Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics


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 to S10 for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 to S13 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
EventS1S2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10S11S12S13
50 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXXXX
100 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXXXX
200 m freestyleXXXX
400 m freestyleXXXXXXXX
50 m backstrokeXXXXX
100 m backstrokeXXXXXXXX
50 m butterflyXXX
100 m butterflyXXXXXX

EventSB3SB4SB5SB6SB7SB8SB9SB11SB12SB13
50 m breaststrokeX
100 m breaststrokeXXXXXXXXX

EventSM4SM5SM6SM7SM8SM9SM10SM12SM13
150 m individual medleyX
200 m individual medleyXXXXXXXX

Event20pts34pts
4×50 m freestyle relayX
4 × 100 m freestyle relayX
4×50 m medley relayX
4 × 100 m medley relayX

;Women
EventS2S3S4S5S6S7S8S9S10S11S12S13
50 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXXX
100 m freestyleXXXXXXXXXX
200 m freestyleX
400 m freestyleXXXXXX
50 m backstrokeXXX
100 m backstrokeXXXXXX
50 m butterflyXX
100 m butterflyXXXXX

EventSB4SB5SB6SB7SB8SB9SB12
100 m breaststrokeXXXXXXX

EventSM4SM6SM7SM8SM9SM10SM12SM13
150 m individual medleyX
200 m individual medleyXXXXXXX

Qualification

There were 547 athletes from 62 nations that took part in this sport.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their swimmers. 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.

Men's events

Women's events