Results, highlights, news and interviews from our live coverage of day 4. Mens swimming 100m backstroke s6 final from the london 2012 paralympic. The country finished third in the medals table, behind china and russia, winning 120 medals in total. Big names ready to relive 2012 paralympics at swimming worlds stephanie millward, ihar boki and daniel dias among stars returning to queen elizabeth olympic park hoping to make more memories 08 sep 2019. More than half of the two million tickets for the london 2012 paralympics will cost. Lloyds tsb, proud supporter of paralympicsgb and proud partner of the london 2012 paralympic. The international paralympic committee recognises the fastest performances in swimming events at the paralympic games. Come behind the scenes in the build up to the games, hear from the athletes.
The sport of swimming dates from ancient egyptian and ancient greek times. Official 2012 olympic games volleyball results book produced. With the second largest number of athletes and events at the games, swimming is one of the most popular paralympic sports. The aquatics centre was one of the loudest venues at the london 2012 paralympic games, as 148 world and 97 paralympic records were broken in front of soldout crowds during 10 days of swimming. The passive drag force of 1 swimmers classes 314 was measured using an. London 2012 paralympic games football 5aside men london 2012 paralympic games football 5aside men preliminary. Some of the countrys top paraswimmers are taking on a contingent from europe as they showcase their skills in the pool used for the 2012 paralympic games. Britains oliver hynd wins swimming medley gold 4 september 2012 heather frederiksen takes bold route to paralympic 2012 backstroke gold heather frederiksen won a. There are 20 sports in the london 2012 paralympics and within many athletes are categorised by disability type. That form continued when she won gold in the butterfly at the uk championships in 2012. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics mens 200 metre. All the best photo and video highlights of swimming at the london 2012 summer games olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete.
Official website of the london 2012 paralympic games in great britain, 29. Two years on and the dividends from that golden summer are accelerating the transformation of an area. Please note that because a number of antidoping rules violations procedures are still in progress including procedures involving medalists further to the results of the retesting programmes carried out on the samples collected in beijing 2008 and london 2012 the information contained in the list is not final. Guide to the paralympic games history of the paralympic games 3 in 1948, as the olympic games took place in london, the seeds for future paralympic games were sown.
Swimming at the 2012 paralympic games was held from 30 august to 8 september 2012 at the london aquatics centre in london, uk. The sailing competition of the 2012 london paralympic games will take place at the weymouth and portland national sailing academy wpnsa. The 2012 summer paralympics, the 14th summer paralympic games, and also more generally known as the london 2012 paralympic games, were a major international multisport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the international paralympic committee, that took place in london, united kingdom from 29 august to 9 september 2012. Jan 25, 20 the health protection agency, now public health england, spent 7 years preparing for the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games to ensure world class systems were in place to help protect the. To date twentytwo irish athletes have secured qualification places for the london 2012 paralympic games. Freestyle essentially front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. The official report published by the locog consists of a single set of two commemorative books published by wiley the official commemorative book. The mens 400m freestyle s10 event at the 2012 summer paralympics took place at the london aquatics centre on 5 september. The current status of equipment selected for use at the future paralympic sailing competitions is as follows. London 2012 paralympic media guide british swimming.
The london 2012 paralympics closing ceremony was a spectacular affair with coldplay, jayz and rihanna playing to a capacity crowd. Swimming mens 100m backstroke s6 final london 2012. Paralympic swimmer ellie simmonds and other london 2012 golden girls receive honours at the palace. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics womens 200. The 2012 summer paralympics, the 14th summer paralympic games, and also more generally known as the london 2012 paralympic games, were a major international multisport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the international paralympic committee ipc, that took place in london, united kingdom from 29 august to 9 september 2012. Ipc historical results archive, swimming at the london 2012 paralympic games, womens 100 m breaststroke sb7 official london 2012 paralympics results. Mar 21, 2012 irish paralympians book london places. The passive drag force of 1 swimmers classes 314 was measured using an electromechanical towing device and load cell. Live results for national paralympic day british swimming. London 2012 paralympic games schedule revealed bbc sport. Olympic womens volleyball team at 2012 olympic games london, england finish. Great britain at the 2012 summer paralympics wikipedia. By common consent, london wowed the world when it staged the 2012 olympic and paralympic games. Great britain competed at the 2012 summer paralympics in london, united kingdom, from 29 august to 9 september 2012 as the host nation.
