2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships

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2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships
WPS European Championships 2020 logo.png
Host city Funchal, Portugal
Date(s)16–22 May 2021
Venue(s)Penteada Olympic Pools Complex
Nations participating46
Athletes participating371

The 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships took place in Funchal, Portugal from 16 to 22 May 2021. It was the sixth edition of the championships. The event was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. [1]

Contents

Schedule

158 scheduled events took place. [2]

Date →Sun
16 May
Mon
17 May
Tues
18 May
Wed
19 May
Thurs
20 May
Fri
21 May
Sat
22 May
50m freestyle Men
Details
S5
S10
S11
S12S4
S6
S8
S13
S3
S7
S9
Women
Details
S5
S10
S11
S12S4
S6
S8
S13
S7S9
100m freestyleMen
Details
S4
S6
S13S8
S9
S11
S12
S10
S14
S5
S7
Women
Details
S4
S6
S13S8
S9
S11
S12
S10
S14
S5
S7
200m freestyleMen
Details
S14S2S4
S5
S3
Women
Details
S14S5
400m freestyleMen
Details
S8S7S10S6S9S13S11
Women
Details
S8S7S10S6S9S13
50m backstroke Men
Details
S5S3
S4
S1S3
Women
Details
S5S3
S4
S9
S11
100m backstrokeMen
Details
S6
S12
S8
S14
S1
S2
S7
S13
S9
S11
S10
Women
Details
S6
S12
S8
S14
S7
S13
S10
50m breaststroke Men
Details
SB2
SB3
Women
Details
SB3
100m breaststrokeMen
Details
SB4
SB9
SB13SB7
SB11
SB14
SB12SB5SB6SB8
Women
Details
SB4
SB9
SB13SB7
SB11
SB14
SB12SB5
SB6
SB8
50m butterfly Men
Details
S13S5S7S6
Women
Details
S13S5S7S6
100m butterflyMen
Details
S13S11
S12
S8
S9
S10S14
Women
Details
S9S10S14
150m individual medley Men
Details
SM4
Women
Details
SM4
200m individual medleyMen
Details
SM7SM9
SM10
SM6SM11SM14SM8SM13
Women
Details
SM7SM9
SM10
SM6SM14SM8SM13
Medley relay Details Mixed 4x50m
(20pts)
Mixed 4 × 100 m
(S14)
Mixed 4 × 100 m
(49pts)
Men's 4 × 100 m
(34pts)
Women's 4 × 100 m
(34pts)
Freestyle relay Details Mixed 4x50m
(20pts)
Mixed 4 × 100 m
(S14)
Mixed 4 × 100 m
(49pts)
Men's 4 × 100 m
(34pts)
Women's 4 × 100 m
(34pts)

Medal table

After Day 7 [3] [4]

  Host nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34262080
2Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 33322893
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25263283
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11172048
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 92213
6Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 73919
7Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6107
8Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 54312
9Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 5038
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4127
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 39921
12Flag of France.svg  France 37414
13Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 3104
14Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 3003
15Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2215
16Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 2204
17Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1438
18Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal*1113
19Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 1001
20Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 05510
21Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 0336
22Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0235
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 0235
24Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0112
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0112
26Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0101
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0101
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0101
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0101
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0101
31Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0011
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0011
Totals (32 entries)158157155470

Broken records

EventRoundNameNationTimeDate
Men's 100m butterfly S13Final Ihar Boki Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 53.72 WR, ER16 May
Women's 100m backstroke S6Final Nora Meister Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:21.78 ER16 May
Men's 200m freestyle S14Final Gabriel Bandeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:55.37 AM16 May
Women's 200m individual medley SM7Final Giulia Terzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:08.12 ER16 May
Men's 100m freestyle S6Heat 2 Antonio Fantin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04.01 WR, ER17 May
FinalFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:03.76 WR, ER17 May
Men's 100m backstroke S14Heat 2 Gabriel Bandeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:02.23 AM17 May
Men's 100m freestyle S4Final Ami Omer Dadaon Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1:19.77 WR, ER17 May
Women's 100m freestyle S3Final Arjola Trimi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:31.46 ER17 May
Men's 200m individual medley SM9Final Ugo Didier Flag of France.svg  France 2:16.04 ER17 May
Men's 150m individual medley SM4Final Roman Zhdanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:22.38 WR, ER18 May
Men's 100m breaststroke SB14Final Gabriel Bandeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1:06.31 AM18 May
Women's 100m backstroke S13Final Carlotta Gilli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:05.56 WR, ER19 May
Men's 100m freestyle S9Final Simone Barlaam Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53.03 WR, ER19 May
Men's 100m breaststroke SB5Final Antoni Ponce Bertran Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:25.46 WR, ER20 May
Women's 50m freestyle S3Final Arjola Trimi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 41.15 WR, ER20 May
Men's 50m freestyle S4Final Ami Omer Dadaon Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 37.60 ER20 May
Men's 50m butterfly S7Final Andrii Trusov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 29.33 ER20 May
Women's 50m butterfly S7Final Giulia Terzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34.95 ER20 May
Men's 50m freestyle S6Final Antonio Fantin Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 29.11 ER20 May
Men's 200m individual medley SM14Final Gabriel Bandeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:10.92 AM20 May
Men's 100m backstroke S9Final Bogdan Mozgovoi Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01.16 WR, ER20 May
Men's 100m freestyle S14Final Gabriel Bandeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 51.60 AM21 May
Men's 200m freestyle S4Final Ami Omer Dadaon Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:51.80 WR, ER21 May
Men's 100m breaststroke SB8Final Vicente Enrique Almonacid Heyl Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 1:09.83 AM22 May
Women's 100m freestyle S7Final Giulia Terzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:10.48 ER22 May
Women's 50m freestyle S9Final Susana Veiga Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28,85 ER22 May
Men's 100m butterfly S14Final Gabriel Bandeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 54.99 AM22 May
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34ptsFinal Stefano Raimondi
Antonio Fantin
Federico Morlacchi
Simone Barlaam
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3:46.06 WR, ER22 May

Participating nations

The championships served as a qualifier for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Not only were there European countries competing, some South American and Asian countries also took part because the games were an open championship. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

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