Swimming

Swimming (sport)

Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

at the 1960 Summer Paralympics

1960 Summer Paralympics

The 1960 Summer Paralympics, originally known as the 9th Annual International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first international Paralympic Games, following on from the Stoke Mandeville Games of 1948 and 1952. They were organised under the aegis of the International Stoke Mandeville Games...

consisted of 62 events, 32 for men and 30 for women.

There were between one and three competitors for each race, meaning that every swimmer completing a race was guaranteed a medal. All swimmers successfully completed their races, and every swimmer at the Games therefore obtained a medal.

Men's events

25 m crawl juniors incomplete class 2		None	None
25 m crawl juniors incomplete class 4		None	None
25 m crawl complete class 1			None
25 m crawl complete class 2
25 m crawl incomplete class 1			None
25 m crawl incomplete class 2
50 m crawl complete class 3
50 m crawl complete class 4
50 m crawl complete class 5
50 m crawl incomplete class 3
50 m crawl incomplete class 4
25 m backstroke juniors incomplete class 2			None
25 m backstroke juniors incomplete class 4		None	None
25 m backstroke complete class 1
25 m backstroke complete class 2
25 m backstroke incomplete class 1
25 m backstroke incomplete class 2
50 m backstroke complete class 3
50 m backstroke complete class 4
50 m backstroke complete class 5			None
50 m backstroke incomplete class 3			None
50 m backstroke incomplete class 4
25 m breaststroke complete class 1
25 m breaststroke complete class 2
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 1 and 2			None
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2
50 m breaststroke complete class 3
50 m breaststroke complete class 4
50 m breaststroke complete class 5		None	None
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 3
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 4
3×50 m medley relay open

Women's events

25 m crawl juniors incomplete class 4		None	None
25 m crawl complete class 1		None	None
25 m crawl complete class 2			None
25 m crawl incomplete class 1		None	None
25 m crawl incomplete class 2		None	None
50 m crawl complete class 3			None
50 m crawl complete class 4		None	None
50 m crawl complete class 5			None
50 m crawl incomplete class 3		None	None
50 m crawl incomplete class 4
25 m backstroke juniors incomplete class 4
25 m backstroke complete class 1		None	None
25 m backstroke complete class 2			None
25 m backstroke incomplete class 1		None	None
25 m backstroke incomplete class 2
50 m backstroke complete class 3
50 m backstroke complete class 4
50 m backstroke complete class 5		None	None
50 m backstroke incomplete class 3
50 m backstroke incomplete class 4
25 m breaststroke juniors incomplete class 4		None	None
25 m breaststroke complete class 1			None
25 m breaststroke complete class 2
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 1		None	None
25 m breaststroke incomplete class 2		None	None
50 m breaststroke complete class 3
50 m breaststroke complete class 4		None	None
50 m breaststroke complete class 5		None	None
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 3		None	None
50 m breaststroke incomplete class 4