2017 World Para Swimming Championships
The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was 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.[1]
| 2017 World Para Swimming Championships | |
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| Date(s) | 2 – 7 December |
| Venue(s) | Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez |
| Nations participating | 70 |
| Athletes participating | 580 |
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 Dec | 3 Dec | 4 Dec | 5 Dec | 6 Dec | 7 Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 m Freestyle | Men |
S10 | S7 | S3 | |||
| Women |
S10 | S7 | |||||
| 100 m Freestyle | Men |
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| Women |
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| 200 m freestyle | Men |
S3 | S14 | ||||
| Women |
S14 | S1-5 | |||||
| 400 m freestyle | Men |
S6 | S11 | ||||
| Women |
S6 | S10 | |||||
| 50m backstroke | Men |
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| Women |
S5 | ||||||
| 100 m backstroke | Men |
S11 | S14 | ||||
| Women |
S11 | S14 | |||||
| 50 m breaststroke | Men |
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| Women |
SB3 | ||||||
| 100m breaststroke | Men |
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| Women |
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| 50 m butterfly | Men Details |
S7 | S6 | ||||
| Women Details |
S5 |
S6 |
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| 100m butterfly | Men Details |
S11 |
S8 |
S14 | |||
| Women Details |
S12-13 |
S8 |
S14 | ||||
| 150m medley | Men Details |
SM3 | |||||
| Women Details |
SM3-4 | ||||||
| 200m medley | Men Details |
SM9 |
SM11 |
SM6 | |||
| Women Details |
SM9 |
SM11 |
SM6 | ||||
| 4×50m 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. Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 30 | 16 | 10 | 56 |
| 2 |  | 21 | 20 | 13 | 54 |
| 3 |  | 20 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 |  | 18 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 |  | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 |  | 10 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 |  | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 |  | 6 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| 9 |  | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 |  | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 |  | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 |  | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 |  | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 |  | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 |  | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 |  | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 |  | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 |  | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 |  | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 |  | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 |  | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 |  | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 |  | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 |  | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 28 |  | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 |  | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 |  | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 33 | Independent Para Athlete | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 |  | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 37 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 |  | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (40 nations) | 156 | 150 | 144 | 450 | |
Multiple medallists
Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2017 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more.[2]
| Name | Country | Medal | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Long | |
|
100m Backstroke S8 |
| André Brasil | |
|
100m Backstroke S10 |
| Ihar Boki | |
|
100m Backstroke S13 |
| Haijiao Xu | |
|
100m Butterfly S8 |
| Daniel Dias | |
|
100m Freestyle S1-5 |
| Carlotta Gilli | |
|
100m Backstroke S13 |
| Wenpan Juang | |
|
150m Individual Medley SM3 |
| Carlos Serrano Zárate | |
|
100m Breaststroke SB7 |
| Lingling Song | |
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4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts |
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
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| Total | 36 | 44 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 22 |
Footnotes
- Notes
- References
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/41570605
- "Multi Medallists". IPC.
- "Record Broken by Event" (pdf). IPC. Retrieved 11 December 2015.