2009 IPC Swimming European Championships
# 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships

The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavik, Iceland and ran from 18 to 24 October. Around 650 athletes from 37 different countries attended. Great Britain finished top of the medal tables with 39 golds and 94 medals, both greater than any other country.

The 2009 Championships was the first IPC-run event where intellectual disability athletes were allowed to compete since the 2000 Summer Paralympic controversy. In the 2000 Sydney Games cheating by the Spanish basketball team resulted in the banning of all events for athletes with intellectual disabilities.

## Venue

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

## 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 → | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 50 m Freestyle | Men Details | S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 | | S6 S7 | S8 S11 S12 S13 | S9 S10 | | |
| 50 m Freestyle | 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 |
| 100 m freestyle | Women Details | | | | S4 | S6 S7 | S2 S5 S8 S14 | S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 |
| 200 m freestyle | Men Details | | S2 | | | | | S4 S5 |
| 200 m freestyle | Women Details | | S4 | | | | | S5 |
| 400 m freestyle | Men Details | S6 S7 | | S8 S11 | S9 S10 | S12 S13 | | |
| 400 m freestyle | Women Details | S6 S7 | | S8 | S9 S10 | S13 | | |
| 50m backstroke | Men Details | | | S3 S4 S5 | | | | S1 S2 |
| 50m backstroke | Women Details | | | S3 S4 S5 | | | | S2 |
| 100 m backstroke | Men Details | S8 | | S14 | | | S9 S10 S11 S12 S13 | S6 S7 |
| 100 m backstroke | Women Details | | | S14 | | | S9 S10 S13 | S6 S7 |
| 50 m breaststroke | Men Details | | | | | SB3 | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | Women Details | | | | | SB3 | | |
| 100m breaststroke | Men Details | | SB6 SB7 SB8 SB12 SB13 | SB9 | SB14 | SB4 | | |
| 100m breaststroke | Women Details | | SB6 SB7 SB8 SB13 | SB9 | SB14 | SB4 SB5 | | |
| 50 m butterfly | Men Details | | S4 S5 | | | | S6 S7 | |
| 50 m butterfly | Women Details | | S5 | | | | S6 S7 | |
| 100m butterfly | Men Details | S9 S10 | | S12 S13 | | S8 S11 | | |
| 100m butterfly | Women Details | S9 S10 | S13 | S12 | | S8 | | |
| 150m medley | Men Details | | | | | | SM3 SM4 | |
| 150m medley | Women Details | | | | | | SM4 | |
| 200m medley | Men Details | SM12 SM13 | SM9 SM10 | | SM6 SM7 | SM14 | | SM8 |
| 200m medley | Women Details | SM13 | SM9 SM10 | | SM6 SM7 | SM14 | | SM8 |
| 4×50m freestyle relays | Men Details | | | | 20 pts | | | |
| 4×50m medley relays | Men Details | | | | | 20 pts | | |
| 4×50m medley relays | Women Details | | | | | 20 pts | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Men Details | | | | | | | 34 pts |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Women Details | | | | | | | 34 pts |
| 4 × 100 m medley relays | Men Details | | | 34 pts | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relays | Women Details | | | 34 pts | | | | |

## Medal table

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

    * Host nation (Iceland)RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 Great Britain393223942 Ukraine291517613 Spain161916514 Russia142010445 Germany91514386 Sweden804127 France648188 Poland5126239 Hungary5441310 Netherlands4581711 Czech Republic423912 Israel401513 Croatia331714 Greece25101715 Denmark211416 Italy114617 Estonia100118 Belarus0246 Portugal024620 Norway023521 Hong Kong021322 Ireland020223 Belgium0101 Iceland*010125 Slovakia003326 Switzerland002227 Austria0011 Faroe Islands0011 Lithuania0011Totals (29 entries)152150150452

## Participating nations

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

* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Malta
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Footnotes

### References

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