2000 Paralympic Games - Sydney

Swimming Participation Statistics - Men

MEN - FCS

98 swimmers won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event.

39 swimmers who won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games also won at least one medal – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event at the 1996 Paralympic Games.

12 swimmers who won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games although not gaining a medal at the 1996 Paralympic Games did compete at the Games.

18 swimmers who won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games also won at least one medal – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event at the 1992 Paralympic Games.

7 swimmers who won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games although not gaining a medal at the 1992 Paralympic Games did compete at the Games.

Of these 98 medal winners there were only 4 swimmers that can be regarded as ‘new’ swimmers on the international scene as their classification was not recorded until 2000.  It needs to be noted that although these swimmers had only been internationally classified in 2000 it has been recorded that they have been involved in competitive swimming for over an average of 2 years.

The age of these swimmers who competed in Sydney and won at least one medal ranged from a 15 year old through to a 51 year old.

The average age of the medal winners was 26 years.

The average number of sessions per week for these medal winners was 6 water sessions.

The figures determining the number of water training sessions per week was taken from the swimmers classification sheets.

In regard to the number of water training sessions that these swimmer were undertaking, in many cases this information dated back a number of years.  The swimmers as they have become more professional may have increased the number of water sessions per week.  It also must be realised that the average number of sessions has been taken over classes 1 – 10.  Looking closely at the number of sessions we were able to determine the average session undertaken class by class.  

Classes S1 – S4 = 3 to 4 sessions per week

Classes S5 – S6 = 5 to 6 sessions per week

Classes S7 – S8 = 7 to 8 sessions per week

Classes S9 – S10 = 8 to 10 sessions per week

Many of the swimmers are also involved in cross training ie circuit training, core strength training, weight training, etc

The average number of years these medal winners have been involved in competitive swimmer was 9.6 years.

The figures determining the number of years involved in competitive swimming was taken from the swimmers classification sheets.

MEN - BLIND

28 swimmers won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event.

12 swimmers won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games also won at least one medal – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event at the 1996 Paralympic Games.

3 swimmers who won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games although not gaining a medal at the 1996 Paralympic Games did compete at the Games.

8 swimmers who won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games also won at least one medal – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event at the 1992 Paralympic Games.

Of these 28 medal winners there were only 2 swimmers that can be regarded as ‘new’ swimmers on the international scene as their classification was not recorded until 2000.

The age of these swimmers who competed in Sydney and won at least one medal ranged from a 16 year old through to a 41 year old.

The age for two of the swimmers is unknown.

The average age of the medal winners was 22 years.

Due to not having access to the number of training sessions per week or the number of years these swimmers have been involved in competitive swimming as is available for FCS swimmers no averages could be calculated.

MEN – S14  

9 male swimmers won at least one medal at the 2000 Paralympic Games – gold, silver or bronze – in an individual event.

The age of these swimmers who competed in Sydney and won at least one medal ranged from 17 years through to 24 years.

The average age of the medal winners was 20 years.

DISTRIBUTION OF MEDALS FOR MEDALISTS  

FCS - Men

 BLIND - Men

 S14 - Men