2019 World Para Swimming Championships

The 2019 World Para Swimming Championships was the tenth edition of the World Para Swimming Championships run by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). The championships were held from February to June in seven countries across five continents and served as a qualifying event for Paralympic swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The event was sponsored by Allianz.[1]

2019 World Para Swimming Championships
Date(s)9 - 15 September
Venue(s)London Aquatics Centre
Nations participating73
Athletes participating637

In 2017, the IPC announced that the event would be hosted in Kuching, Malaysia. However, on 27 January 2019, Malaysia were stripped of their hosting rights because their government refused to allow Israeli athletes into the country to compete.

On 15 April 2019, London, United Kingdom was announced as the new host for the championships, now rescheduled to take place from 9 - 15 September.[2]

Host selection

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In September 2017, World Para Swimming (formerly IPC Swimming)[3] granted hosting rights to Kuching, Malaysia,[4][5] who prevailed over a bid from London in Great Britain.[6] The award was made with the understanding that they would permit all qualified athletes to compete.[7] In 2019, as part of a solidarity move with the Palestinian National Authority, Malaysia announced that they would ban Israeli athletes from entering the event in a move that was supported by 29 Malaysian non-governmental organizations.[8] The Malaysian Paralympic Council said they were following a Malaysian government policy to bar Israelis from competition as Malaysia bans Israeli passport holders from entering the country.[9] After a meeting held in London, the IPC decreed that this was a politically motivated exclusion and stripped Malaysia of their hosting rights.[10] This came after an Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry statement saying the ban of Israeli athletes was "shameful and totally opposes the Olympic spirit".[10] Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad stood by the decision, calling Israel "a country which does not obey international laws" and said "I don't understand because the world has the power but still has to listen to Israel."[11]

The IPC requested bids as stand-in hosts by 11 February.[7] London was selected to host the championships at the Queen Elizabeth Park in April 2019.[12]

Participating nations

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637 swimmers from 73 nations participated.[13]

Events

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The series was held at venues in seven countries. Events commenced on 15 February in Melbourne, Australia. Further events were held in April in Indianapolis, São Paulo and Glasgow, in May in Singapore, in May and June in Lignano Sabbiadoro, and in Berlin on 9 June.[25][26]

The championships served as one of the qualifying events for swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.[27]

Medal table

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The medals table as of day 7.[28]

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

2019 World Para Swimming Championships medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy (ITA)20181250
2  Great Britain (GBR)*19141447
3  Russia (RUS)18152154
4  Ukraine (UKR)17221655
5  United States (USA)1416535
6  China (CHN)13111741
7  Netherlands (NED)88521
8  Belarus (BLR)71210
9  Colombia (COL)61310
10  New Zealand (NZL)6107
11  Brazil (BRA)56617
12  Mexico (MEX)5117
13  Japan (JPN)37414
14  Spain (ESP)35614
15  Germany (GER)3216
16  Greece (GRE)3115
17  Australia (AUS)271423
18  Canada (CAN)27514
19  Singapore (SGP)2002
20  Uzbekistan (UZB)1438
21  Israel (ISR)1214
22  Hungary (HUN)1124
23  Poland (POL)1113
24  Croatia (CRO)1001
25  France (FRA)0369
26  Azerbaijan (AZE)0134
27  Chile (CHI)0112
  Turkey (TUR)0112
29  Czech Republic (CZE)0101
  Portugal (POR)0101
31  Argentina (ARG)0044
32  Ireland (IRL)0022
  Switzerland (SUI)0022
34  Hong Kong (HKG)0011
  Iceland (ISL)0011
  Malaysia (MAS)0011
  South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (37 entries)161159163483

Broken records

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A total of 188 records were broken during the Championships: 39 World records, 55 Championship records, 22 African and Oceanian records, 21 Asian records, 17 American records and 12 European records.[29]

