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2009 IPC Swimming European Championships

2009 IPC Swimming European Championships

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The 2009 IPC Swimming European Championships was an international swimming competition. It was held in Reykjavik, 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]

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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

Reykjavik

The Championship was staged at the Laugardalslaug located in the north of Reykjavik.

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:

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

The winning Great Britain team for the women's 4 × 100 m medley - 34 points, wearing their medals at the Laugardalslaug.
   Finals
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Medal table

Great Britain led the 2009 Championships in both medals won and number of gold medals.[4]

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  *   Host nation (Iceland)

Multiple medallists

Participating nations

Below is the list of countries who agreed to participate in the Championships and the requested number of athlete places for each.

Footnotes

Notes
    References
    1. [1]
      "IPC Swimming European Championships Declared Open". paralympic.org. 18 October 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
    2. [2]
      "Medal Standings As of 24 Oct 2009" (PDF). ifsport.is. Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
    3. [3]
      "Intellectual disability ban ends". BBC News. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
    4. [4]
      "Medal Standings" (PDF). IPC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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