Welcome to the official channel of the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games. The competition consisted of 148 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course 50m pool. If a swimmer has achieved a notable result their specific coach will make. Paralympic games results international blind sports. Great britain are one of the strongest nations in paralympic swimming finishing in the top four of the medal table at each of the last six games. Swimming has been part of at every summer paralympic games. The complete paralympic sport classification guide. And to stock up on stylish team usa gear that you can wear all year round, visit the team usa shop. The use of other prestigious venues such as wembley stadium for football, the allengland club in wimbledon for tennis, lords cricket ground for archery and horse guards parade for beach volleyball was also a feature of the london 2012 olympic and paralympic games. Australias rowan crothers books a middle lane for this evenings final.
Competitions have already taken place in cycling, sailing. Records fall as china, australia and ukraine top swimming medal standings. With 227 athletes competing across 19 sports, the us paralympics team for london 2012 will be one of the strongest to ever compete at the games, joining competitors from around the world to make. All four strokes feature in the medley relay and 200m individual.
The ipc is committed to enabling paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to develop sport opportunities for all persons with a. Paralympics books and database search results sports and. Paralympic swimmer ellie simmonds and other london 2012. The swimming competitions at the 2012 summer olympics in london took place from 28 july to 4 august at the aquatics centre. Well be in touch with news, updates, and ways you can help the team. London 2012 200m individual medley women olympic swimming. Records fall and praise rains down as paralympic games wins friends. Language watch edit the womens 200m freestyle s14 event at the 2012 summer paralympics took place at the london aquatics centre on 2 september. Swimming highlights london 2012 paralympic games youtube. Most news coverage has focused not on results or the medal chase, but on. Contents print media contacts media protocol list of medal events list of athletes and events. Swimming featured 34 events 17 male, 17 female, including two 10 km openwater marathons in hyde parks serpentine lake. Up to 600 swimmers 340 males, 260 females swum in the games.
Paralympics swimming trials will take place in bismarck, north. History of the paralympic games pioneering neurologist sir ludwig guttmann organised a sports competition at stoke mandeville hospital to coincide with the olympic games. Swimming mens 400m freestyle s10 final london 2012. The games, britains olympic and paralympic journey to london 2012 and a dvd, london 2012 olympic games. His royal highness prince edward the earl of wessex was present to witness a spectacular show that illustrated the four seasons. As a result of more countries showing the games, the number of hours broadcast. Paralympics athlete selection procedures 2012 london. Follow all of the live action from gb v europe at national paralympic day at the london aquatics centre. May 11, 2011 the london organising committee of the olympic and paralympic games said prices start at.
To celebrate the london 2012 games, the british council is making a wide range of classroom resources available for learners of english worldwide. Paralympics swimming provides opportunities for athletes with disabilities to compete and succeed in the sport of swimming. Aug 22, 2012 london 2012 olympic and paralympic games quarterly report june 2012. Swimming is second, with 599, followed by table tennis on 275. Records fall and praise rains down as paralympic games.
An interactive schedule with entries and athletes profiles can be found under schedule and results. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics womens 400. London organising committee of the olympic games and. David robertss dream of becoming most successful gb paralympian still alive david roberts, the 11time paralympic gold medal winner who was excluded from the gb swimming. Sep 05, 2012 as the 2012 summer paralympic games reach day 7, an estimated 4,200 athletes representing 167 countries are now competing in london. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics mens 200 metre freestyle s4. The legacy from the olympic and paralympic games second annual report. The aquatics centre was one of the loudest venues at the london 2012 paralympic games, as 148 world and 97 paralympic records were broken in front of soldout crowds during 10 days of swimming competition. United states at the 2012 summer paralympics wikipedia. The united states competed at the 2012 summer paralympics in london, united kingdom, from august 29 to september 9, 2012. During 2012, the new ipc brand book was finalised and released to the public.
