2023 World Para Swimming Championships

The 2023 World Para Swimming Championships was the 12th edition of the World Para Swimming Championships,[1] an international swimming competition for swimmers with disabilities. It was held in Manchester, Great Britain from 31 July to 6 August 2023. This was the third time that Great Britain have hosted the World Para Swimming Championships with Glasgow hosting in 2015 and London hosting in 2019.

2023 World Para Swimming Championships
Date(s)31 July to 6 August
Venue(s)Manchester Aquatics Centre
Nations participating70
Athletes participating549

The World Championships serves as a qualifier for the 2024 Summer Paralympics where two top swimmers in each individual medal event final will be automatically selected to compete at the Paralympics. As a swimmer can only hold one quota, which makes them eligible for all events in their classification for which they have a qualifying time, unrequired quotas are returned to be distributed later.

Participating nations

Schedule

Purple squares mark final heats scheduled.[7]

Date →31
Mon
1
Tues
2
Wed
3
Thurs
4
Fri
5
Sat
6
Sun
50m freestyleMen
Details
S5
S10
S11
S12S3
S4
S6
S8
S13
S7S9
Women
Details
S5
S10
S11
S12S3
S4
S6
S8
S13
S7S9
100m freestyleMen
Details
S4
S6
S13S8
S9
S11
S12
S10S3
S5
S7
Women
Details
S4
S6
S13S8
S9
S11
S12
S10S3
S5
S7
200m freestyleMen
Details
S14S1
S2
S3
S5
S4
Women
Details
S14S2S3
S5
S4
400m freestyleMen
Details
S8S7S10S6S9S13S11
Women
Details
S8S7S10S6S9S13S11
50m backstrokeMen
Details
S5S3
S4
S1
S2
Women
Details
S5S3
S4
S2
100m backstrokeMen
Details
S6
S12
S8
S14
S1
S2
S7
S13
S9
S11
S10
Women
Details
S6
S12
S8
S14
S2S7
S13
S9
S11
S10
50m breaststrokeMen
Details
SB2
SB3
SB3
Women
Details
SB2
SB3
SB3
100m breaststrokeMen
Details
SB4
SB9
SB13SB7
SB11
SB14
SB12SB5SB6SB8
Women
Details
SB4
SB9
SB13SB7
SB11
SB14
SB12SB5SB6SB8
50m butterflyMen
Details
S5S7S6
Women
Details
S5S7S6
100m butterflyMen
Details
S13S11
S12
S8
S9
S10S14
Women
Details
S13S12S8
S9
S10S14
150m individual medleyMen
Details
SM3SM4
Women
Details
SM3SM4
200m individual medleyMen
Details
SM7SM9
SM10
SM6SM5
SM11
SM14SM8SM13
Women
Details
SM7SM9
SM10
SM6SM5
SM11
SM14SM8SM13
Freestyle relayDetailsMixed
4x50m (20pts)
Mixed
4 × 100 m (S14)
Mixed
4 × 100 m (49pts)
Mixed
4 × 100 m (34pts)
Medley relayDetailsMixed
4x50m (20pts)
Mixed
4 × 100 m (49pts)
Mixed
4x50m (34pts)
Mixed
4 × 100 m (S14)

Multi-medalists

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

Men

NameNationMedalsEvents
Simone Barlaam  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
Men's 100m backstroke S9
Men's 100m butterfly S9
Men's 50m freestyle S9
Men's 100m freestyle S9
Men's 400m freestyle S9
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Stefano Raimondi  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
Men's 100m backstroke S10
Men's 100m breaststroke SB9
Men's 100m butterfly S10
Men's 200m individual medley SM10
Men's 400m freestyle S10
Men's 100m freestyle S10
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts
Andrii Trusov  Ukraine  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Bronze
Men's 100m backstroke S7
Men's 50m freestyle S7
Men's 100m freestyle S7
Men's 200m individual medley SM7
Men's 50m butterfly S7
Men's 400m freestyle S7
Guo Jincheng  China  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
Men's 200m individual medley SM5
Men's 50m freestyle S5
Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Mixed 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Men's 50m butterfly S5
Men's 50m backstroke S5
Ami Omer Dadaon  Israel  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
Men's 50m freestyle S4
Men's 100m freestyle S4
Men's 200m freestyle S4
Men's 150m individual medley SM4
Denys Ostapchenko  Ukraine  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
Men's 50m freestyle S3
Men's 100m freestyle S3
Men's 200m freestyle S3
Men's 50m backstroke S3
Yuan Weiyi  China  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
Men's 50m Backstroke S5
Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pt
Mixed 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pt
Men's 50m freestyle S5
Men's 50m butterfly S5
Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
Men's 100m butterfly S11
Men's 100m freestyle S11
Men's 200m individual medley SM11
Men's 100m breaststroke SB11
Antonio Fantin  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
Men's 50m freestyle S6
Men's 100m freestyle S6
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Men's 400m freestyle S6
Alex Portal  France  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
Men's 100m freestyle S13
Men's 400m freestyle S13
Men's 200m individual medley SM13
Men's 100m butterfly S13
Oleksii Virchenko  Ukraine  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
Men's 50m freestyle S13
Men's 100m butterfly S13
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 49pts
Men's 100m backstroke S13
Men's 100m freestyle S13
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts
Gabriel Araújo  Brazil  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
Men's 50m backstroke S2
Men's 100m backstroke S2
Men's 200m freestyle S2
Rogier Dorsman  Netherlands  Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
Men's 100m breaststroke SB11
Men's 50m freestyle S11
Men's 100m freestyle S11
Men's 200m individual medley SM11
Men's 400m freestyle S11
Men's 100m backstroke S11
Federico Bicelli  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
Men's 400m freestyle S7
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Men's 100m freestyle S7
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts
Men's 100m backstroke S7
Carlos Serrano Zárate  Colombia  Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
Men's 100m breaststroke SB8
Men's 200m individual medley SM7
Men's 50m butterfly S7
Men's 50m freestyle S7
Men's 100m freestyle S7

