Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Qualification for swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics begin on 1 October 2018 and finish on 31 January 2020. There are 340 male and 280 female athlete quotas in 146 swimming events (76 male, 67 female, 3 mixed relays).

Timeline

Athletes have to compete in at least one of the following competitions in order to be qualified for the Summer Paralympics.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths
2018 European Championships	13–19 August 2018	Dublin	N/A
2019 World Series[1]	15–17 February 2019	Melbourne
	4–6 April 2019	Indianapolis
	25–27 April 2019	Sao Paulo
	25–28 April 2019	Glasgow
	10–12 May 2019	Singapore
	30 May - 2 June 2019	Lignano Sabbiadoro
	6–9 June 2019	Berlin
2019 Parapan American Games	23 August - 1 September 2019	Lima
2019 World Para Swimming Championships	9–15 September 2019	London	278 qualified slots 148 males 130 females
2020 World Series[2]	14–16 February 2020	Melbourne	N/A
	27 February - 1 March 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]	~~Lignano Sabbiadoro~~
	25–28 March 2020	Sao Paulo
	9–12 April 2020	Sheffield
	16–18 April 2020	Indianapolis
	1–3 May 2020	Singapore
2020 European Open Championships	17–23 May 2020	Funchal	N/A
MQS Slot Allocation[4]	1 October 2018 - 31 January 2020	N/A	323 qualified slots 187 males 145 females
Bipartite Commission Invitation	15 February - 10 April 2020	N/A	10 qualified slots 5 males 5 females
Total			620

Quotas

The qualification slots are allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete. In Bipartite Commission Invitation method, the slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC. World Para Swimming (WPS) reserves the right to allocate slots to the use of certain sports classes particularly for swimmers with complex needs; the slot shall be used as allocated or the NPC must return the slot to WPS.[5]

An NPC can allocate a maximum of 34 male and 28 female qualification slots in a maximum of 62 qualification slots. Exceptions may be granted through the Bipartite Invitation Commission method.
An NPC can enter a maximum of three eligible swimmers per medal event.
NPCs can enter an athlete who has met at least one MQS (Minimum Qualification Standard) time in any medal event and have met the MET (Minimum Entry Time) to any medal event.
An NPC can only enter one relay event team as long as they meet the MQS for any of the events. All team members have to be qualified in at least one individual event to be selected in the relay team.

