2009 IPC Swimming European Championships

The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavík, 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]

1st IPC Swimming European Championships
Date(s)18–24 October
Venue(s)Laugardalslaug
Nations participating37
Athletes participating650

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]

Venue

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The Championship was staged at the Laugardalslaug located in the north of Reykjavík.

Events

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Classification

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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.

Schedule

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The winning Great Britain team for the women's 4 × 100 m medley - 34 points, wearing their medals at the Laugardalslaug.
    Finals
Date → 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23 Oct 24 Oct
50 m Freestyle Men
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S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S11
S12
S13
S9
S10
Women
Details
S2
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S11
S12
S13
S9
S10
100 m freestyle Men
Details
S4 S6
S7
S2
S5
S8
S14
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13
Women
Details
S4 S6
S7
S2
S5
S8
S14
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13
200 m freestyle Men
Details
S2 S4
S5
Women
Details
S4 S5
400 m freestyle Men
Details
S6
S7
S8
S11
S9
S10
S12
S13
Women
Details
S6
S7
S8 S9
S10
S13
50m backstroke Men
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S3
S4
S5
S1
S2
Women
Details
S3
S4
S5
S2
100 m backstroke Men
Details
S8 S14 S9
S10
S11
S12
S13
S6
S7
Women
Details
S14 S9
S10
S13
S6
S7
50 m breaststroke Men
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SB3
Women
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SB3
100m breaststroke Men
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SB6
SB7
SB8
SB12
SB13
SB9 SB14 SB4
Women
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SB6
SB7
SB8
SB13
SB9 SB14 SB4
SB5
50 m butterfly Men
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S4
S5
S6
S7
Women
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S5 S6
S7
100m butterfly Men
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S9
S10
S12
S13
S8
S11
Women
Details
S9
S10
S13 S12 S8
150m medley Men
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SM3
SM4
Women
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SM4
200m medley Men
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SM12
SM13
SM9
SM10
SM6
SM7
SM14 SM8
Women
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SM13 SM9
SM10
SM6
SM7
SM14 SM8
4×50m freestyle relays Men
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20 pts
4×50m medley relays Men
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20 pts
Women
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20 pts
4 × 100 m freestyle relays Men
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34 pts
Women
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34 pts
4 × 100 m medley relays Men
Details
34 pts
Women
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34 pts

Medal table

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Great Britain led the 2009 Championships in both medals won and number of gold medals.[4]

  *   Host nation (Iceland)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain39322394
2  Ukraine29151761
3  Spain16191651
4  Russia14201044
5  Germany9151438
6  Sweden80412
7  France64818
8  Poland512623
9  Hungary54413
10  Netherlands45817
11  Czech Republic4239
12  Israel4015
13  Croatia3317
14  Greece251017
15  Denmark2114
16  Italy1146
17  Estonia1001
18  Belarus0246
  Portugal0246
20  Norway0235
21  Hong Kong0213
22  Ireland0202
23  Belgium0101
  Iceland*0101
25  Slovakia0033
26  Switzerland0022
27  Austria0011
  Faroe Islands0011
  Lithuania0011
Totals (29 entries)152150150452

Multiple medallists

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Participating nations

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Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.

Footnotes

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Notes
References
  1. ^ "IPC Swimming European Championships Declared Open". paralympic.org. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings As of 24 Oct 2009" (PDF). ifsport.is. Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Intellectual disability ban ends". BBC News. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Medal Standings" (PDF). IPC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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