Swimming

S = Freestyle, Butterfly & Backstroke

SB = Breaststroke

SM = Individual Medley

S1/SB1: Swimmers who have significant movement difficulties in arms, legs and trunk. Swimmers use a wheelchair for everyday mobility. Swimmers start in the water for all strokes, use assistance for water exit and entry and complete all strokes on their back

S2/SB1: Swimmers have significant movement difficulties in arms, legs and trunk, but with more propulsive ability in arms or legs than S1 swimmers. Swimmers use water starts and assistance with water entry

S3/SB2: Swimmers with good shoulder movement, some elbow and hand movement, with no use of their legs or trunk; swimmers with significant limb loss in all four limbs. Swimmers use water starts and assistance in the water.

S4/SB3: Swimmers with good use of arms and some hand weakness with no use of their trunk or legs; swimmers with significant limb loss to three or four limbs. Swimmers usually start in the water.

S5/SB4: Swimmers with good use of arms, but no trunk and leg movement; swimmers with some limb loss in three or four limbs. Some swimmers may start in the water.

S6/SB5: Swimmers with short stature; swimmers with good arms, some trunk and no leg movement; swimmers with significant impairment down one side of their body (limb loss, movement difficulties).

S7/SB6: Swimmers with good arms, trunk and some leg movement; swimmers with co-ordination weakness or limb loss down one side of the body

S8/SB7: Swimmers with full use of their arms and trunk with good hip and some leg movement; swimmers with limb loss of two limbs; swimmers without the use of one arm. Swimmers use regular starts, strokes and turns.

S9/SB8: Swimmers with weakness, limb loss or movement difficulties in one arm or leg only; swimmers with slight co-ordination difficulties. Swimmers use regular starts, strokes and turns

S10/SB9: Swimmers with very minimal impairment that affects one joint, usually their foot or hand. Starts, turns and strokes are smooth and fluid.

Visual Impairment

S11: Athletes have very low visual acuity (how far they can see) and/or no light perception (LogMAR less than 2.60). − Swimmers wear blacked out goggles and use a tapper as they approach the end of the pool

S12: Athletes who have limited vision in both eyes either in: − Visual acuity (how far they can see) (LogMAR 1.50 to 2.60 inclusive). Athletes can see objects up to 2 meters away, what a person with normal vision can see at 60 metres away (2/60 vision); or − Visual Field (how wide they can see). Athletes have tunnel vision less than 10 degrees diameter.

S13: Athletes who have limited vision in both eyes either in: − Visual acuity (how far they can see) (LogMAR 1 to 1.40 inclusive). Athletes can see objects up to 6 meters away, what a person with normal vision can see at 60 metres away (6/60 vision); or − Visual Field (how wide they can see). Athletes have tunnel vision less than 40 degrees diameter.

Intellectual Impairment

S14: Swimmers with IQ of 75 or lower on standard tests, acquired prior to 18 years. Evidence of significant limitations in adaptive behaviour as expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills.