Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Swimming at the XIV Paralympic Games | |
Paralympic Swimming | |
Venue | London Aquatics Centre |
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Dates | 30 August – 8 September 2012 |
Competitors | 600 from 66 nations |
Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics |
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Men's events | |||||
50 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
100 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
200 m freestyle | S2 | S4 | S5 | ||
S14 | |||||
400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
50 m backstroke | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 |
100 m backstroke | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S11 | S12 | S13 | S14 | ||
50 m breaststroke | SB2 | SB3 | |||
100 m breaststroke | SB4 | SB5 | |||
SB6 | SB7 | SB8 | SB9 | ||
SB11 | SB12 | SB13 | SB14 | ||
50 m butterfly | S5 | ||||
S6 | S7 | ||||
100 m butterfly | S8 | S9 | S10 | ||
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
150 m medley | SM3 | SM4 | |||
200 m medley | SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 |
SM11 | SM12 | SM13 | |||
Freestyle relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
Medley relays | 4 × 100 m (34pts) |
Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics |
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Women's events | |||||
50 m freestyle | S3 | S5 | |||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
100 m freestyle | S3 | S5 | |||
S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | |
S11 | S12 | S13 | |||
200 m freestyle | S5 | ||||
S14 | |||||
400 m freestyle | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S11 | S12 | ||||
50 m backstroke | S2 | S4 | |||
100 m backstroke | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
S11 | S12 | S14 | |||
100 m breaststroke | SB4 | SB5 | |||
SB6 | SB7 | SB8 | SB9 | ||
SB11 | SB12 | SB13 | SB14 | ||
50 m butterfly | S5 | ||||
S6 | S7 | ||||
100 m butterfly | S8 | S9 | S10 | ||
S12 | |||||
200 m ind. medley | SM5 | ||||
SM6 | SM7 | SM8 | SM9 | SM10 | |
SM11 | SM12 | SM13 | |||
Freestyle relay | 4 × 100 m (34pts) | ||||
Medley relay | 4 × 100 m (34pts) |
Swimming at the 2012 Paralympic Games was held from 30 August to 8 September 2012 at the London Aquatics Centre in London, UK.[1] The competition consisted of 148 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course (50m) pool.[2] Up to 600 swimmers (340 males, 260 females) swum in the Games.[3]
Participating nations
On 23 May 2012, IPC Swimming announced that 66 nations had qualified for the 2012 Paralympics.[4] Those nations (and their slot allocations) are:
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Event schedule
Date | Men's events | Women's events |
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30 August | 50 m freestyle S5 400 m freestyle S12 100 m backstroke S6 100 m backstroke S7 50 m breaststroke SB2 100 m butterfly S8 100 m butterfly S9 200 m individual medley SM10 |
50 m freestyle S5 400 m freestyle S12 100 m backstroke S6 100 m backstroke S7 100 m butterfly S8 100 m butterfly S9 200 m individual medley SM10 |
31 August | 50 m freestyle S10 100 m freestyle S11 400 m freestyle S8 100 m backstroke S9 100 m backstroke S14 50 m freestyle S4 50 m butterfly S7 100 m butterfly S13 |
50 m freestyle S10 100 m freestyle S11 400 m freestyle S8 100 m backstroke S9 100 m backstroke S14 50 m butterfly S7 200 m individual medley SM5 |
1 September | 50 m freestyle S11 50 m freestyle S13 200 m freestyle S2 200 m freestyle S5 400 m freestyle S6 100 m breaststroke SB7 100 m breaststroke SB8 100 m butterfly S10 |
50 m freestyle S11 50 m freestyle S13 200 m freestyle S5 400 m freestyle S6 100 m breaststroke SB7 100 m breaststroke SB8 100 m butterfly S10 |
