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World Para Swimming Championships

World championships for swimming

The World Para Swimming Championships, known also as the IPC Swimming World Championships, are the world championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Previously on a four-year rotation, the championships are now held biennially, a year after the regional championships and year prior to the Paralympic Games.

In November 2016, the IPC (which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including swimming) adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were rebranded as "World Para" championships.

History

World Para Swimming Championships (Long Course)

The first World Para Swimming Championships were held from 2-7 December, 2017, in Mexico City; the first IPC Swimming Championships (the former title of the championships) were held from 14-26 July, 1990, in Assen, one year after the IPC was founded.

Number	Year	Venue	Dates	Best nation
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1	1990	NED Assen	14 – 26 July	unknown
2	1994	MLT Valletta	1 – 9 November	unknown
3	1998	NZL Christchurch	7 – 17 October	Canada
4	2002	ARG Mar del Plata	3 – 12 December	Great Britain
5	2006	RSA Durban	2 – 8 December	United States
6	2010	NED Eindhoven	15 – 21 August	Ukraine
7	2013	CAN Montreal	11 – 17 August	Ukraine
8	2015	GBR Glasgow	13 – 19 July	Russia
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9	2017	MEX Mexico City	2 – 7 December	China
10	2019	GBR London	9 – 15 September	Italy
11	2022	POR Madeira	12 – 18 June	Italy
12	2023	GBR Manchester	31 July – 6 August	Italy
13	2025	SGP Singapore	21 – 27 September	Italy

World Para Swimming Championships (Short Course)

The first (and only, as of 2023) short course world championships were held in December 2009, in Rio de Janeiro.

Number	Year	Venue	Dates	Best nation
1	2009	BRA Rio de Janeiro	29 Nov – 5 Dec	RUS Russia

References

(30 November 2016). "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for". International Paralympic Committee.
International Paralympic Committee. [https://www.paralympic.org/the-ipc/history-of-the-movement "Paralympics: History of the Movement"], Official Website of the Paralympic Movement.
(13 September 2019). "Madeira to host 2021 Para Swimming Worlds".

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