2010 IPC Swimming World Championships
The 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships was an international swimming competition, the biggest meet for athletes with a disability since the 2008 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands and lasted from 14 to 21 August.
4th IPC Swimming World Championships | |
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Date(s) | 14 – 21 August |
Venue(s) | Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium |
Nations participating | 53 |
Athletes participating | 649 |
Events | 181 |
← 2006 Durban |
Venue
The Championship was staged at the Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Stadium located in the south of Eindhoven. The complex contains three outdoor swimming pools.
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
- 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.
Medalists
Men
Women
Participating nations
Below is the list of countries which participated in the Championships.
Footnotes
- Notes
- As van Roosmalen was the only competitor to take part in this event no medals would be awarded.[5]
- References
- "Men's 50m Freestyle S1: Final" (pdf). IPC. swimmingworldmagazine.com. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- "Men's 100m Freestyle S1: Final" (pdf). IPC. swimmingworldmagazine.com. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- "IPC Swimming World Championships: Open Water 5Ks Conclude Meet". Swimming World Magazine. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- "IPC Swimming World Championships". openwaterswimming.com. 23 August 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- "IPC Swimming World Championships: Open Water 5Ks Conclude Meet". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 21 August 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2015.