2015 IPC Swimming World Championships
# 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships

The 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships was the eighth IPC Swimming World Championships, an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Glasgow, United Kingdom and took place from 13 to 19 July. Around 580 athletes from around 70 countries competed at the games, with Russia topping the tables with most gold medals and medals won. The event was held at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre located within Tollcross Park in Glasgow. Initially awarded as the IPC Swimming European Championships, the event was upgraded to a World Championship after a change to the IPC calendar.

This proved to be the final event branded as the "IPC Swimming World Championships". On 30 November 2016, the IPC, which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including swimming, adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were immediately rebranded as "World Para" championships. Accordingly, future IPC swimming championship events will be known as the "World Para Swimming Championships".

## Venue

The Championship was staged at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre located at Tollcross, Glasgow. The venue possesses a 10 lane competition class swimming pool, and after a £13.7 million upgrade in 2013, a six lane 50 meter warm-up pool was added.

## Events

### Classification

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:

* Visual impairment
   * S11-S13
* Intellectual impairment
   * S14
* Other disability
   * S1-S10 (Freestyle, backstroke and butterfly)
   * SB1-SB9 (breaststroke)
   * SM1-SM10 (individual medley)

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

* Finals

| Date → | Date → | 13 Jul | 14 Jul | 15 Jul | 16 Jul | 17 Jul | 18 Jul | 19 Jul |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50m Freestyle | Men Details | S13 S10 | S4 | | S9 S6 S3 | S11 S5 | S12 | S8 S7 |
| 50m Freestyle | Women Details | S13 S10 | S4 | | S9 S6 | S11 S5 | S12 | S8 S7 |
| 100m Freestyle | Men Details | S7 S11 | S9 | | S8 S4 | | S10 S13 | S6 S5 |
| 100m Freestyle | Women Details | S7 S11 | S9 S3 | | S8 | | S10 S13 | S6 S5 |
| 200m freestyle | Men Details | S3 S4 | | S5 S14 | | | S2 | |
| 200m freestyle | Women Details | | | S5 S14 | | | | |
| 400m freestyle | Men Details | S6 | S11 | S7 | S13 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
| 400m freestyle | Women Details | S6 | S11 | S7 | S13 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
| 50m backstroke | Men Details | S5 | | | S1 | | S3 | S2 S4 |
| 50m backstroke | Women Details | S5 | | | | | S3 | S2 S4 |
| 100m backstroke | Men Details | S9 | S1 S2 | S11 S13 S12 | S10 | | S6 S7 S8 | S14 |
| 100m backstroke | Women Details | S9 | S2 | S11 S13 S12 | S10 | | S6 S7 S8 | S14 |
| 50m breaststroke | Men Details | | | | | SB2 SB3 | | |
| 50m breaststroke | Women Details | | | | | SB3 | | |
| 100m breaststroke | Men Details | SB14 | SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 | SB9 | SB12 | SB13 | SB4 SB11 | |
| 100m breaststroke | Women Details | SB14 | SB5 SB6 SB7 SB8 | SB9 | | SB13 | SB4 SB11 | |
| 50m butterfly | Men Details | | | S6 | S5 | S7 | | |
| 50m butterfly | Women Details | | | S6 | S5 | S7 | | |
| 100m butterfly | Men Details | S8 | | | | S10 S9 | | S13 S11 |
| 100m butterfly | Women Details | S8 | | | | S10 S9 | | S13 |
| 150m medley | Men Details | | | SM3 SM4 | | | | |
| 150m medley | Women Details | | | SM4 | | | | |
| 200m medley | Men Details | | SM13 SM10 | SM8 | SM11 SM7 | SM6 SM14 | | SM9 |
| 200m medley | Women Details | | SM13 SM10 | SM8 | SM11 SM7 | SM6 SM14 | SM5 | SM9 |
| 4×50m freestyle relays | Mixed Details | 20pts | | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Men Details | | | | | 34pts | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Women Details | | | | 34pts | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relays | Men Details | | | | | | 34pts | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relays | Women Details | | | | | | | 34pts |

## Medal table

The medal table at the end of the championship.

* Host nation (Great Britain)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 32 | 19 | 20 | 71 |
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 21 | 27 | 15 | 63 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR)* | 10 | 12 | 10 | 32 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 10 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| 8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Belarus (BLR) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | Norway (NOR) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 16 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Mexico (MEX) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | Colombia (COL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 25 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 28 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 29 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 32 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (40 entries) | Totals (40 entries) | 152 | 153 | 152 | 457 |

### Multiple medallists

Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2015 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more.

| Name | Country | Medal | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Daniel Dias | Brazil | Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver | 50m freestyle - S5 100m freestyle - S5 200m freestyle - S5 50m backstroke - S5 100m breaststroke - SB4 Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay 20pts 50m butterfly - S5 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts |
| Ihar Boki | Belarus | Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold Silver | 100m backstroke - S13 100m butterfly - S13 100m freestyle - S13 200m medley - SM13 400m freestyle - S13 50m freestyle - S13 100m breaststroke - SB13 |
| Denis Tarasov | Russia | Gold Gold Gold Gold Gold | 100m butterfly - S8 100m freestyle - S8 50m freestyle - S13 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts |

## Records

Multiple world and continental records were broken during the competition. The below table lists the number of records broken by country.

Legend

    WR: World record, CR: Championship record, AF: Africa record, AM: Americas record, AS: Asian record, EU: European record, OS: Oceania record

New Records :

| Nation | WR | CR | AF | AM | AS | EU | OC |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 3 | | | | | | 19 |
| Belarus | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 1 | 4 | | 5 | | | |
| Canada | | 1 | | 7 | | | |
| China | 3 | 4 | | | 17 | | |
| Colombia | 1 | | | 4 | | | |
| Egypt | | | 1 | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | | 1 | | | | | |
| Italy | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| Indonesia | | | | | 1 | | |
| Israel | | 1 | | | | | |
| Japan | | 3 | | | | | |
| Germany | | 1 | | | | | |
| Great Britain | 2 | 2 | | | | 6 | |
| Greece | | 1 | | | | | |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | | |
| Mauritius | | 1 | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| Norway | | 2 | | | | | |
| New Zealand | | 4 | | | | | 3 |
| Poland | | | | | | 1 | |
| Russia | 10 | 4 | | | | | |
| South Africa | | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| South Korea | | 2 | | | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | | | | | | |
| United States | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 5 | | | | 5 | |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | 5 | | |
| Vietnam | | | | | 2 | | |
| Total | 36 | 44 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 22 |

## Footnotes

### References

* 1 2 "IPC Swimming World Championships – About us". paralympic.org. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
* ↑ "Glasgow IPC event to be World Championships". bbc.co.uk. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
* ↑ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
* ↑ "Glasgow to Host 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships". paralympic.org. 1 March 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
* ↑ "Tollcross International Swimming Centre". glasgow2014.com. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
* ↑ "Multi Medallists". IPC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
* ↑ "Record Broken by Event" (PDF). IPC. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