List of british medal winners from the 2012 paralympics in london. Winner of four golds, 18, awarded an obe for services to paralympic sport. Apr 05, 2012 four strokes are used in paralympic competition. A total of 288 athletes were selected to compete along with other team members such as sighted guides.
Relive the moments that went down in history from the london 2012 summer olympics. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics mens 400 metre. The sport has appeared at every paralympics since the first games in 1960 and at london 2012 will have the second largest amount of. Paralympic swimming destined to push boundaries, this south african swimmer. Ashleigh mcconnell etched her name in paralympic history at her first paralympic games in 2016, when she and her womens 4x100m freestyle relay 34 points teammates ellie cole, maddison elliott and lakeisha patterson won gold in world record time. Host city london, great britain dates 29 09 september 2012 events 148. London 2012 double paralympic champion ellie simmonds published 29 may 2014 a double paralympic champion by the age of, ellie simmonds repeated the feat at london 2012, also winning a silver and a bronze medal in front of a delighted home crowd. Cundy won three gold and two bronze medals in swimming. The london 2012 paralympic games took place between 29 august and 9 september and.
The london 2012 games included a fouryear cultural olympiad. Summary of the bid preparation english and french candidature file. London 2012 swimming paralympic games international. London 2012 saw swimmer turned cyclist sarah storey ride into the record books, equalling the. The country won the first gold medal of the london games in rifle shooting and on thursday celebrated its 300th paralympic gold medal, won by zhao xu in the. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics womens 200 metre freestyle s14. The womens 400m freestyle s9 event at the 2012 summer paralympics took place at the london aquatics centre on 4 september. Jim anderson will be looking to medal in his sixth paralympic. The average age of the top 10 swimming medallists at the games was just 20 12, so with the large amount of success the young athletes and paralympic newcomers had in the pool in london, swimming will without a doubt be a paralympic sport to keep tabs on in the next four years as rio 2016 approaches.
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics womens 100 metre breaststroke sb6. The mens 200m freestyle s4 event at the 2012 summer paralympics took place at the london aquatics centre on 8 september. The openwater competition took place from 9 to 10 august in hyde park. Marc woods, fourtime paralympic swimming gold medallist. The schedule of events for the 2012 paralympic games in london is revealed, with great britains track cyclists set to star on day one. London 2012 olympic and paralympic games quarterly report. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics mens 400 metre freestyle s10. Contents history of the paralympic games 3 sporting excellence 7 paralympicsgb 8 iconic athletes 9 the london 2012 paralympic games list of programme sports 14 london s plans 15. No event can prepare you for the paralympics alice tai on life. British olympians on the highs and lows of life after the games last summer, team gb won 63 golds in the olympics and paralympics. The womens 100m breaststroke sb6 event at the 2012 summer paralympics took place at the london aquatics centre on 5 september. Relay entries at the 2012 london paralympic games the head coach, in consultation with the assistant coaches, shall select the swimmers for each relay conducted at the 2012 london paralympic games. London 2012 swimming international paralympic committee.
Sep 18, 2016 london 2012 paralympic sailing competition 06 sep 12 no racing was possible on the final day of sailing at the london 2012 paralympic sailing competition meaning that the results from the day prior confirmed the medals. Archived from the original on 2012 09 official london 2012 paralympics results. London organising committee of the olympic games and paralympic games limited 2. Swimming at the 2012 paralympic games was held from 30 august to 8 september. Swimming at the 2012 summer paralympics womens 100. They were the biggest paralympic games ever featuring 4,200 athletes from 160 countries who competed in 20 sports. The official commemorative book first edition first impression by tom knight, sybil ruscoe, sebastian coe kbe isbn. Mike kenny has won more gold medals in paralympic swimming than any other briton winning 16 across four paralympics 19761988.