The 2023 World Para Swimming Championships was the 12th edition of the

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, an international swimming competition for swimmers with disabilities. It was held in

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from 31 July to 6 August 2023. This was the third time that Great Britain have hosted the World Para Swimming Championships with

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hosting in 2015 and

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hosting in

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. The World Championships serves as a

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for the 2024 Summer Paralympics where two top swimmers in each individual medal event final will be automatically selected to compete at the Paralympics. As a swimmer can only hold one quota, which makes them eligible for all events in their classification for which they have a qualifying time, unrequired quotas are returned to be distributed later.

Participating nations

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Schedule

Purple squares mark final heats scheduled.

Multi-medalists

List of male and female multi-medalists who have won three gold medals or five medals.

Men

Women

Medal table

References

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External Links

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