Competitors 595 from 80 nations Venue Olympic Aquatics Stadium | Dates 8 Sep 2016 – 17 Sep 2016 | |
 | ||
Location Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Swimming at the 2016 Paralympic Games will be held from 8 to 17 September 2016 at Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The competition consists of 152 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course (50-metre) pool. Up to 600 swimmers (340 males, 260 females) will compete in the Games. With 152 events, swimming comes second only to athletics as the largest sport at the 2016 Games.
Contents
Events
152 events over two genders (with one mixed relay), across 14 classification and four strokes will be contested during the Games. Below is a summary of the events that will be contested at the 2016 Games :
Key:
Event schedule
The schedule for the swimming events in the 2016 Summer Paralympics is set out below; in all cases, heats in each event shall be held in the morning, and the finals and victory ceremonies of the events shall be held on the evenings of the same day