Women

NameNationMedalsEvents
Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago  Brazil  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts
Women's 100m backstroke S12
Women's 100m butterfly S12
Women's 50m freestyle S12
Women's 100m freestyle S12
Women's 100m breaststroke SB12
Women's 200m individual medley SM13
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 49pts
Carlotta Gilli  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
Women's 100m butterfly S13
Women's 100m freestyle S13
Women's 400m freestyle S13
Women's 200m individual medley SM13
Women's 100m backstroke S13
Women's 50m freestyle S13
Jiang Yuyan  China  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
Mixed 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Women's 100m freestyle S6
Women's 400m freestyle S6
Women's 50m butterfly S6
Women's 100m backstroke S6
Women's 50m freestyle S6
Tanja Scholz  Germany  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
Women's 50m freestyle S4
Women's 100m freestyle S4
Women's 150m individual medley SM3
Women's 200m freestyle S5
Women's 50m backstroke S4
Women's 50m breaststroke SB2
Ellie Challis  Great Britain  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
Women's 200m freestyle S3
Women's 50m backstroke S3
Women's 50m breaststroke SB2
Women's 50m Freestyle S3
Women's 100m Freestyle S3
Women's 150m individual medley SM3
Lu Dong  China  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Bronze
 Bronze
Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Women's 50m backstroke S5
Women's 50m butterfly S5
Women's 200m individual medley SM5
Women's 50m freestyle S5
Bianka Pap  Hungary  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
 Bronze
Women's 100m backstroke S10
Women's 200m individual medley SM10
Women's 400m freestyle S10
Women's 100m freestyle S10
Monica Boggioni  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Gold
Women's 100m freestyle S5
Women's 200m freestyle S5
Women's 50m breaststroke SB3
Xenia Palazzo  Italy  Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Women's 400m freestyle S8
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts
Women's 100m backstroke S8
Women's 100m freestyle S8
Women's 200m individual medley SM8
Marta Fernández Infante  Spain  Gold
 Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S3
Women's 100m freestyle S3
Women's 150m individual medley SM3
Mixed 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Women's 50m breaststroke SB3
Poppy Maskill  Great Britain  Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay S14
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay S14
Women's 100m backstroke S14
Women's 100m butterfly S14
Women's 200m individual medley SM14
Anna Hontar  Ukraine  Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S6
Mixed 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Women's 100m freestyle S6
Mixed 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Women's 100m backstroke S6
Women's 100m breaststroke SB5
Anna Stetsenko  Ukraine  Gold
 Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 49pts
Women's 50m freestyle S12
Women's 100m freestyle S12
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts
Women's 400m freestyle S13
Mariana Ribeiro  Brazil  Gold
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
Women's 50m freestyle S9
Women's 100m freestyle S9
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Women's 100m backstroke S9
Olivia Chambers  United States  Silver
 Silver
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
 Bronze
Women's 200m individual medley SM13
Women's 400m freestyle S13
Women's 100m breaststroke SB13
Women's 100m butterfly S13
Women's 50m freestyle S13
Women's 100m freestyle S13

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

2023 World Para Swimming Championships medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy (ITA)26151152
2  Ukraine (UKR)20132255
3  China (CHN)18201351
4  Brazil (BRA)16111946
5  Great Britain (GBR)*14141038
6  Australia (AUS)971430
7  Canada (CAN)94619
8  Spain (ESP)613928
9  Netherlands (NED)610319
10  United States (USA)671225
11  Germany (GER)67417
12  France (FRA)46616
13  Israel (ISR)4138
14  Hungary (HUN)4127
15  Colombia (COL)36211
16  Poland (POL)2327
17  Azerbaijan (AZE)2125
18  South Africa (RSA)2114
19  Greece (GRE)2002
 Singapore (SGP)2002
21  Mexico (MEX)16613
22  Japan (JPN)14510
23  New Zealand (NZL)1225
24  Ireland (IRL)1203
25  Hong Kong (HKG)1102
 South Korea (KOR)1102
27  Czech Republic (CZE)1023
28  Cyprus (CYP)1012
29  Chile (CHL)0213
30  Croatia (CRO)0202
 Portugal (POR)0202
 Uzbekistan (UZB)0202
33  Argentina (ARG)0156
34  Switzerland (SUI)0123
35  Denmark (DEN)0112
36  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
38  Turkey (TUR)0022
39  Austria (AUT)0011
Totals (39 entries)169169169507

See also

References