World records

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Event Round Name Nation Time Date
Men's 50m breaststroke SB1 Final Aliaksei Talai   Belarus 1:26.09 9 September
Women's 400m freestyle S12 Final Rebecca Meyers   United States 4:22.34 9 September
Women's 400m freestyle S6 Final Jiang Yuyan   China 5:13.32 9 September
Men's 200m freestyle S14 Final Reece Dunn   Great Britain 1:52.96 9 September
Men's 100m freestyle S9 Final Simone Barlaam   Italy 54.10 9 September
Men's 100m breaststroke SB5 Final Andrei Granichka   Russia 1:27.15 9 September
Men's 100m freestyle S4 Final Roman Zhdanov   Russia 1:21.28 10 September
Men's 100m backstroke S9 Final Simone Barlaam   Italy 1:01.22 10 September
Women's 100m backstroke S8 Final Alice Tai   Great Britain 1:08.04 10 September
Men's 400m freestyle S7 Final Mark Malyar   Israel 4:33.64 10 September
Women's 100m backstroke S11 Final Wang Xinyi   China 1:16.40 10 September
Mixed 4x50m medley relay 20pts Final Peng Qiuping
Song Lingling
Wang Jingang
Wang Lichao
  China 2:32.59 10 September
Women's 200m individual medley SM6 Final Maisie Summers-Newton   Great Britain 2:57.24 11 September
Men's 100m breaststroke SB14 Final Naohide Yamaguchi   Japan 1:04.95 11 September
Women's 100m breaststroke SB11 Final Ma Jia   China 1:22.36 11 September
Men's 100m breaststroke SB7 Final Carlos Serrano Zárate   Colombia 1:11.31 11 September
Men's 100m backstroke S7 Final Bohdan Hrynenko   Ukraine 1:08.92 12 September
Men's 50m backstroke S4 Heat 1 Roman Zhdanov   Russia 41.50 12 September
Men's 200m individual medley SM11 Final Rogier Dorsman   Netherlands 2:22.02 12 September
Women's 200m individual medley SM11 Final Liesette Bruinsma   Netherlands 2:46.49 12 September
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay S14 Final Jessica-Jane Applegate
Reece Dunn
Bethany Firth
Thomas Hamer
  Great Britain 3:42.21 12 September
Men's 50m butterfly S5 Final Wang Lichao   China 31.52 12 September
Women's 200m individual medley SM12 Final Rebecca Meyers   United States 2:24.56 13 September
Men's 50m freestyle S4 Final Cameron Leslie   New Zealand 37.14 13 September
Women's 4x100m medley relay Final Stephanie Millward
Toni Shaw
Alice Tai
Brock Whiston
  Great Britain 4:36.31 13 September
Men's 50m backstroke S5 Final Wang Lichao   China 32.59 14 September
Men's 200m individual medley SM14 Final Dai Tokairin   Japan 2:08.16 14 September
Women's 200m individual medley SM8 Final Brock Whiston   Great Britain 2:35.30 14 September
Men's 200m freestyle S4 Final Roman Zhdanov   Russia 2:53.06 14 September
Women's 50m butterfly S6 Final Jiang Yuyan   China 34.86 14 September
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay Final Yaroslav Denysenko
Kyrylo Garashchenko
Maryna Piddubna
Anna Stetsenko
  Ukraine 3:51.85 14 September
Women's 100m breaststroke SB6 Final Liu Daomin   China 1:29.87 15 September
Women's 100m breaststroke SB8 Final Brock Whiston   Great Britain 1:13.83 15 September
Men's 100m butterfly S14 Final Reece Dunn   Great Britain 54.46 15 September
Women's 100m butterfly S14 Final Valeriia Shabalina   Russia 1:03.68 15 September
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3 Final Efrem Morelli   Italy 47.49 15 September
Men's 50m freestyle S7 Final Andrii Trusov   Ukraine 27.07 15 September
Men's 50m freestyle S9 Final Simone Barlaam   Italy 24.00 15 September
Women's 400m freestyle S11 Final Liesette Bruinsma   Netherlands 5:02.19 15 September

Schedule

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Purple squares mark final heats scheduled.

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50m freestyle Men
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100m freestyle Men
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200m freestyle Men
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400m freestyle Men
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S7 S10 S8 S9 S11
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50m backstroke Men
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100m backstroke Men
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S12 S8
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100m breaststroke Men
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150m individual medley Men
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200m individual medley Men
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Multi-medalists

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List of male and female multi-medalists who have won three gold medals or five medals.

Name Nation Medals Events
Ihar Boki   Belarus   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Bronze
Men's 50m freestyle S13
Men's 100m freestyle S13
Men's 100m backstroke S13
Men's 100m butterfly S13
Men's 400m freestyle S13
Men's 200m individual medley SM13
Men's 100m breaststroke SB13
Simone Barlaam   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
Men's 50m freestyle S9
Men's 100m freestyle S9
Men's 100m backstroke S9
Men's 100m butterfly S9
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Men's 4x100m medley relay
Maksym Krypak   Ukraine   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
Men's 100m freestyle S10
Men's 100m backstroke S10
Men's 100m butterfly S10
Men's 400m freestyle S10
Men's 200m individual medley SM10
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Diego López Díaz   Mexico   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Men's 50m freestyle S3
Men's 50m backstroke S3
Men's 200m freestyle S3
Men's 150m individual medley SM3
Wang Lichao   China   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Men's 50m backstroke S5
Men's 50m butterfly S5
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Mixed 4x50m medley relay
Stefano Raimondi   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
Men's 50m freestyle S10
Men's 100m breaststroke SB9
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Men's 100m freestyle S10
Men's 100m backstroke S10
Men's 100m butterfly
Men's 200m individual medley SM10
Men's 4x100m medley relay
Yaroslav Denysenko   Ukraine   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Bronze
Men's 100m freestyle S12
Men's 100m backstroke S12
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay
Men's 50m freestyle S12
Men's 100m butterfly S12
Reece Dunn   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
Men's 100m butterfly S14
Men's 200m freestyle S14
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay S14
Men's 200m individual medley SM14
Wang Jingang   China   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
Men's 50m butterfly S6
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Mixed 4x50m medley relay
Men's 200m individual medley SM6
Roman Zhdanov   Russia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
  Bronze
Men's 100m freestyle S4
Men's 200m freestyle S4
Men's 150m individual medley SM4
Men's 50m freestyle S4
Men's 50m backstroke S4
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Nelson Crispín   Colombia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Bronze
  Bronze
Men's 50m freestyle S6
Men's 100m freestyle S6
Men's 100m breaststroke SB6
Men's 50m butterfly S6
Men's 200m individual medley SM6
Carlos Serrano Zárate   Colombia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Bronze
Men's 100m freestyle S7
Men's 100m breaststroke SB7
Men's 200m individual medley SM7
Men's 50m butterfly S7
Andrei Kalina   Russia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Men's 100m breaststroke SB8
Men's 200m individual medley SM9
Men's 4x100m medley relay
Alexander Makarov   Russia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Men's 50m backstroke S2
Men's 100m backstroke S2
Men's 200m freestyle S2
Dimosthenis Michalentzakis   Greece   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Men's 50m freestyle S8
Men's 100m freestyle S8
Men's 100m butterfly S8
Antonio Fantin   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
Men's 400m freestyle S6
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Men's 50m freestyle S6
Men's 100m freestyle S6
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Mixed 4x50m medley relay
Francesco Bocciardo   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
Men's 100m freestyle S5
Men's 200m freestyle S5
Men's 50m freestyle S5
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Men's 100m breaststroke SB4
Andrii Trusov   Ukraine   Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
  Bronze
Men's 50m freestyle S7
Men's 400m freestyle S7
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay
Men's 100m freestyle S7
Men's 200m individual medley SM7
Takayuki Suzuki   Japan   Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
Men's 50m freestyle S4
Men's 100m freestyle S4
Men's 200m freestyle S4
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3
Men's 150m individual medley SM4

