All the Links You Need for the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships

2022 World Para Swimming Championships

• June 12-18, 2022
• Madeira, Portugal
• Penteada Swimming Pool Complex
• LCM (50-meter format)
• Start Times
  • Finals: 5 p.m. local / 12 p.m. ET
• Qualifying Criteria
• Storylines to Watch
• Entry List
• Meet Central
• Live Results
• Streaming Info

More than 500 athletes from 59 countries are slated to compete at the World Para Swimming Championships in Madeira from June 12-18 in what will be the largest international Para sport event to take place in Portugal. 

Madeira’s capital of Funchal is more than just the hometown of soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo – the island has a history of staging international para swimming events as the venue of the European Open Championships in 2016 and 2021.

Initially set for 2021, the competition was moved to this summer due to the postponement of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo from 2020 to 2021. At the last World Championships three years ago in London, Italy led the way with 50 total medals, including 20 golds – one ahead of Great Britain. 

Event Schedule

Sunday, June 12

• Men’s 400 freestyle S8
• Women’s 400 freestyle S8
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB9
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB9
• Men’s 100 butterfly S13
• Women’s 100 butterfly S13 combined S12 (S11-12)
• Men’s 50 freestyle S5
• Women’s 50 freestyle S5
• Men’s 50 breaststroke SB2
• Women’s 50 breaststroke SB2
• Men’s 100 backstroke S6
• Women’s 100 backstroke S6
• Men’s 200 freestyle S14
• Women’s 200 freestyle S14
• Men’s 200 IM SM7
• Women’s 200 IM SM7
• Men’s 50 freestyle S11
• Women’s 50 freestyle S11
• Men’s 50 breaststroke SB3
• Women’s 50 breaststroke SB3
• Men’s 100 backstroke S12
• Women’s 100 backstroke S12
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB4
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB4
• Men’s 50 freestyle S10
• Women’s 50 freestyle S10

Monday, June 13

• Men’s 400 freestyle S7
• Women’s 400 freestyle S7
• Men’s 100 freestyle S4
• Women’s 100 freestyle S4
• Men’s 50 backstroke S5
• Women’s 50 backstroke S5
• Men’s 150 IM SM3
• Women’s 150 IM SM3
• Men’s 100 freestyle S6
• Women’s 100 freestyle S6
• Men’s 200 IM SM10
• Women’s 200 IM SM10
• Men’s 100 backstroke S8
• Women’s 100 backstroke S8
• Men’s 100 butterfly S11
• Men’s 100 butterfly S12
• Men’s 100 backstroke S14
• Women’s 100 backstroke S14
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB13
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB13
• Men’s 200 IM SM9
• Women’s 200 IM SM9
• Mixed 4×50 freestyle 20 pts (S1-S10)

Tuesday, June 14

• Men’s 100 backstroke S1
• Men’s 100 backstroke S2
• Women’s 100 backstroke S2
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB7
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB7
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB14
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB14
• Men’s 150 IM SM4
• Women’s 150 IM SM4
• Men’s 50 freestyle S12
• Women’s 50 freestyle S12
• Men’s 50 butterfly S5
• Women’s 50 butterfly S5
• Men’s 200 IM SM6
• Women’s 200 IM SM6
• Men’s 100 butterfly S9
• Women’s 100 butterfly S9
• Men’s 400 freestyle S10
• Women’s 400 freestyle S10
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB11
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB11
• Men’s 100 freestyle S13
• Women’s 100 freestyle S13
• Men’s 100 butterfly S8
• Women’s 100 butterfly S8
• Mixed 4×50 medley 20 pts (S1-10/SB1-9)

