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The World Para Swimming Championships, known also as the IPC Swimming World Championships, are the world championships for swimming where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Previously on a four-year rotation, the championships are now held biennially, a year after the regional championships and year prior to the Paralympic Games.

In November 2016, the IPC (which serves as the international federation for 10 disability sports, including swimming) adopted the "World Para" brand for all 10 sports. The world championship events in all of these sports were rebranded as "World Para" championships.^[1]

History

World Para Swimming Championships (Long Course)

The first World Para Swimming Championships were held from 2-7 December, 2017, in Mexico City; the first IPC Swimming Championships (the former title of the championships) were held from 14-26 July, 1990, in Assen, one year after the IPC was founded.^[2]

Number	Year	Venue	Dates	Best nation
IPC Swimming Championships
1	1990	Assen	14 – 26 July	unknown
2	1994	Valletta	1 – 9 November	unknown
3	1998	Christchurch	7 – 17 October	Canada
4	2002	Mar del Plata	3 – 12 December	Great Britain
5	2006	Durban	2 – 8 December	United States
6	2010	Eindhoven	15 – 21 August	Ukraine
7	2013	Montreal	11 – 17 August	Ukraine
8	2015	Glasgow	13 – 19 July	Russia
World Para Swimming Championships
9	2017	Mexico City	2 – 7 December	China
10	2019	London	9 – 15 September	Italy
11	2022	Madeira^[3]	12 – 18 June	Italy
12	2023	Manchester	31 July – 6 August	Italy
13	2025	Singapore	21 – 27 September

World Para Swimming Championships (Short Course)

The first (and only, as of 2023) short course world championships were held in December 2009, in Rio de Janeiro.

Number	Year	Venue	Dates	Best nation
1	2009	Rio de Janeiro	29 Nov – 5 Dec	Russia

References

^ "The IPC to rebrand the 10 sports it acts as International Federation for" (Press release). International Paralympic Committee. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
^ International Paralympic Committee. "Paralympics: History of the Movement", Official Website of the Paralympic Movement.
^ "Madeira to host 2021 Para Swimming Worlds". International Paralympic Committee. 13 September 2019.