Allocated time targets

Event	Class	Male		Female
Event	Class	MQS	MET	MQS	MET
50m freestyle	S3	54.52	1:11.00	N/A
	S4	42.97	47.46	47.84	55.62
	S5	36.19	36.84	N/A
	S6	N/A		37.78	38.98
	S7	29.94	31.03	N/A
	S8	N/A		33.61	34.88
	S9	26.74	27.86	N/A
	S10	25.47	26.09	28.99	29.88
	S11	28.47	29.23	33.72	35.56
	S13	25.55	26.25	28.88	29.54
100m freestyle	S3	N/A		2:33.78	4:47.35
	S4	1:37.67	1:56.98	N/A
	S5	1:20.70	1:23.81	1:34.86	1:46.15
	S6	1:11.48	1:14.34	N/A
	S7	N/A		1:17.98	1:20.32
	S8	1:01.79	1:03.40	N/A
	S9	N/A		1:05.84	1:07.33
	S10	55.28	57.11	1:03.11	1:04.06
	S11	N/A		1:15.48	1:18.95
	S12	57.95	1:01.32	1:08.05	1:12.85
200m freestyle	S2	5:28.14	6:23.56	N/A
	S3	4:43.70	5:01.06	N/A
	S4	3:37.23	4:06.74	N/A
	S5	3:02.23	3:05.56	3:33.74	3:59.82
	S14	2:01.29	2:03.63	2:18.21	2:21.20
400m freestyle	S6	5:38.47	5:46.98	5:55.92	6:21.68
	S7	5:08.98	5:17.62	5:46.79	6:02.25
	S8	4:50.25	5:00.35	5:21.68	5:32.35
	S9	4:29.80	4:35.02	5:04.07	5:10.83
	S10	4:20.45	4:24.42	4:49.14	4:54.81
	S11	5:23.76	5:33.76	5:57.51	6:45.53
	S13	4:34.61	4:48.40	4:59.02	5:10.75
50m backstroke	S1	1:53.26	1:53.26	N/A
	S2	1:14.55	1:26.31	1:53.58	1:53.58
	S3	59.06	1:07.00	1:14.71	2:12.50
	S4	52.67	56.33	1:03.14	1:12.50
	S5	42.08	43.53	51.08	56.32
100m backstroke	S1	3:54.62	3:54.62	N/A
	S2	2:40.18	3:16.79	3:36.93	3:36.93
	S6	1:24.94	1:28.87	1:34.75	1:42.10
	S7	1:19.54	1:21.61	1:30.06	1:32.57
	S8	1:12.78	1:13.85	1:23.99	1:25.84
	S9	1:06.34	1:07.72	1:16.25	1:18.01
	S10	1:03.84	1:05.93	1:14.52	1:15.71
	S11	1:18.95	1:22.21	1:29.09	1:36.31
	S12	1:08.98	1:11.84	1:21.97	1:30.21
	S13	1:04.58	1:08.95	1:13.03	1:17.76
	S14	1:04.40	1:05.30	1:14.58	1:17.69
50m breaststroke	SB2	3:18.37	3:18.37	N/A
50m breaststroke	SB3	56.40	1:02.59	1:08.39	1:23.79
100m breaststroke	SB4	1:58.19	2:03.86	2:24.49	2:48.02
	SB5	1:48.80	1:52.38	1:59.21	2:04.74
	SB6	1:28.56	1:31.47	1:49.76	1:52.96
	SB7	1:26.51	1:29.03	1:45.04	1:51.96
	SB8	1:18.83	1:21.78	1:32.49	1:37.44
	SB9	1:13.48	1:15.33	1:24.68	1:27.72
	SB11	1:25.54	1:28.59	1:41.11	1:50.43
	SB12	1:16.17	1:18.73	1:31.51	1:39.73
	SB13	1:14.14	1:16.61	1:25.67	1:28.68
	SB14	1:10.16	1:12.07	1:26.08	1:27.95
50m butterfly	S5	40.61	43.44	56.59	1:21.87
	S6	34.96	36.54	42.49	45.71
	S7	32.90	34.87	40.25	44.46
100m butterfly	S8	1:06.44	1:09.59	1:21.52	1:25.41
	S9	1:03.41	1:04.52	1:12.69	1:16.05
	S10	1:00.97	1:02.66	1:10.35	1:15.98
	S11	1:20.22	1:25.98	N/A
	S12	1:03.41	1:08.74	N/A
	S13	1:00.84	1:03.33	1:14.58	1:23.23
	S14	59.87	1:00.69	1:11.98	1:14.14
150m individual medley	SM3	4:42.97	6:40.09	N/A
150m individual medley	SM4	3:09.71	3:22.69	3:43.55	5:12.98
200m individual medley	SM5	N/A		4:41.15	6:37.18
	SM6	3:05.82	3:10.89	3:24.27	3:37.81
	SM7	2:51.39	2:57.09	3:22.16	3:42.56
	SM8	2:34.21	2:38.30	3:07.10	3:12.80
	SM9	2:26.50	2:28.49	2:46.53	2:51.84
	SM10	2:18.96	2:27.00	2:36.69	2:42.23
	SM11	2:49.92	2:58.48	3:10.45	3:35.03
	SM13	2:21.49	2:24.38	2:40.48	2:46.99
	SM14	2:17.68	2:19.02	2:40.88	2:43.02
4x100m freestyle relay 34pts		4:40.00		6:15.00
4x100m medley relay 34pts		5:00.00		6:40.00
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay 20pts		3:35.00
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay S14		5:00.00
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay 49pts		5:30.00