2 September | 200 m individual medley SM7 200 m freestyle S14 100 m backstroke S11 100 m freestyle S13 100 m butterfly S12 150 m individual medley SM4 150 m individual medley SM3 4x100 m freestyle relay 34 pts |
200 m individual medley SM7 200 m freestyle S14 100 m backstroke S11 100 m freestyle S13 50 m freestyle S8 100 m butterfly S12 |
3 September | 200 m individual medley SM6 100 m freestyle S7 100 m freestyle S2 100 m breaststroke SB11 200 m individual medley SM12 100 m backstroke S13 50 m freestyle S8 50 m breaststroke SB3 |
200 m individual medley SM6 100 m freestyle S7 100 m freestyle S3 100 m breaststroke SB11 200 m individual medley SM12 4× 100 m freestyle relay 34 pts |
4 September | 100 m backstroke S8 50 m freestyle S6 400 m freestyle S9 100 m backstroke S10 100 m breaststroke SB4 100 m freestyle S12 50 m freestyle S7 400 m freestyle S13 |
100 m backstroke S8 50 m freestyle S6 400 m freestyle S9 100 m backstroke S10 100 m breaststroke SB4 100 m freestyle S12 50 m freestyle S7 |
5 September | 50 m freestyle S9 100 m freestyle S4 400 m freestyle S10 50 m backstroke S2 100 m backstroke S12 100 m breaststroke SB5 100 m breaststroke SB6 200 m individual medley SM8 |
50 m freestyle S9 400 m freestyle S10 50 m backstroke S2 100 m backstroke S12 100 m breaststroke SB5 100 m breaststroke SB6 200 m individual medley SM8 |
6 September | 100 m freestyle S8 100 m freestyle S10 400 m freestyle S7 50 m backstroke S1 50 m backstroke S4 50 m backstroke S5 100 m breaststroke SB14 100 m butterfly S11 200 m individual medley SM9 |
100 m freestyle S8 100 m freestyle S10 400 m freestyle S7 50 m backstroke S4 100 m breaststroke SB14 200 m individual medley SM9 |
7 September | 50 m freestyle S2 50 m freestyle S12 100 m freestyle S9 400 m freestyle S11 50 m butterfly S5 50 m butterfly S6 200 m individual medley SM13 |
50 m freestyle S3 50 m freestyle S12 100 m freestyle S9 400 m freestyle S11 50 m butterfly S5 50 m butterfly S6 200 m individual medley SM13 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts |
8 September | 100 m freestyle S5 100 m freestyle S6 200 m freestyle S4 50 m backstroke S3 100 m breaststroke SB9 100 m breaststroke SB12 100 m breaststroke SB13 200 m individual medley SM11 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts |
100 m freestyle S5 100 m freestyle S6 100 m breaststroke SB9 100 m breaststroke SB12 100 m breaststroke SB13 200 m individual medley SM11 |
Medal summary
Medal table
Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 24 | 13 | 21 | 58 |
2 | Australia (AUS) | 18 | 7 | 12 | 37 |
3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 17 | 14 | 13 | 44 |
4 | United States (USA) | 14 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
5 | Russia (RUS) | 13 | 17 | 12 | 42 |
6 | Brazil (BRA) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
7 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
8 | New Zealand (NZL) | 5 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
9 | Belarus (BLR) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
10 | Canada (CAN) | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
11 | South Africa (RSA) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
12 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
13 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
14 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 11 | 9 | 22 |
15 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 |
16 | France (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
17 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
18 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
19 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
20 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
21 | Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
