Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, in the Olympic Aquatic Centre was competed in freestyle, backstroke and butterfly, the breaststroke and individual medley.
- Swimmers with a physical disability were assessed on muscle strength and the scope and coordination of movement, and their impact on different swimming styles. The resultant classes were :
- *S1-S10 for freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly
- *SB2-SB9 for breaststroke
- *SM3-SM10 for the individual medley
- Swimmers with vision impairment, depending on the degree of vision loss, were classified as S11, S12, or S13