# 2017 World Para Swimming Championships

The 2017 World Para Swimming Championships was the ninth edition of the World Para Swimming Championships, an international swimming competition for athletes with a disability. It was held in Mexico City, Mexico and took place from 2 to 7 December. Around 304 athletes from around 70 different countries competed at the games, with China topping the tables with most gold medals and medals won. The event was held at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez located in Mexico City. However, due to safety concerns, both Great Britain and Russia withdrew from the rearranged championships.

## Venue

The Championship was staged at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez located at Mexico City, Mexico.

## Events
### Classification

Athletes are allocated a classification for each event based upon their disability to allow fairer competition between athletes of similar ability. The classifications for swimming are:
* Visual impairment
** S11-S13
* Intellectual impairment
** S14
* Other disability
** S1-S10 (Freestyle, backstroke and butterfly)
** SB1-SB9 (breaststroke)
** SM1-SM10 (individual medley)
Classifications run from S1 (severely disabled) to S10 (minimally disabled) for athletes with physical disabilities, and S11 (totally blind) to S13 (legally blind) for visually impaired athletes. Blind athletes must use blackened goggles.

### Schedule

* Finals
| Date → | Date → | 2 Dec | 3 Dec | 4 Dec | 5 Dec | 6 Dec | 7 Dec |
| 50 m Freestyle | Men Details | S10 | | S7 S8 | S4 S5 S12 S13 | S3 | S6 S9 S11 |
| 50 m Freestyle | Women Details | S10 | | S7 | S5 S11 S12 S13 | S3 S4 | S6 S8 S9 |
| 100 m Freestyle | Men Details | S1-5 S7 S11 | S8 S10 | S6 S9 | | | S12 S13 |
| 100 m Freestyle | Women Details | S5 S7 S11 | S8 S10 S12 S13 | S3 S4 S6 S9 | | | |
| 200 m freestyle | Men Details | | | S3 | S14 | | S2 S4 S5 |
| 200 m freestyle | Women Details | | | | S14 | S1-5 | |
| 400 m freestyle | Men Details | S6 | S7 S8 S13 | | S11 | | S9 S10 |
| 400 m freestyle | Women Details | S6 | | | S11 S13 | S7 S8 S9 | S10 |
| 50m backstroke | Men Details | | S3 S4 | S1 S2 S5 | | | |
| 50m backstroke | Women Details | | S3 S4 | S5 | | | |
| 100 m backstroke | Men Details | S8 S9 S10 S12 S13 | S11 | | S6 S7 | S14 | S1 S2 |
| 100 m backstroke | Women Details | S9 S10 S12 S13 | S11 | | S6 S7 S8 | S14 | |
| 50 m breaststroke | Men Details | | | | SB2 SB2 | | |
| 50 m breaststroke | Women Details | | | | SB3 | | |
| 100m breaststroke | Men Details | SB4 SB14 | SB5 SB6 | | SB7 SB8 SB9 SB13 | SB11 SB12 | |
| 100m breaststroke | Women Details | SB4 SB14 | SB5 SB6 SB7 | | SB8 SB9 | SB11 SB12 SB13 | |
| 50 m butterfly | Men Details | | | | S7 | S6 | |
| 50 m butterfly | Women Details | | S5 | | S6 S7 | | |
| 100m butterfly | Men Details | | | S11 S12 S13 | | S8 S9 S10 | S14 |
| 100m butterfly | Women Details | | | S12-13 | | S8 S9 S10 | S14 |
| 150m medley | Men Details | | | | | | SM3 SM4 |
| 150m medley | Women Details | | | | | | SM3-4 |
| 200m medley | Men Details | | | SM9 SM10 SM14 | | SM11 SM13 | SM6 SM7 SM8 |
| 200m medley | Women Details | | | SM9 SM10 SM14 | | SM11 SM13 | SM6 SM7 SM8 |
| 4×50m freestyle relays | Mixed Details | | | | | | 20pts |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Men Details | 34pts | | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m freestyle relays | Women Details | | 34pts | | | | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relays | Men Details | | | | | 34pts | |
| 4 × 100 m medley relays | Women Details | | | | | | 34pts |

