Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Qualification for swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics begin on 1 October 2022 and finish on 31 January 2024. There will be a total of 325 male and 280 female quotas in 141 swimming events (71 male, 64 female and 6 mixed open relays).

Timeline

Athletes have to compete in at least one of the following competitions in order to be qualified for the Summer Paralympics.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths
2023 Para Swimming World Series	17–19 February 2023	Melbourne	—
	9–12 March 2023	Lignano Sabbiadoro
	16–19 March 2023	Sheffield
	20–22 April 2023	Minneapolis
	29 April – 1 May 2023	Singapore
	11–14 May 2023	Berlin
	26–28 May 2023	Limoges
	5–8 October 2023	Tijuana
2023 World Para Swimming Championships	31 July – 6 August 2023	Manchester	270 qualified slots 142 male 128 female
2022 Asian Para Games	22–28 October 2023	Hangzhou	—
2023 Parapan American Games	17–25 November 2023	Santiago	—
MQS Slot Allocation	1 October 2022 – 31 January 2024	—	325 qualified slots 178 male 147 female
Bipartite Commission Invitation	16 April 2024	—	10 qualified slots 5 male 5 female
Total			605

Quotas

The qualification slots are allocated to the NPC not to the individual athlete. In Bipartite Commission Invitation method, the slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.

• An NPC can allocate a maximum of three eligible athletes per individual medal event.
• NPCs can allocate an eligible athlete who has met at least one MQS (Minimum Qualification Standard) in an unlimited number of medal events - as long as the athlete has met the MET (Minimum Entry Time) for each event.
• NPCs can allocated one team in each relay event. All team members must have entered at least one individual medal event in order to be selected as a member of the relay team.

Allocated time targets

Event	Class	Male		Female
		MQS	MET	MQS	MET
50m freestyle	S3	54.92	59.22	—
	S4	40.63	43.24	44.50	49.93
	S5	35.15	35.96	—
	S6	—		35.69	37.63
	S7	29.48	31.76	—
	S8	—		33.03	34.48
	S9	26.29	26.62	—
	S10	25.49	25.72	28.88	29.41
	S11	27.69	28.25	33.13	34.99
	S13	24.96	25.34	28.57	29.07
100m freestyle	S3	—		2:37.18	4:30.36
	S4	1:33.79	1:38.42	—
	S5	1:18.77	1:20.46	1:32.01	1:40.09
	S6	1:09.34	1:11.35	—
	S7	—		1:16.07	1:18.69
	S8	1:00.72	1:01.61	—
	S9	—		1:04.77	1:05.87
	S10	55.75	56.30	1:04.77	1:05.87
	S11	—		1:13.90	1:15.54
	S12	56.97	58.29	1:05.79	1:08.42
200m freestyle	S2	5:00.25	5:52.51	—
	S3	4:10.92	4:39.21	—
	S4	3:20.72	3:31.99	—
	S5	2:56.38	3:02.47	3:29.29	4:02.64
	S14	1:57.95	2:00.54	2:15.56	2:17.89
400m freestyle	S6	5:27.37	5:31.35	5:54.31	6:01.73
	S7	5:05.24	5:17.73	5:38.52	6:00.00
	S8	4:43.89	4:51.00	5:21.86	5:44.21
	S9	4:26.93	4:28.23	4:56.28	5:05.75
	S10	—		4:58.86	5:02.46
	S11	5:04.43	5:22.96	5:50.35	7:44.46
	S13	4:31.59	4:37.10	4:58.07	5:44.28
50m backstroke	S1	1:53.32	1:53.32	—
	S2	1:09.31	1:30.58	1:55.28	1:55.28
	S3	56.99	1:00.49	1:13.49	2:09.11
	S4	49.22	52.01	54.97	1:02.11
	S5	39.38	41.79	48.96	53.88
100m backstroke	S1	4:05.98	4:05.98	—
	S2	2:28.15	3:16.21	3:54.95	3:54.95
	S6	1:21.53	1:23.70	1:30.43	1:35.53
	S7	1:15.74	1:20.26	—
	S8	1:10.91	1:14.35	1:24.91	1:27.32
	S9	1:06.30	1:07.60	1:16.48	1:19.85
	S10	1:04.00	1:05.79	1:14.43	1:16.22
	S11	1:12.94	1:15.63	1:24.68	1:30.38
	S12	1:09.02	1:13.72	1:20.50	1:28.73
	S13	1:03.28	1:06.22	1:12.66	1:17.17
	S14	1:02.06	1:03.07	1:12.27	1:13.93
50m breaststroke	SB2	1:24.25	1:42.78	—
	SB3	55.77	58.06	1:07.05	1:10.97
100m breaststroke	SB4	1:56.83	2:00.75	2:20.91	2:51.00
	SB5	1:42.49	1:46.05	2:01.79	2:11.48
	SB6	1:25.36	1:27.84	1:42.59	1:50.45
	SB7	—		1:43.34	1:47.16
	SB8	1:14.84	1:18.71	1:28.79	1:31.61
	SB9	1:12.19	1:14.06	1:22.51	1:25.25
	SB11	1:24.11	1:28.09	1:34.52	1:45.81
	SB12	—		1:29.41	1:38.06
	SB13	1:11.90	1:17.13	1:23.39	1:27.57
	SB14	1:08.69	1:10.03	1:23.30	1:25.29
50m butterfly	S5	37.61	38.77	51.52	57.92
	S6	33.22	34.46	40.20	40.96
	S7	32.50	34.08	38.23	40.45
100m butterfly	S8	1:05.27	1:07.01	1:26.93	1:34.00
	S9	1:02.53	1:03.48	1:12.53	1:14.85
	S10	59.48	1:01.71	1:13.42	1:19.75
	S11	1:10.30	1:17.12	—
	S12	1:01.95	1:04.21	—
	S13	1:00.04	1:02.12	1:12.61	1:17.25
	S14	58.32	58.74	1:10.45	1:11.70
150m individual medley	SM3	3:44.30	4:42.88	—
	SM4	2:50.06	2:59.45	3:08.62	3:42.83
200m individual medley	SM5	—		4:47.34	5:15.98
	SM6	2:55.12	3:06.56	3:15.14	3:28.28
	SM7	2:45.82	2:54.49	3:12.14	3:32.77
	SM8	2:31.87	2:39.65	3:03.77	3:12.83
	SM9	2:24.20	2:25.74	2:40.96	2:46.65
	SM10	2:23.17	2:25.37	2:40.02	2:45.38
	SM11	2:40.33	2:49.86	3:03.89	3:15.69
	SM13	2:19.54	2:22.95	2:39.83	2:44.50
	SM14	2:14.06	2:16.61	2:36.45	2:38.42
Mixed 4 x 50m freestyle relay 20pts		3:02.91
Mixed 4 x 50m medley relay 20pts		3:37.50
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay S14		4:23.97
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts (VI)		4:25.09
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 34pts		4:41.09
Mixed 4 × 100 m medley relay 34pts		5:31.72

See also

• Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification