The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavík, Iceland and ran from 18 to 24 October. Around 650 athletes from 37 different countries attended.[1] Great Britain finished top of the medal tables with 39 golds and 94 medals, both greater than any other country.[2]
| 1st IPC Swimming European Championships | |
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| Date(s) | 18–24 October |
| Venue(s) | Laugardalslaug |
| Nations participating | 37 |
| Athletes participating | 650 |
The 2009 Championships was the first IPC-run event where intellectual disability athletes were allowed to compete since the 2000 Summer Paralympic controversy.[3] In the 2000 Sydney Games cheating by the Spanish basketball team resulted in the banning of all events for athletes with intellectual disabilities.[3]
Venue
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The Championship was staged at the Laugardalslaug located in the north of Reykjavík.
Events
editClassification
editAthletes 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
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Medal table
editGreat Britain led the 2009 Championships in both medals won and number of gold medals.[4]
- * Host nation (Iceland)
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 
Great Britain39 32 23 94 2 
Ukraine29 15 17 61 3 
Spain16 19 16 51 4 
Russia14 20 10 44 5 
Germany9 15 14 38 6 
Sweden8 0 4 12 7 
France6 4 8 18 8 
Poland5 12 6 23 9 
Hungary5 4 4 13 10 
Netherlands4 5 8 17 11 
Czech Republic4 2 3 9 12 
Israel4 0 1 5 13 
Croatia3 3 1 7 14 
Greece2 5 10 17 15 
Denmark2 1 1 4 16 
Italy1 1 4 6 17 
Estonia1 0 0 1 18 
Belarus0 2 4 6 
Portugal0 2 4 6 20 
Norway0 2 3 5 21 
Hong Kong0 2 1 3 22 
Ireland0 2 0 2 23 
Belgium0 1 0 1 
Iceland*0 1 0 1 25 
Slovakia0 0 3 3 26 
Switzerland0 0 2 2 27 
Austria0 0 1 1 
Faroe Islands0 0 1 1 
Lithuania0 0 1 1 Totals (29 entries) 152 150 150 452
Multiple medallists
editParticipating nations
editBelow 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
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- 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.
- ^ a b "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.