## Medal table

The medal table at the end of the championship.  Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 30 | 16 | 10 | 56 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 21 | 20 | 13 | 54 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 20 | 10 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 18 | 9 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Belarus (BLR) | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 10 | 16 | 19 | 45 |
| 7 | Colombia (COL) | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Mexico (MEX)* | 6 | 14 | 14 | 34 |
| 9 | Germany (GER) | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Norway (NOR) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | Greece (GRE) | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Sweden (SWE) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 18 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Iceland (ISL) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Cyprus (CYP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 29 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 30 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 33 | Independent Para Athlete | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 35 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 37 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 39 | Ecuador (ECU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (40 entries) | Totals (40 entries) | 156 | 150 | 144 | 450 |

### Multiple medallists

Many competitors won multiple medals at the 2017 Championships. The following athletes won five gold medals or more.
| Name | Country | Medal | Event |
| Jessica Long | United States | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold | 100m Backstroke S8 100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Butterfly S8 100m Freestyle S8 200m Individual Medley SM8 400m Freestyle S8 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts |
| André Brasil | Brazil | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver | 100m Backstroke S10 100m Butterfly S10 100m Freestyle S10 200m Individual Medley SM10 400m Freestyle S10 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts 50m Freestyle S10 |
| Ihar Boki | Belarus | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver | 100m Backstroke S13 100m Breaststroke SB13 100m Butterfly S13 100m Freestyle S13 200m Indiv. Medley SM13 400m Freestyle S13 50m Freestyle S13 |
| Haijiao Xu | China | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver | 100m Butterfly S8 100m Freestyle S8 200m Individual Medley SM8 400m Freestyle S8 50m Freestyle S8 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 100m Breaststroke SB8 |
| Daniel Dias | Brazil | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold | 100m Freestyle S1-5 200m Freestyle S5 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay 34pts 4 × 100 m Medley Relay 34pts 50m Backstroke S5 50m Freestyle S5 |
| Carlotta Gilli | Italy | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Silver | 100m Backstroke S13 100m Butterfly S12-13 100m Freestyle S13 200m Indiv. Medley SM13 50m Freestyle S13 400m Freestyle S13 |
| Wenpan Juang | China | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Bronze | 150m Individual Medley SM3 150m Individual Medley SM3 50m Breaststroke SB2 50m Freestyle S3 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 50m Backstroke S3 |
| Carlos Serrano Zárate | Colombia | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Bronze | 100m Breaststroke SB7 100m Freestyle S7 200m Individual Medley SM7 50m Butterfly S7 50m Freestyle S7 400m Freestyle S7 |
| Lingling Song | China | Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold  Gold | 4x50m Freestyle Relay 20pts 100m Backstroke S6 100m Breaststroke SB5 200m Individual Medley SM6 400m Freestyle S6 |

## Records

Multiple world and continental records were broken during the competition. The below table lists the number of records broken by country.
Legend
    WR: World record, CR: Championship record, AF: Africa record, AM: Americas record, AS: Asian record, EU: European record, OS: Oceania record
New Records :
| Nation | WR | CR | AF | AM | AS | EU | OC |
| Australia | 3 | | | | | | 19 |
| Belarus | 4 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 1 | 4 | | 5 | | | |
| Canada | | 1 | | 7 | | | |
| China | 3 | 4 | | | 17 | | |
| Colombia | 1 | | | 4 | | | |
| Egypt | | | 1 | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | | 1 | | | | | |
| Italy | | 1 | | | | 2 | |
| Indonesia | | | | | 1 | | |
| Israel | | 1 | | | | | |
| Japan | | 3 | | | | | |
| Germany | | 1 | | | | | |
| Great Britain | 2 | 2 | | | | 6 | |
| Greece | | 1 | | | | | |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | | 5 | | | |
| Mauritius | | 1 | | | | | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| Norway | | 2 | | | | | |
| New Zealand | | 4 | | | | | 3 |
| Poland | | | | | | 1 | |
| Russia | 10 | 4 | | | | | |
| South Africa | | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| South Korea | | 2 | | | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | | | | | | |
| United States | 3 | 5 | | | | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 5 | | | | 5 | |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | 5 | | |
| Vietnam | | | | | 2 | | |
| Total | 36 | 44 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 22 |

## Footnotes
### References

* ↑ "GB withdraw from Para-swimming Worlds". BBC Sport.
* ↑ "Multi Medallists". IPC.
* ↑ "Record Broken by Event" (PDF). IPC. Retrieved 11 December 2015.