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Swimming will be second biggest competition at Paralympics

Featuring a total of 600 athletes competing for 148 medals, Swimming will be the second biggest competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Paralympic Swimming at Beijing
Eleanor Simmonds of Great Britain and Mirjam de Koning-Peper of the Netherlands in action during the 400m Freestyle S6 Swimming event at the National Aquatics Centre during day eight of the 2008 Paralympic Games on September 14, 2008 in Beijing, China.

The classification for the sport includes categories for athletes with visual impairments, physical impairments and intellectual impairments.

They use the four basic strokes: Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly.

All entries for Swimming will be confirmed following the sport entries deadline on 6 August 2012.

Find out more about the sport

See the competition schedule


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