22 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
23 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
24 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
25 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
26 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
27 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
28 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
29 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
29 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
31 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
32 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
33 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
33 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
33 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 148 | 148 | 148 | 444 |
Medals
Men's events
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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50 m freestyle S2 |
Yang Yang China (CHN) |
Dmitry Kokarev Russia (RUS) |
Aristeidis Makrodimitris Greece (GRE) |
50 m freestyle S4 |
Eskender Mustafaiev Ukraine (UKR) |
David Smétanine France (FRA) |
Jan Povýšil Czech Republic (CZE) |
50 m freestyle S5 |
Daniel Dias Brazil (BRA) |
Sebastián Rodríguez Spain (ESP) |
Roy Perkins United States (USA) |
50 m freestyle S6 |
Qing Xu China (CHN) |
Lorenzo Perez Escalona Cuba (CUB) |
Tao Zheng China (CHN) |
50 m freestyle S7 |
Lantz Lamback United States (USA) |
Shiyun Pan China (CHN) |
Matthew Walker Great Britain (GBR) |
50 m freestyle S8 |
Denis Tarasov Russia (RUS) |
Maurice Deelen Netherlands (NED) |
Yinan Wang China (CHN) |
50 m freestyle S9 |
Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS) |
Tamas Toth Hungary (HUN) |
José Antonio Mari-Alcaraz Spain (ESP) |
50 m freestyle S10 |
André Brasil Brazil (BRA) |
Nathan Stein Canada (CAN) |
Andrew Pasterfield Australia (AUS) |
50 m freestyle S11 |
Bozun Yang China (CHN) |
Bradley Snyder United States (USA) |
Enhamed Enhamed Spain (ESP) |
50 m freestyle S12 |
Maksym Veraksa Ukraine (UKR) |
Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov Russia (RUS) |
Tucker Dupree United States (USA) |
50 m freestyle S13 |
Charl Bouwer South Africa (RSA) |
Ihar Boki Belarus (BLR) |
Oleksii Fedyna Ukraine (UKR) |
100 m freestyle S2 |
Yang Yang China (CHN) |
Dmitry Kokarev Russia (RUS) |
Aristeidis Makrodimitris Greece (GRE) |
100 m freestyle S4 |
Gustavo Sanchez Martinez Mexico (MEX) |
Richard Oribe Spain (ESP) |
David Smetanine France (FRA) |
100 m freestyle S5 |
Daniel Dias Brazil (BRA) |
Roy Perkins United States (USA) |
Sebastian Rodriguez Spain (ESP) |
100 m freestyle S6 |
Qing Xu China (CHN) |
Sebastian Iwanow Germany (GER) |
Lorenzo Perez Escalona Cuba (CUB) |
100 m freestyle S7 |
Shiyun Pan China (CHN) |
Matt Levy Australia (AUS) |
Lantz Lamback United States (USA) |
100 m freestyle S8 |
Yinan Wang China (CHN) |
Denis Tarasov Russia (RUS) |
Konstantin Lisenkov Russia (RUS) |
100 m freestyle S9 |
Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS) |
Tamas Toth Hungary (HUN) |
Tamas Sors Hungary (HUN) |
100 m freestyle S10 |
André Brasil Brazil (BRA) |
Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues Brazil (BRA) |
Andrew Pasterfield Australia (AUS) |
100 m freestyle S11 |
Bradley Snyder United States (USA) |
Bozun Yang China (CHN) |
Hendri Herbst South Africa (RSA) |
100 m freestyle S12 |
Maksym Veraksa Ukraine (UKR) |
Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov Russia (RUS) |
Tucker Dupree United States (USA) |
100 m freestyle S13 |
Ihar Boki Belarus (BLR) |
Charl Bouwer South Africa (RSA) |
Aleksandr Golintovskii Russia (RUS) |
200 m freestyle S2 |
Yang Yang China (CHN) |
Dmitrii Kokarev Russia (RUS) |
Itzhak Mamistvalov Israel (ISR) |
200 m freestyle S4 |
Gustavo Sanchez Martinez Mexico (MEX) |
David Smetanine France (FRA) |
