The 2017

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was an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in

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and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries competed at the games, with China topping the tables with most gold medals and medals won. The event was held at the

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located in Mexico City. However, due to safety concerns, both

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and

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withdrew from the rearranged championships.

Venue

The Championship was staged at the

located at

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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 (

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and

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) ** SB1-SB9 (

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

) ** SM1-SM10 (

individual medley Medley is a combination of four different swimming styles—backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle—into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay. Individual ...

) 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

Medal table

The medal table at the end of the championship.

Multiple medallists

Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2017 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more.

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

Footnotes

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External links

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