7
 Rudy Garcia-Tolson
 United States		 Tian Rong
 China		 Matt Walker
 Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM8
 Peter Leek
 Australia		 Jiachao Wang
 China		 Sam Hynd
 Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM9
 Matthew Cowdrey
 Australia		 Andriy Kalyna
 Ukraine		 Cody Bureau
 United States
200 m individual medley SM10
 Rick Pendleton
 Australia		 André Brasil
 Brazil		 Benoit Huot
 Canada
200 m individual medley SM12
 Maksym Veraksa
 Ukraine		 Alexander Nevolin-Svetov
 Russia		 Sergii Klippert
 Ukraine
200 m individual medley SM13
 Oleksii Fedyna
 Ukraine		 Charalampos Taiganidis
 Greece		 Dmytro Aleksyeyev
 Ukraine
4×50 m freestyle 20pts
  China (CHN)
Jianping Du
Yuan Tang
Junguan He
Yuanrun Yang		  Spain (ESP)
Richard Oribe
Daniel Vidal
Jordi Gordillo
Sebastián Rodríguez		  Brazil (BRA)
Clodoaldo Silva
Joon Seo
Daniel Dias
Adriano Lima
4×100 m freestyle 34pts
  Great Britain (GBR)
Matt Walker
Graham Edmunds
David Roberts
Robert Welbourn		  Australia (AUS)
Ben Austin
Peter Leek
Sam Bramham
Matthew Cowdrey		  China (CHN)
Xiaoming Xiong
Yanpeng Wei
Xiaofu Wang
Zhi Guo
4×50 m medley 20pts
  China (CHN)
Du Jianping
Tang Yuan
Xu Qing
Yang Yuanrun		  Brazil (BRA)
Daniel Dias
Ivanildo Vasconcelos
Luis Silva
Clodoaldo Silva		  Spain (ESP)
Pablo Cimadevila
Vicente Gil
Daniel Vidal
Sebastián Rodríguez
4×100 m medley 34pts
  Australia (AUS)
Matthew Cowdrey
Rick Pendleton
Peter Leek
Ben Austin		  China (CHN)
Guo Zhi
Lin Furong
Wang Xiaofu
Wei Yanpeng		  Ukraine (UKR)
Ievgen Poltavskyi
Andriy Kalyna
Andriy Sirovatchenko
Taras Yastremskyy

