2008 Beijing Paralympics Swimming

The Paralympic Games is an international competition among each nation’s elite athletes with physical disabilities and is second in size only to the Olympic Games. The Paralympic Games follow the Olympic Games at the same venues and facilities. The 2008 games are in Beijing, 6 - 17 September.

The Paralympic Games have been contested since 1960 and now feature competition in 19 sports. The Paralympic Games offers competition to athletes who are blind or visually impaired, to athletes with amputated limbs or similar impairments, to athletes with spinal cord injuries and athletes who have motor impairments due to cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, or stroke. In certain sports, athletes with other physical disabilities may also compete.

• Swimming Schedule and Results for the 2008 Beijing Paralympics (Official Beijing Paralympics Site)

• Swimming Results for Team USA at the Paralympic Games

• 2008 Paralympics Video Coverage

• Beijing Paralympic Games Classification System for Paralympians

• 2008 US Paralympics Swimming Team

• US Paralympics

• The International Paralympic Committee (IPC)