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Qualification for swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics begin on 1 October 2022 and finish on 31 January 2024. There will be a total of 325 male and 280 female quotas in 141 swimming events (71 male, 64 female and 6 mixed open relays).
Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France took place between 29 August and 7 September 2024. There were 71 male, 64 female and 6 mixed open relays, this was five fewer events than in the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1] Medals are awarded to top finishers in each disability classification.
The three impairment groups at the Paralympic Games for swimming are physical, vision and intellectual. [3] In addition, strokes and events are classified under "sport classes" that have a prefix letter and number. At the 2024 trials, qualification is selected based on a points system rather than time.
By the end of last year, she had successfully competed in swimming nationals and the Paralympic swimming trials, qualifying with a time of 1:08.98. “The Para movement basically gave [Truwit] a ...
Paralympics swimming - GOLD FOR GB! ... Four-time Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox insists “competing is the easy bit” as she bids to ... A lightning quick time in qualifying from Great Britain ...
NANTERRE, France — American para swimmer Morgan Stickney dominated the field in the 400-meter freestyle SM7 final, winning by a stunning 17 seconds and setting a Paralympic record time of 4:53.88.
The International Paralympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in swimming events at the Paralympic Games. Swimming has been part of at every Summer Paralympic Games. Races are held in four swimming strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly over varying distances and in either individual or relay race events.
Swimming has been contested at every Summer Paralympics. At the first games, the 1960 Paralympics , 62 swimming events were held in distances of 25 and 50 metres, plus a 3×50 metre relay for men. Since then, swimming at the Paralympics has grown to 140 events covering distances from 50 to 400 metres, plus 4×50 and 4×100 metre relays.