Richard Oribe Spain (ESP) |
200 m freestyle S5 |
Daniel Dias Brazil (BRA) |
Sebastián Rodríguez Spain (ESP) |
Roy Perkins United States (USA) |
200 m freestyle S14 |
Jon Margeir Sverrisson Iceland (ISL) |
Daniel Fox Australia (AUS) |
Wonsang Cho South Korea (KOR) |
400 m freestyle S6 |
Darragh McDonald Ireland (IRL) |
Anders Olsson Sweden (SWE) |
Matthew Whorwood Great Britain (GBR) |
400 m freestyle S7 |
Josef Craig Great Britain (GBR) |
Shiyun Pan China (CHN) |
Andrey Gladkov Russia (RUS) |
400 m freestyle S8 |
Yinan Wang China (CHN) |
Oliver Hynd Great Britain (GBR) |
Sam Hynd Great Britain (GBR) |
400 m freestyle S9 |
Brenden Hall Australia (AUS) |
Tamas Sors Hungary (HUN) |
Federico Morlacchi Italy (ITA) |
400 m freestyle S10 |
Ian Jaryd Silverman United States (USA) |
Benoit Huot Canada (CAN) |
Robert Welbourn Great Britain (GBR) |
400 m freestyle S11 |
Bradley Snyder United States (USA) |
Enhamed Enhamed Spain (ESP) |
Bozun Yang China (CHN) |
400 m freestyle S12 |
Sergey Punko Russia (RUS) |
Enrique Floriano Spain (ESP) |
Sergii Klippert Ukraine (UKR) |
400 m freestyle S13 |
Ihar Boki Belarus (BLR) |
Danylo Chufarov Ukraine (UKR) |
Aleksandr Golintovskii Russia (RUS) |
50 m backstroke S1 |
Hennadii Boiko Ukraine (UKR) |
Christos Tampaxis Greece (GRE) |
Oleksandr Golovko Ukraine (UKR) |
50 m backstroke S2 |
Yang Yang China (CHN) |
Aristeidis Makrodimitris Greece (GRE) |
Dmitry Kokarev Russia (RUS) |
50 m backstroke S3 |
Min Byeong-Eon South Korea (KOR) |
Dmytro Vynohradets Ukraine (UKR) |
Du Jianping China (CHN) |
50 m backstroke S4 |
Juan Reyes Mexico (MEX) |
Aleksei Lyzhikhin Russia (RUS) |
Gustavo Sanchez Martinez Mexico (MEX) |
50 m backstroke S5 |
Daniel Dias Brazil (BRA) |
Junquan He China (CHN) |
Zsolt Vereczkei Hungary (HUN) |
100 m backstroke S6 |
Tao Zheng China (CHN) |
Hongguang Jia China (CHN) |
Sebastian Iwanow Germany (GER) |
100 m backstroke S7 |
Jonathan Fox Great Britain (GBR) |
Yevheniy Bohodayko Ukraine (UKR) |
Spanja Mihovil Croatia (CRO) |
100 m backstroke S8 |
Konstantin Lisenkov Russia (RUS) |
Denis Tarasov Russia (RUS) |
Oliver Hynd Great Britain (GBR) |
100 m backstroke S9 |
Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS) |
James Crisp Great Britain (GBR) |
Xiaobing Liu China (CHN) |
100 m backstroke S10 |
Justin Zook United States (USA) |
André Brasil Brazil (BRA) |
Benoit Huot Canada (CAN) |
100 m backstroke S11 |
Dmytro Zalevskyy Ukraine (UKR) |
Bozun Yang China (CHN) |
Viktor Smyrnov Ukraine (UKR) |
100 m backstroke S12 |
Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov Russia (RUS) |
Tucker Dupree United States (USA) |
Sergii Klippert Ukraine (UKR) |
100 m backstroke S13 |
Ihar Boki Belarus (BLR) |
Charl Bouwer South Africa (RSA) |
Charalampos Taiganidis Greece (GRE) |
100 m backstroke S14 |
Marc Evers Netherlands (NED) |
Aaron Moores Great Britain (GBR) |
Kai Lun Au Hong Kong (HKG) |
50 m breaststroke SB2 |
Jianping Du China (CHN) |
Arnulfo Castorena Mexico (MEX) |
Dmytro Vynohradets Ukraine (UKR) |
50 m breaststroke SB3 |
Michael Schoenmaker Netherlands (NED) |
Miguel Luque Spain (ESP) |
Takayuki Suzuki Japan (JPN) |
100 m breaststroke SB4 |
Daniel Dias Brazil (BRA) |
Moises Fuentes Garcia Colombia (COL) |
Ricardo Ten Spain (ESP) |
100 m breaststroke SB5 |
Woo-Geun Lim South Korea (KOR) |
Niels Grunenberg Germany (GER) |
Pedro Rangel Mexico (MEX) |
100 m breaststroke SB6 |
Yevheniy Bohodayko Ukraine (UKR) |
Torben Schmidtke Germany (GER) |
Christoph Burkard Germany (GER) |
100 m breaststroke SB7 |
Blake Cochrane Australia (AUS) |
Tomotaro Nakamura Japan (JPN) |
Matt Levy Australia (AUS) |
100 m breaststroke SB8 |
Andriy Kalyna Ukraine (UKR) |
Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS) |
Maurice Deelen Netherlands (NED) |
100 m breaststroke SB9 |
Pavel Poltavtsev Russia (RUS) |