Wednesday, June 15

• Men’s 400 freestyle S6
• Women’s 400 freestyle S6
• Men’s 200 IM SM11
• Women’s 200 IM SM11
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB12
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB12
• Men’s 100 backstroke S13
• Women’s 100 backstroke S13
• Men’s 100 freestyle S8
• Women’s 100 freestyle S8
• Men’s 50 backstroke S3
• Women’s 50 backstroke S3
• Men’s 50 backstroke S4
• Women’s 50 backstroke S4
• Men’s 200 freestyle S2 combined S1
• Men’s 200 IM SM5
• Women’s 200 IM SM5
• Men’s 100 backstroke S7
• Women’s 100 backstroke S7
• Men’s 100 freestyle S9
• Women’s 100 freestyle S9
• Mixed 4×100 medley 49 pts (S11-13/SB11-13)
• Mixed 4×100 freestyle S14

Thursday, June 16

• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB5
• Women’s 400 freestyle S9
• Men’s 400 freestyle S9
• Women’s 100 butterfly S10
• Men’s 100 butterfly S10
• Women’s 50 freestyle S4
• Men’s 50 freestyle S4
• Women’s 50 freestyle S8
• Men’s 50 freestyle S8
• Women’s 50 butterfly S7
• Men’s 50 butterfly S7
• Women’s 100 freestyle S12
• Men’s 100 freestyle S12
• Women’s 200 IM SM14
• Men’s 200 IM SM14
• Women’s 100 freestyle S11
• Men’s 100 freestyle S11
• Women’s 50 freestyle S3
• Men’s 50 freestyle S3
• Women’s 50 freestyle S6
• Men’s 50 freestyle S6
• Women’s 50 freestyle S13
• Men’s 50 freestyle S13
• Mixed 4×50 medley 34 pts (S1-10/SB1-9)

Friday, June 17

• Women’s 400 freestyle S13
• Men’s 400 freestyle S13
• Women’s 100 backstroke S11
• Men’s 100 backstroke S11
• Women’s 50 freestyle S7
• Men’s 50 freestyle S7
• Women’s 50 backstroke S2
• Men’s 50 backstroke S2
• Men’s 50 backstroke S1
• Women’s 200 IM SM8
• Men’s 200 IM SM8
• Women’s 200 freestyle S5
• Men’s 200 freestyle S5
• Men’s 200 freestyle S3
• Women’s 100 backstroke S9
• Men’s 100 backstroke S9
• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB6
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB6 combined SB5
• Women’s 100 freestyle S10
• Men’s 100 freestyle S10
• Mixed 4×100 medley S14 
• Mixed 4×100 freestyle 49 pts (SB11-13)

Saturday, June 18

• Women’s 100 breaststroke SB8
• Men’s 100 breaststroke SB8
• Women’s 100 backstroke S10
• Men’s 100 backstroke S10 
• Women’s 400 freestyle S11
• Men’s 400 freestyle S11
• Women’s 100 freestyle S7
• Men’s 100 freestyle S7
• Women’s 200 freestyle S4 combined S3
• Men’s 200 freestyle S4
• Women’s 200 IM SM13
• Men’s 200 IM SM13
• Women’s 100 freestyle S5
• Men’s 100 freestyle S5
• Women’s 100 freestyle S3
• Men’s 100 freestyle S3
• Women’s 50 butterfly S6
• Men’s 50 butterfly S6
• Women’s 50 freestyle S9
• Men’s 50 freestyle S9
• Women’s 50 butterfly S14
• Men’s 100 butterfly S14
• Mixed 4×100 freestyle 34 points (S1-10)

How to Watch

The World Championships will be livestreamed on World Para Swimming’s Facebook page and on the Paralympic Games’ Youtube channel, subject to geo-restrictions in some areas. All finals will also be livestreamed on the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Facebook page and Paralympic.ca as well as CBC Sports digital platforms for fans in Canada. 

The finals will begin at 5 p.m. local time in Madeira. Portugal is five hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Check out when that is in some major time zones below: 

• Madeira, Portugal: 5:00 pm
• US Eastern Time: 12 p.m.
• US Central Time: 11:00 am
• US Pacific Time: 9:00 am
• Central European Time: 6:00 pm
• Beijing Time: Midnight
• Tokyo Time: 1:00 am (next day)
• Australian Eastern Time: 2:00 am (next day)

You can also follow along with live results from the official Paralympic site here. The full entry list can be found here.