Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics


Swimming at the 2012 Paralympic Games was held from 30 August to 8 September 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre in London, UK. The competition consisted of 148 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course pool. Up to 600 swimmers swum in the Games.

Participating nations

On 23 May 2012, IPC Swimming announced that 66 nations had qualified for the 2012 Paralympics. Those nations are:

Event schedule

DateMen's eventsWomen's events
30 August50 m freestyle S5
400 m freestyle S12
100 m backstroke S6
100 m backstroke S7
50 m breaststroke SB2
100 m butterfly S8
100 m butterfly S9
200 m individual medley SM10
50 m freestyle S5
400 m freestyle S12
100 m backstroke S6
100 m backstroke S7
100 m butterfly S8
100 m butterfly S9
200 m individual medley SM10
31 August50 m freestyle S10
100 m freestyle S11
400 m freestyle S8
100 m backstroke S9
100 m backstroke S14
50 m freestyle S4
50 m butterfly S7
100 m butterfly S13
50 m freestyle S10
100 m freestyle S11
400 m freestyle S8
100 m backstroke S9
100 m backstroke S14
50 m butterfly S7
200 m individual medley SM5
1 September50 m freestyle S11
50 m freestyle S13
200 m freestyle S2
200 m freestyle S5
400 m freestyle S6
100 m breaststroke SB7
100 m breaststroke SB8
100 m butterfly S10
50 m freestyle S11
50 m freestyle S13
200 m freestyle S5
400 m freestyle S6
100 m breaststroke SB7
100 m breaststroke SB8
100 m butterfly S10
2 September200 m individual medley SM7
200 m freestyle S14
100 m backstroke S11
100 m freestyle S13
100 m butterfly S12
150 m individual medley SM4
150 m individual medley SM3
4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts
200 m individual medley SM7
200 m freestyle S14
100 m backstroke S11
100 m freestyle S13
50 m freestyle S8
100 m butterfly S12
3 September200 m individual medley SM6
100 m freestyle S7
100 m freestyle S2
100 m breaststroke SB11
200 m individual medley SM12
100 m backstroke S13
50 m freestyle S8
50 m breaststroke SB3
200 m individual medley SM6
100 m freestyle S7
100 m freestyle S3
100 m breaststroke SB11
200 m individual medley SM12
4× 100 m freestyle relay 34 pts
4 September100 m backstroke S8
50 m freestyle S6
400 m freestyle S9
100 m backstroke S10
100 m breaststroke SB4
100 m freestyle S12
50 m freestyle S7
400 m freestyle S13
100 m backstroke S8
50 m freestyle S6
400 m freestyle S9
100 m backstroke S10
100 m breaststroke SB4
100 m freestyle S12
50 m freestyle S7
5 September50 m freestyle S9
100 m freestyle S4
400 m freestyle S10
50 m backstroke S2
100 m backstroke S12
100 m breaststroke SB5
100 m breaststroke SB6
200 m individual medley SM8
50 m freestyle S9
400 m freestyle S10
50 m backstroke S2
100 m backstroke S12
100 m breaststroke SB5
100 m breaststroke SB6
200 m individual medley SM8
6 September100 m freestyle S8
100 m freestyle S10
400 m freestyle S7
50 m backstroke S1
50 m backstroke S4
50 m backstroke S5
100 m breaststroke SB14
100 m butterfly S11
200 m individual medley SM9
100 m freestyle S8
100 m freestyle S10
400 m freestyle S7
50 m backstroke S4
100 m breaststroke SB14
200 m individual medley SM9
7 September50 m freestyle S2
50 m freestyle S12
100 m freestyle S9
400 m freestyle S11
50 m butterfly S5
50 m butterfly S6
200 m individual medley SM13
50 m freestyle S3
50 m freestyle S12
100 m freestyle S9
400 m freestyle S11
50 m butterfly S5
50 m butterfly S6
200 m individual medley SM13
4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts
8 September100 m freestyle S5
100 m freestyle S6
200 m freestyle S4
50 m backstroke S3
100 m breaststroke SB9
100 m breaststroke SB12
100 m breaststroke SB13
200 m individual medley SM11
4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts
100 m freestyle S5
100 m freestyle S6
100 m breaststroke SB9
100 m breaststroke SB12
100 m breaststroke SB13
200 m individual medley SM11

Medal summary

Medal table

Medals

Men's events

Women's events