Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Swimming
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueOlympic Aquatics Stadium
Dates8–17 September
Competitors595 from 80 nations
2012
2020

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 (50-metre) pool.[1] Up to 600 swimmers (340 males, 260 females) competed in the Games. With 152 events, swimming came second only to athletics as the largest sport at the 2016 Games.

  1. ^ "Paralympic Swimming". Rio 2016 Summer Paralympics. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.