Kevin Paul South Africa (RSA) |
Lin Furong China (CHN) |
100 m breaststroke SB11 |
Bozun Yang China (CHN) |
Keiichi Kimura Japan (JPN) |
Oleksandr Mashchenko Ukraine (UKR) |
100 m breaststroke SB12 |
Mikhail Zimin Russia (RUS) |
Uladzimir Izotau Belarus (BLR) |
Maksym Veraksa Ukraine (UKR) |
100 m breaststroke SB13 |
Oleksii Feydina Ukraine (UKR) |
Daniel Sharp New Zealand (NZL) |
Roman Dubovoy Russia (RUS) |
100 m breaststroke SB14 |
Yasuhiro Tanaka Japan (JPN) |
Artem Pavlenko Russia (RUS) |
Marc Evers Netherlands (NED) |
50 m butterfly S5 |
Daniel Dias Brazil (BRA) |
Roy Perkins United States (USA) |
Junquan He China (CHN) |
50 m butterfly S6 |
Qing Xu China (CHN) |
Tao Zheng China (CHN) |
Kyosuke Oyama Japan (JPN) |
50 m butterfly S7 |
Shiyun Pan China (CHN) |
Yevheniy Bohodayko Ukraine (UKR) |
Jingang Wang China (CHN) |
100 m butterfly S8 |
Charles Rozoy France (FRA) |
Yanpeng Wei China (CHN) |
Maodang Song China (CHN) |
100 m butterfly S9 |
Tamás Sors Hungary (HUN) |
Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS) |
Federico Morlacchi Italy (ITA) |
100 m butterfly S10 |
André Brasil Brazil (BRA) |
Dmitry Grigorev Russia (RUS) |
Achmat Hassiem South Africa (RSA) |
100 m butterfly S11 |
Viktor Smyrnov Ukraine (UKR) |
Enhamed Enhamed Spain (ESP) |
Keiichi Kimura Japan (JPN) |
100 m butterfly S12 |
Roman Makarov Russia (RUS) |
Sergey Punko Russia (RUS) |
James Clegg Great Britain (GBR) |
100 m butterfly S13 |
Ihar Boki Belarus (BLR) |
Roman Dubovoy Russia (RUS) |
Tim Antalfy Australia (AUS) |
150 m individual medley SM3 |
Jianping Du China (CHN) |
Dmytroz Vynohradets Ukraine (UKR) |
Hanhua Li China (CHN) |
150 m individual medley SM4 |
Cameron Leslie New Zealand (NZL) |
Gustavo Sanchez Martinez Mexico (MEX) |
Takayuki Suzuki Japan (JPN) |
200 m individual medley SM6 |
Qing Xu China (CHN) |
Sascha Kindred Great Britain (GBR) |
Tao Zheng China (CHN) |
200 m individual medley SM7 |
Yevheniy Bohodayko Ukraine (UKR) |
Rudy Garcia-Tolson United States (USA) |
Matt Levy Australia (AUS) |
200 m individual medley SM8 |
Oliver Hynd Great Britain (GBR) |
Jiachao Wang China (CHN) |
Maurice Deelen Netherlands (NED) |
200 m individual medley SM9 |
Matthew Cowdrey Australia (AUS) |
Andriy Kalyna Ukraine (UKR) |
Federico Morlacchi Italy (ITA) |
200 m individual medley SM10 |
Benoit Huot Canada (CAN) |
André Brasil Brazil (BRA) |
Rick Pendleton Australia (AUS) |
200 m individual medley SM11 |
Yang Bozun China (CHN) |
Viktor Smyrnov Ukraine (UKR) |
Oleksandr Mashchenko Ukraine (UKR) |
200 m individual medley SM12 |
Maksym Veraksa Ukraine (UKR) |
Aleksandr Nevolin-Svetov Russia (RUS) |
Sergey Punko Russia (RUS) |
200 m individual medley SM13 |
Ihar Boki Belarus (BLR) |
Roman Dubovoy Russia (RUS) |
Danylo Chufarov Ukraine (UKR) |
4×100 m freestyle 34pts |
Australia (AUS) Andrew Pasterfield Matt Levy Blake Cochrane Matthew Cowdrey |
China (CHN) Song Maodong Wang Jiachao Lin Furong Wang Yinan |
Russia (RUS) Konstantin Lisenkov Evgeny Zimin Denis Tarasov Dmitry Grigorev |
4×100 m medley 34pts |
China (CHN) Liu Xiaobing Lin Furong Wei Yanpeng Wang Yinan |
Russia (RUS) Konstantin Lisenkov Pavel Poltavtsev Eduard Samarin Denis Tarasov |
Australia (AUS) Michael Anderson Matthew Cowdrey Brenden Hall Matt Levy |
Women's events
References
- ↑ Schedule page from the 2012 Paralympics website (www.london2012.com/paralympics/); retrieved 2012-05-31.
- ↑ About: Swimming page from the 2012 Paralympics website (www.london2012.com/paralympics/); retrieved 2012-05-31.
- ↑ London 2012 - Qualification Criteria page from the website of the International Paralympic Committee (www.paralympic.org); retrieved 2012-05-31.
- ↑ Qualification slot numbers finalized. Published by IPC Swimming on 2012-05-23; retrieved 2012-05-31.
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