Women

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Name Nation Medals Events
Alice Tai   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Women's 50m freestyle S8
Women's 100m freestyle S8
Women's 100m backstroke S8
Women's 100m butterfly S8
Women's 400m freestyle S8
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Women's 4x100m medley relay
Carlotta Gilli   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S13
Women's 100m freestyle S13
Women's 100m backstroke S13
Women's 200m individual medley SM13
Women's 100m butterfly S13
Women's 400m freestyle S13
Sophie Pascoe   New Zealand   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Women's 50m freestyle S9
Women's 100m freestyle S9
Women's 100m backstroke S9
Women's 100m butterfly S9
Brock Whiston   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Women's 100m breaststroke SB8
Women's 200m individual medley SM8
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Women's 4x100m medley relay
Valeriia Shabalina   Russia   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
Women's 100m butterfly S14
Women's 200m freestyle S14
Women's 200m individual medley SM14
Women's 100m backstroke S14
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay S14
Women's 100m breaststroke SB14
Liesette Bruinsma   Netherlands   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
Women's 100m freestyle S11
Women's 400m freestyle S11
Women's 200m individual medley SM11
Women's 50m freestyle S11
Women's 100m breaststroke SB11
Leanne Smith   United States   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Silver
Women's 50m breaststroke SB3
Women's 100m freestyle S3
Women's 150m individual medley SM4
Women's 50m backstroke S3
Jiang Yuyan   China   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
  Bronze
  Bronze
Women's 50m butterfly S6
Women's 100m freestyle S6
Women's 400m freestyle S6
Women's 50m freestyle S6
Women's 100m backstroke S6
Tully Kearney   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Gold
Women's 50m freestyle S5
Women's 100m freestyle S5
Women's 200m freestyle S5
Yelyzaveta Mereshko   Ukraine   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S6
Women's 100m breaststroke SB5
Women's 100m freestyle S6
Women's 400m freestyle S6
Women's 200m individual medley SM6
Mixed 4x50m medley relay
McKenzie Coan   United States   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
Women's 100m freestyle S7
Women's 400m freestyle S7
Women's 50m freestyle S7
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Women's 4x100m medley relay
Arianna Talamona   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
Women's 50m butterfly S5
Women's 200m individual medley SM5
Women's 100m freestyle S5
Women's 200m freestyle S5
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Toni Shaw   Great Britain   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
  Bronze
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Women's 4x100m medley relay
Women's 100m butterfly S9
Women's 400m freestyle S9
Women's 100m freestyle S9
Women's 200m individual medley SM9
Arjola Trimi   Italy   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
  Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S4
Women's 100m freestyle S4
Mixed 4x50m freestyle relay
Mixed 4x50m medley relay
Women's 50m backstroke S4
Women's 150m individual medley SM4
Maryna Piddubna   Ukraine   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S11
Mixed 4x100m freestyle relay
Women's 100m freestyle S11
Women's 200m individual medley SM11
Women's 100m backstroke S11
Aurelie Rivard   Canada   Gold
  Gold
  Silver
  Bronze
  Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S10
Women's 100m freestyle S10
Women's 400m freestyle S10
Women's 100m backstroke S10
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Jessica Long   United States   Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Silver
  Bronze
Women's 100m freestyle S8
Women's 100m butterfly S8
Women's 200m individual medley SM8
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay
Women's 4x100m medley relay
Women's 400m freestyle S8

See also

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