Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics - women Freestyle swimming

The

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events of the

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were held in the

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between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records were broken in 122 events, of which the records in 108 events were also

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Classifications

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,

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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.

Events

Due to the classification process, there were more than one set of medals in each of the traditional swimming events. The following events were held in the various classifications. ;Men ;Women

Qualification

There were 547 athletes (323 male, 224 female) from 62 nations that took part in this sport. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their swimmers (in this context a country is an entity represented by a

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). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Men's events

Women's events

References

External links

Official Site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
{{Paralympic Games Swimming

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2008 Summer Paralympics events

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