2009 IPC Swimming European Championships
| 1st IPC Swimming European Championships | |
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| Date(s) | 18 – 24 October |
| Venue(s) | Laugardalslaug |
| Nations participating | 37 |
| Athletes participating | 650 |
The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavik, Iceland and ran from 18 to 24 October. Around 650 athletes from 37 different countries attended.[1] Great Britain finished top of the medal tables with 39 golds and 94 medals, both greater than any other country.[2]
The 2009 Championships was the first IPC-run event where intellectual disability athletes were allowed to compete since the 2000 Summer Paralympic controversy.[3] In the 2000 Sydney Games cheating by the Spanish basketball team resulted in the banning of all events for athletes with intellectual disabilities.[3]
Contents
Venue
The Championship was staged at the Laugardalslaug located in the north of Reykjavik.
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 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | |
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| 50 m Freestyle | Men Details |
S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 |
S6 S7 |
S8 S11 S12 S13 |
S9 S10 |
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| Women Details |
S2 S4 S5 |
S6 S7 |
S8 S11 S12 S13 |
S9 S10 |
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| 100 m freestyle | Men Details |
S4 | S6 S7 |
S2 S5 S8 S14 |
S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 |
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| Women Details |
S4 | S6 S7 |
S2 S5 S8 S14 |
S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 |
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| 200 m freestyle | Men Details |
S2 | S4 S5 |
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| Women Details |
S4 | S5 | ||||||
| 400 m freestyle | Men Details |
S6 S7 |
S8 S11 |
S9 S10 |
S12 S13 |
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| Women Details |
S6 S7 |
S8 | S9 S10 |
S13 | ||||
| 50m backstroke | Men Details |
S3 S4 S5 |
S1 S2 |
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| Women Details |
S3 S4 S5 |
S2 | ||||||
| 100 m backstroke | Men Details |
S8 | S14 | S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 |
S6 S7 |
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| Women Details |
S14 | S9 S10 S13 |
S6 S7 |
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| 50 m breaststroke | Men Details |
SB3 | ||||||
| Women Details |
SB3 | |||||||
| 100m breaststroke | Men Details |
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB12 SB13 |
SB9 | SB14 | SB4 | |||
| Women Details |
SB6 SB7 SB8 SB13 |
SB9 | SB14 | SB4 SB5 |
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| 50 m butterfly | Men Details |
S4 S5 |
S6 S7 |
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| Women Details |
S5 | S6 S7 |
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| 100m butterfly | Men Details |
S9 S10 |
S12 S13 |
S8 S11 |
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| Women Details |
S9 S10 |
S13 | S12 | S8 | ||||
| 150m medley | Men Details |
SM3 SM4 |
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| Women Details |
SM4 | |||||||
| 200m medley | Men Details |
SM12 SM13 |
SM9 SM10 |
SM6 SM7 |
SM14 | SM8 | ||
| Women Details |
SM13 | SM9 SM10 |
SM6 SM7 |
SM14 | SM8 | |||
| 4×50m freestyle relays | Men Details |
20 pts | ||||||
| 4×50m medley relays | Men Details |
20 pts | ||||||
| Women Details |
20 pts | |||||||
| 4×100m freestyle relays | Men Details |
34 pts | ||||||
| Women Details |
34 pts | |||||||
| 4×100m medley relays | Men Details |
34 pts | ||||||
| Women Details |
34 pts | |||||||
Medal table
Great Britain led the 2009 Championships in both medals won and number of gold medals.[4]
- Host nation (Iceland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain |
39 | 32 | 23 | 94 |
| 2 |  Ukraine |
29 | 15 | 17 | 61 |
| 3 |  Spain |
16 | 19 | 16 | 51 |
| 4 |  Russia |
14 | 20 | 10 | 44 |
| 5 |  Germany |
9 | 15 | 14 | 38 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 |  France |
6 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 |  Poland |
5 | 12 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 |  Hungary |
5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 |  Netherlands |
4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 11 |  Czech Republic |
4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 |  Israel |
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 |  Croatia |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 |  Greece |
2 | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| 15 |  Denmark |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Italy |
1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 17 |  Estonia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18= |  Belarus |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 18= |  Portugal |
0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 20 |  Norway |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 21 |  Hong Kong |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 |  Ireland |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23= |  Belgium |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23= |  Iceland |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 |  Slovakia |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Switzerland |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 27= |  Austria |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27= |  Faroe Islands |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27= |  Lithuania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 152 | 150 | 150 | 452 |
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
