The World Para Swimming European Championships (World Para Swimming European Open Championships), known until 2018 as the IPC Swimming European Championships, are the European continental championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. Each championship is organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and behind the World Para Swimming Championships and the Summer Paralympic Games is the largest meet for European athletes. Beginning in 2009 before switching to even numbered years in 2014, the championships are generally biennial, although no championships were held in 2022.
| Sport | Swimming |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Continent | European (IPC) |
Format - European Open Championships
editSince 2020, non-Europeans have been allowed to compete, increasingly the depth and quality of the fields, and in this behalf the Championships are also called the World Para Swimming European Open Championships.
Under this format, the European swimmers are competing simultaneously for continental medals and 'open championship' medals, whereas the guest non-Europeans are only eligible for 'open championship' medals, and are ignored for the purposes of the European Championship medals.
At the single combined medal ceremony, any European swimmer is awarded the greater of their two possible medals which is always the European Championship medal for that race. A non-European swimmer will be awarded a 'commemorative medal' of the rank they finished in the Open championship race, normally identical to the European Championship medal but with a modified edge colour. In this manner, a non-European finishing second in the final, and a European finishing third overall in the same final, but second European, will both be awarded a silver medal, in the Open championship and the European Championship respectively.
European championships
edit| Number | Edition | Venue | Dates | Best nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPC Swimming European Championships | ||||
| 1 | 2009 |  Reykjavík, Iceland |
18–24 October |  Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| 2 | 2011 |  Berlin, Germany |
3–9 July |  Ukraine |
| 3 | 2014 |  Eindhoven, Netherlands |
4–10 August | Ukraine |
| 4 | 2016 |  Funchal, Portugal |
30 April – 7 May | Ukraine |
| World Para Swimming European Championships | ||||
| 5 | 2018 |  Dublin, Ireland[1] |
13–19 August | Ukraine |
| 6 | 2020 | Funchal, Portugal[2] |
16–22 May |  Italy |
| 7 | 2024 | Funchal, Portugal[3] |
21–27 April | Italy |
Medals (2009-2024)
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine | 239 | 217 | 181 | 637 |
| 2 |  Great Britain | 156 | 126 | 107 | 389 |
| 3 |  Russia | 131 | 132 | 120 | 383 |
| 4 | Italy | 115 | 87 | 81 | 283 |
| 5 |  Spain | 105 | 109 | 118 | 332 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 59 | 40 | 38 | 137 |
| 7 | Germany | 37 | 59 | 63 | 159 |
| 8 |  Belarus | 32 | 13 | 21 | 66 |
| 9 |  France | 29 | 37 | 45 | 111 |
| 10 |  Individual Neutral Athletes | 25 | 18 | 32 | 75 |
| 11 |  Hungary | 22 | 24 | 38 | 84 |
| 12 |  Israel | 21 | 19 | 22 | 62 |
| 13 |  Sweden | 18 | 16 | 20 | 54 |
| 14 |  Poland | 15 | 40 | 32 | 87 |
| 15 |  Norway | 15 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 16 |  Greece | 14 | 26 | 31 | 71 |
| 17 |  Czech Republic | 11 | 15 | 12 | 38 |
| 18 |  Croatia | 7 | 12 | 6 | 25 |
| 19 |  Switzerland | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 |
| 20 |  Azerbaijan | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| 21 |  Brazil | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 22 |  Denmark | 5 | 6 | 14 | 25 |
| 23 | Ireland | 4 | 12 | 13 | 29 |
| 24 |  Turkey | 4 | 9 | 13 | 26 |
| 25 |  Australia | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 26 |  Estonia | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 27 |  Cyprus | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 28 |  Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 29 |  Chile | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 30 |  Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Portugal | 1 | 10 | 15 | 26 |
| 32 | Iceland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 33 |  Belgium | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 34 |  Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 35 |  United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 36 |  Latvia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 |  Austria | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| 41 |  Slovakia | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 42 |  Finland | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 43 |  Hong Kong | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 45 |  China | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 |  South Africa | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 47 |  Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 48 |  Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 |  Faroe Islands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (49 entries) | 1,109 | 1,096 | 1,104 | 3,309 | |
2009 medal table[4] 2011 medal table[5][6] 2014 medal table[7] 2016 medal table[8] 2018 medal table[9] 2020 medal table[10] 2024 medal table[11]
- Hong Kong was guest in 2009.
- Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Kazakhstan were guests in 2021.
- Australia, Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, United States and Uzbekistan were guests in 2024.
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Dublin 2018 - World Para Swimming European Championships". International Paralympic Committee.
- ↑ "Madeira to host 2020 European Open Championships". International Paralympic Committee. 13 June 2019.
- ↑ "European Open Championships to return to Madeira in 2024". World Para Swimming. 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 24 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.ifsport.is. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Swimming - Competitions - 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships".
- ↑ Results Book [Berlin 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships] (PDF). July 2011.
- ↑ "Medal Tally [Eindhoven 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships]" (PDF). 10 August 2014.
- ↑ Results Book [Funchal 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships] (PDF). May 2016.
- ↑ "Dublin 2018 - Live Results". International Paralympic Committee.
- ↑ "Madeira 2020 Schedule & Results".
- ↑ "Madeira 2024 - Schedule and Results". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 April 2024.