Quotas achieved

Two top medalists in all swimming medal events at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships will earn a qualification slot for their representing country. As of 15 September 2019.[6]
Athletes who has achieved an MQS performance at any World Para Swimming recognised competition between 1 October 2018 and 31 January 2020 but didn't achieve a direct allocation at the World Championships will be given an allocation slot for their NPC.[7]

Qualified nation	Quotas achieved 2019 WPSC	Quotas achieved MQS	Total qoutas
Argentina (ARG)	—	9	9
Australia (AUS)	9	32	41
Austria (AUT)	—	3	3
Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	3	4
Belgium (BEL)	—	1	1
Belarus (BLR)	3	10	13
Brazil (BRA)	7	35	42
Canada (CAN)	7	19	26
Chile (CHI)	1	2	3
China (CHN)	14	42	56
Colombia (COL)	3	11	14
Croatia (CRO)	1	3	4
Cuba (CUB)	—	1	1
Cyprus (CYP)	—	1	1
Czech Republic (CZE)	1	5	6
Denmark (DEN)	—	1	1
Egypt (EGY)	—	3	3
Estonia (EST)	—	3	3
Finland (FIN)	—	2	2
France (FRA)	3	9	12
Germany (GER)	4	15	19
Great Britain (GBR)	16	33	49
Greece (GRE)	2	10	12
Hong Kong (HKG)	—	4	4
Hungary (HUN)	2	7	9
Iceland (ISL)	—	2	2
Indonesia (INA)	—	1	1
India (IND)	—	1	1
Ireland (IRL)	—	4	4
Israel (ISR)	2	8	10
Italy (ITA)	13	29	42
Japan (JPN)	5	27	32
Kazakhstan (KAZ)	—	6	6
Latvia (LAT)	—	1	1
Lithuania (LTU)	—	1	1
Malaysia (MAS)	—	2	2
Mexico (MEX)	3	18	21
Myanmar (MYA)	—	1	1
Netherlands (NED)	5	15	20
New Zealand (NZL)	3	6	9
Norway (NOR)	—	3	3
Peru (PER)	—	1	1
Philippines (PHI)	—	1	1
Poland (POL)	2	8	10
Portugal (POR)	—	5	5
Refugee Para Team	—	1	1
Russia (RUS)	17	51	68
Singapore (SGP)	1	4	5
Slovakia (SVK)	—	1	1
Slovenia (SLO)	—	1	1
South Africa (RSA)	—	4	4
South Korea (KOR)	—	5	5
Spain (ESP)	7	24	31
Sweden (SWE)	—	2	2
Switzerland (SUI)	—	2	2
Thailand (THA)	—	2	2
Turkey (TUR)	1	4	5
Ukraine (UKR)	17	40	57
United States (USA)	14	34	48
Uzbekistan (UZB)	3	7	10
Venezuela (VEN)	—	1	1
Vietnam (VIE)	—	4	4
Total	167	591	758

References

"World Para Swimming World Series 2019". World Para Swimming. 8 July 2019.
"World Para Swimming World Series 2020". World Para Swimming. 27 November 2019.
"World Para Swimming World Series event in Italy cancelled". World Para Swimming. 24 February 2020.
"Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Para Swimming Rankings". World Para Swimming. 8 July 2019.
"2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 9 August 2019.
"Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). World Para Swimming. 24 February 2020.
"Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2020.

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[1] "World Para Swimming World Series 2019". World Para Swimming. 8 July 2019.

[2] "World Para Swimming World Series 2020". World Para Swimming. 27 November 2019.

[3] "World Para Swimming World Series event in Italy cancelled". World Para Swimming. 24 February 2020.

[4] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Para Swimming Rankings". World Para Swimming. 8 July 2019.

[5] "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 9 August 2019.

[6] "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). World Para Swimming. 24 February 2020.

[7] "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2020.