Swimming

Swimming for men and women has been a part of the Paralympic program since the first Games in 1960 in Rome, Italy.  Today, the races are highly competitive and among the largest and most popular events in the Paralympic Games. Paralympic swimming competitions occur in 50-meter pools and, while competing, no prostheses or assistive devices may be worn.

Paralympic swimming competition is open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities such as dwarfism, amputation/limb loss, blindness/visual impairment, spinal cord injury/wheelchair-users, cerebral palsy/brain injury/stroke and Les autres.

E-mail your questions about swimming.  Find a local program in your community - visit the Paralympic Activity Network.

The USA Swimming Disability Swimming Committee is seeking nominations for national and LSC-level awards for swimmers with a disability and their coaches, as well as members of the swimming community who have provided outstanding service to disability swimming. Award descriptions and nomination forms are posted in the "Records and Recognition" section of the disability swimming section of this web site at http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1541&Alias=Rainbow&Lang=en. The deadline for nominations is August 1, 2010.

USA Swimming 2009-10 Scholastic All-America Team Application