2018 World Para Swimming European Championships

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World Para Swimming European Championships 2018
WPS European Championships 2018 logo.jpg
Host cityDublin, Ireland
Date(s)13–19 August 2018
Venue(s)National Aquatic Centre
Nations participating40
Athletes participating500
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The 2018 World Para Swimming European Championships, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2018 World Para Swimming Allianz European Championships took place in Dublin, Ireland from 13 to 19 August 2018. It was the 5th edition of the Championships, the first under the new World Para Swimming branding, and the first time Ireland had hosted.[1] Ukraine topped the medal table for the fourth time in a row.[2]

Formerly the IPC Swimming European Championships, this was the first edition of the championships since IPC undertook a rebrand of all sports for which they are the governing body, including the 'World Para' title for the committees running each sport. IPC Swimming was rebranded World Para Swimming in 2016; its first World Para Swimming Championships were held in 2017, and the European Championships followed suit in 2018.

Summary[]

25 Athletes won three gold medals or more at the event, while the ten listed below won 4 golds or more. Ihar Boki of Belarus, with seven gold medals, was the most successful swimmer at the event, with Yelyzaveta Mereshko of Ukraine the most successful female athlete with 5 gold and 3 silver medals.

The most successful home athlete was Ellen Keane, with one gold and one bronze medal. Her gold medal represented Ireland's first ever gold in the European Para Swimming Championships.

Rank Athlete Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ihar Boki  Belarus (BLR) 7 0 0 7
2 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine (UKR) 5 3 0 8
3 Iaroslav Denysenko  Ukraine (UKR) 5 2 0 7
4 Maksym Krypak  Ukraine (UKR) 4 3 0 7
5 Antonio Fantin  Italy (ITA) 4 2 0 6
6 Liesette Bruinsma  Netherlands (NED) 4 1 0 5
Simone Barlaam  Italy (ITA) 4 1 0 5
8 Federico Morlacchi  Italy (ITA) 4 0 2 6
9 Carlotta Gilli  Italy (ITA) 4 0 1 5
10 Alice Tai  Great Britain (GBR) 4 0 0 4

22 World Records were broken in total across all events, with a further 9 European records also falling.[3] Liesette Bruinsma of the Netherlands broke three world records in the S11 classification, the most of any competitor; women's 100 metres freestyle S11, 400 metres freestyle S11 and 200 metres individual medley S11.[3]

Final medal table[]

Ukraine topped the medal table in both golds and total medals for the fourth time in a row. Ukraine dominated men's swimming with 22 golds, while Great Britain led the field in women's swimming, with 17 golds. Hosts Ireland finished 16th, with 3 medals including 1 gold.[2]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Ukraine (UKR)334429106
2 Italy (ITA)28232172
3 Great Britain (GBR)20181755
4 Netherlands (NED)168529
5 Spain (ESP)13162352
6 Belarus (BLR)101314
7 Germany (GER)841022
8 Greece (GRE)6219
9 Poland (POL)45413
10 Israel (ISR)33612
11 France (FRA)24814
12  Switzerland (SUI)2338
13 Hungary (HUN)2259
14 Czech Republic (CZE)2215
15 Turkey (TUR)1124
16 Ireland (IRL)*1113
17 Latvia (LAT)1012
 Slovenia (SLO)1012
19 Croatia (CRO)1001
20 Sweden (SWE)0246
21 Portugal (POR)0235
22 Austria (AUT)0224
23 Norway (NOR)0213
24 Iceland (ISL)0202
25 Finland (FIN)0112
26 Cyprus (CYP)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
28 Denmark (DEN)0022
Totals (28 nations)154150154458

References[]

  1. ^ "www.paralympic.org/dublin-2018". paralympic.org. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dublin 2018 - Medal table, from Paralympic.org
  3. ^ a b Dublin 2018 - Broken records


See also[]

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