INAS World Swimming Championships are a quadrennial international swimming competition organised by International Sports Federation for Persons with Intellectual Disability for athletes who have an intellectual impairment and swim in the S14 swimming category in Paralympic swimming. [1]
All swimming events were contested in long course (50 metre) swimming pools.
| Event | 1989 | 2004 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2013 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 100m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 200m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 400m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 800m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 1500m freestyle | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 50m backstroke | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 100m backstroke | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 200m backstroke | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 50m breaststroke | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 100m breaststroke | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 200m breaststroke | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 50m butterfly | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 100m butterfly | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 200m butterfly | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 200m individual medley | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 400m individual medley | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| 4x50m freestyle relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4x100m freestyle relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4x200m freestyle relay | X | ||||||
| 4x50m medley relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 4x100m medley relay | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Year | Host | Dates | Nations | Events | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  Härnösand | 2 - 6 July | [2] | ||
| 1999 |  Liberec | ||||
| 2004 |  Hong Kong | 7 - 14 January | [3] | ||
| 2005 | Liberec | 4 - 11 September | [4] | ||
| 2007 |  Ghent | 21 - 28 August | [5] | ||
| 2013 |  Noumea | 19 - 23 August | [6] | ||
| 2017 |  Aguascalientes City | 29 November - 3 December | [7] | ||
| 2021 |  Montluçon | 10 - 18 December | [8] |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Australia | 50 | 41 | 36 | 127 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 41 | 30 | 24 | 95 |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 21 | 33 | 27 | 81 |
| 4 |  Brazil | 20 | 7 | 5 | 32 |
| 5 |  Hungary | 17 | 8 | 10 | 35 |
| 6 | Sweden | 15 | 12 | 14 | 41 |
| 7 |  Iceland | 15 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 |  Japan | 14 | 23 | 20 | 57 |
| 9 | Mexico | 10 | 12 | 13 | 35 |
| 10 |  South Africa | 9 | 21 | 26 | 56 |
| 11 | France | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 |
| 12 |  Spain | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 13 |  Netherlands | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 14 |  Poland | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| 15 |  Chinese Taipei | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 16 |  Estonia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 |  South Korea | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 18 |  United States | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 19 |  Colombia | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 20 |  Macau | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 22 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 23 |  Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 248 | 246 | 236 | 730 | |
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