Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the 2016 Paralympic Games was held from 8 to 17 September 2016 at Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The competition consisted of 152 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course pool. Up to 600 swimmers competed in the Games. With 152 events, swimming came second only to athletics as the largest sport at the 2016 Games.
Events
152 events over two genders, across 14 classification and four strokes were contested during the Games. Below is a summary of the events that were contested at the 2016 Games :Key:
- ID : Intellectual impairments
- S : Freestyle, butterfly and backstroke classification -
- SB : breaststroke classification -
- SM : Medley classification● : men's event in this classification - o : women's event in this classification●●●● : men's relay event across these classifications - oooo : women's relay event across these classifications●o●o : mixed relay event across these classifications