World Para Swimming European Championships

The World Para Swimming European Championships (World Para Swimming European Open Championships), known until 2018 as the IPC Swimming European Championships, are the European continental championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. Each championship is organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and behind the World Para Swimming Championships and the Summer Paralympic Games is the largest meet for European athletes. No championships were held in 2022.

World Para Swimming European Championships

Sport	Swimming
Founded	2009
Continent	European (IPC)

European championships

Number	Edition	Venue	Dates	Best nation
IPC Swimming European Championships
1	2009	Reykjavík, Iceland	18–24 October	Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2	2011	Berlin, Germany	3–9 July	Ukraine
3	2014	Eindhoven, Netherlands	4–10 August	Ukraine
4	2016	Funchal, Portugal	30 April – 7 May	Ukraine
World Para Swimming European Championships
5	2018	Dublin, Ireland[1]	13–19 August	Ukraine
6	2020	Funchal, Portugal[2]	16–22 May	Italy
7	2024	Funchal, Portugal[3]	21–27 April	Italy

Medals (2009-2024)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine	239	217	181	637
2	Great Britain	156	126	107	389
3	Russia	131	132	120	383
4	Italy	115	87	81	283
5	Spain	105	109	118	332
6	Netherlands	59	40	38	137
7	Germany	37	59	63	159
8	Belarus	32	13	21	66
9	France	29	37	45	111
10	Individual Neutral Athletes	25	18	32	75
11	Hungary	22	24	38	84
12	Israel	21	19	22	62
13	Sweden	18	16	20	54
14	Poland	15	40	32	87
15	Norway	15	13	13	41
16	Greece	14	26	31	71
17	Czech Republic	11	15	12	38
18	Croatia	7	12	6	25
19	Switzerland	7	6	8	21
20	Azerbaijan	6	6	7	19
21	Brazil	6	1	2	9
22	Denmark	5	6	14	25
23	Ireland	4	12	13	29
24	Turkey	4	9	13	26
25	Australia	4	2	7	13
26	Estonia	3	4	3	10
27	Cyprus	3	3	1	7
28	Lithuania	3	1	3	7
29	Chile	2	2	0	4
30	Singapore	2	0	0	2
31	Portugal	1	10	15	26
32	Iceland	1	4	2	7
33	Belgium	1	2	6	9
34	Slovenia	1	2	2	5
35	United States	1	2	1	4
36	Latvia	1	0	1	2
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
	Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1
	Mexico	1	0	0	1
40	Austria	0	7	10	17
41	Slovakia	0	3	6	9
42	Finland	0	2	2	4
43	Hong Kong	0	2	1	3
	Uzbekistan	0	2	1	3
45	China	0	2	0	2
46	South Africa	0	1	3	4
47	Cuba	0	1	1	2
48	Argentina	0	1	0	1
49	Faroe Islands	0	0	2	2
Totals (49 entries)		1,109	1,096	1,104	3,309

2009 medal table^[4] 2011 medal table^[5][6] 2014 medal table^[7] 2016 medal table^[8] 2018 medal table^[9] 2020 medal table^[10] 2024 medal table^[11]

• Hong Kong was guest in 2009.
• Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba and Kazakhstan were guests in 2021.
• Australia, Brazil, China, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, United States and Uzbekistan were guests in 2024.

See also

• World Para Swimming Championships
• Swimming at the Summer Paralympics
• List of IPC world records in swimming