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle S3
 Patricia Valle
 Mexico		 Pin Xiu Yip
 Singapore		 Fran Williamson
 Great Britain
50 m freestyle S4
 Nely Miranda
 Mexico		 Cheryl Angelelli
 United States		 Edênia Garcia
 Brazil
50 m freestyle S5
 Maria Teresa Perales
 Spain		 Bela Hlavackova
 Czech Republic		 Olena Akopyan
 Ukraine
50 m freestyle S6
 Mirjam De Koning-Peper
 Netherlands		 Doramitzi González
 Mexico		 Natalie Jones
 Great Britain
50 m freestyle S7
 Cortney Jordan
 United States		 Erin Popovich
 United States		 Kirsten Bruhn
 Germany
50 m freestyle S8
 Cecilie Drabsch Norland
 Norway		 Amanda Everlove
 United States		 Jacqueline Freney
 Australia
50 m freestyle S9
 Natalie du Toit
 South Africa		 Irina Grazhdanova
 Russia		 Louise Watkin
 Great Britain
50 m freestyle S10
 Anne Polinario
 Canada		 Katarzyna Pawlik
 Poland		 Katrina Lewis
 Australia
50 m freestyle S11
 Maria Poiani Panigati
 Italy		 Cecilia Camellini
 Italy		 Fabiana Sugimori
 Brazil
50 m freestyle S12
 Oxana Savchenko
 Russia		 Anna Efimenko
 Russia		 Deborah Font
 Spain
50 m freestyle S13
 Kelley Becherer
 United States		 Valerie Grand'Maison
 Canada		 Iryna Balashova
 Ukraine
100 m freestyle S4
 Nely Miranda
 Mexico		 Cheryl Angelelli
 United States		 Aimee Bruder
 United States
100 m freestyle S5
 Maria Teresa Perales
 Spain		 Inbal Pezaro
 Israel		 Bela Hlavackova
 Czech Republic
100 m freestyle S6
 Eleanor Simmonds
 Great Britain		 Mirjam De Koning-Peper
 Netherlands		 Doramitzi González
 Mexico
100 m freestyle S7
 Erin Popovich
 United States		 Cortney Jordan
 United States		 Kirsten Bruhn
 Germany
100 m freestyle S8
 Jessica Long
 United States		 Heather Frederiksen
 Great Britain		 Jacqueline Freney
 Australia
100 m freestyle S9
 Natalie du Toit
 South Africa		 Louise Watkin
 Great Britain		 Stephanie Dixon
 Canada
100 m freestyle S10
 Ashley Owens
 United States		 Katarzyna Pawlik
 Poland		 Anna Eames
 United States
100 m freestyle S11
 Qing Xie
 China		 Cecilia Camellini
 Italy		 Daniela Schulte
 Germany
100 m freestyle S12
 Oxana Savchenko
 Russia		 Anna Efimenko
 Russia		 Joanna Mendak
 Poland
100 m freestyle S13
 Valerie Grand'Maison
 Canada		 Chelsey Gotell
 Canada		 Kelley Becherer
 United States
200 m freestyle S5
 Maria Teresa Perales
 Spain		 Inbal Pezaro
 Israel		 Olena Akopyan
 Ukraine
400 m freestyle S6
 Eleanor Simmonds
 Great Britain		 Mirjam De Koning-Peper
 Netherlands		 Maria Goetze
 Germany
400 m freestyle S7
 Erin Popovich
 United States		 Cortney Jordan
 United States		 Kirsten Bruhn
 Germany
400 m freestyle S8
 Jessica Long
 United States		 Heather Frederiksen
 Great Britain		 Jacqueline Freney
 Australia
400 m freestyle S9
 Natalie du Toit
 South Africa		 Stephanie Dixon
 Canada		 Ellie Cole
 Australia
400 m freestyle S10
 Katarzyna Pawlik
 Poland		 Ashley Owens
 United States		 Susan Beth Scott
 United States
400 m freestyle S13
 Valerie Grand'Maison
 Canada		 Anna Efimenko
 Russia		 Kelley Becherer
 United States
Chelsey Gotell
 Canada
50 m backstroke S2
 Ganna Ielisavetska
 Ukraine		 Iryna Sotska
 Ukraine		 Sara Carracelas
 Spain
50 m backstroke S3
 Yip Pin Xiu
 Singapore		 Fran Williamson
 Great Britain		 Xia Jiangbo
 China
50 m backstroke S5
 Bela Hlavackova
 Czech Republic		 Maria Teresa Perales
 Spain		 Karina Lauridsen
 Denmark
100 m backstroke S6
 Mirjam De Koning-Peper
 Netherlands		 Nyree Lewis
 Great Britain		 Fuying Jiang
 China
100 m backstroke S7
 Katrina Porter
 Australia		 Kirsten Bruhn
 Germany		 Chantal Boonacker
 Netherlands
100 m backstroke S8
 Heather Frederiksen
 Great Britain		 Jessica Long
 United States		 Mariann Vestbostad
 Norway
100 m backstroke S9
 Stephanie Dixon
 Canada		 Elizabeth Stone
 United States		 Ellie Cole
 Australia
100 m backstroke S10
 Sophie Pascoe
 New Zealand
Shireen Sapiro
 South Africa		 Esther Morales
 Spain
100 m backstroke S13
 Chelsey Gotell
 Canada		 Valerie Grand'Maison
 Canada		 Anna Efimenko
 Russia
100 m breaststroke SB4
 Bela Hlavackova
 Czech Republic		 Inbal Pezaro
 Israel		 Maria Teresa Perales
 Spain
100 m breaststroke SB5
 Kirsten Bruhn
 Germany		 Rachel Lardiere
 France		 Gitta Raczko
 Hungary
100 m breaststroke SB6
 Elizabeth Johnson
 Great Britain		 Sarah Bowen
 Australia		 Deborah Gruen
 United States
100 m breaststroke SB7
 Erin Popovich
 United States		 Min Huang
 China		 Jessica Long
 United States
100 m breaststroke SB8
 Olesya Vladykina
 Russia		 Paulina Wozniak
 Poland		 Claire Cashmore
 Great Britain
100 m breaststroke SB9
 Sophie Pascoe
 New Zealand		 Sarai Gascón
 Spain		 Louise Watkin
 Great Britain
100 m breaststroke SB12
 Karolina Pelendritou
 Cyprus		 Sandra Gomez
 Spain		 Yaryna Matlo
 Ukraine
50 m butterfly S6
 Fuying Jiang
 China		 Anastasia Diodorova
 Russia		 Olena Akopyan
 Ukraine
50 m butterfly S7
 Min Huang
 China		 Erin Popovich
 United States		 Verônica Almeida
 Brazil
100 m butterfly S8
 Jessica Long
 United States		 Amanda Everlove
 United States		 Jin Xiaoqin
 China
100 m butterfly S9
 Natalie du Toit
 South Africa		 Ellie Cole
 Australia		 Annabelle Williams
 Australia
100 m butterfly S10
 Anna Eames
 United States		 Sophie Pascoe
 New Zealand		 Shuai Wang
 China
100 m butterfly S12
 Joanna Mendak
 Poland		 Ana García-Arcicollar
 Spain		 Yuliya Volkova
 Ukraine
100 m butterfly S13
 Valérie Grand'Maison
 Canada		 Kirby Cote
 Canada		 Chelsey Gotell
 Canada
150 m individual medley SM4
 Karina Lauridsen
 Denmark		 Marayke Jonkers
 Australia		 Patricia Valle
 Mexico
200 m individual medley SM6
 Miranda Uhl
 United States		 Maria Goetze
 Germany		 Natalie Jones
 Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM7
 Erin Popovich
 United States		 Huang Min
 China		 Cortney Jordan
 United States
200 m individual medley SM8
 Jessica Long
 United States		 Amanda Everlove
 United States		 Heather Frederiksen
 Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM9
 Natalie du Toit
 South Africa		 Stephanie Dixon
 Canada		 Louise Watkin
 Great Britain
200 m individual medley SM10
 Sophie Pascoe
 New Zealand		 Elodie Lorandi
 France		 Katarzyna Pawlik
 Poland
200 m individual medley SM12
 Oxana Savchenko
 Russia		 Joanna Mendak
 Poland		 Karolina Pelendritou
 Cyprus
200 m individual medley SM13
 Chelsey Gotell
 Canada		 Kirby Cote
 Canada		 Valérie Grand'Maison
 Canada

See also

References

    • "Schedules and Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
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