S11 (classification)

This classification is for swimming.{{cite web |first=Jane |last=Buckley |year=2011 |url=http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/doc.php?ID=38 |title=Understanding Classification: A Guide to the Classification Systems used in Paralympic Sports |website=portingwheelies.org.au |access-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411023150/http://www.sportingwheelies.org.au/doc.php?ID=38 |archive-date=11 April 2011}} In the classification title, S represents Freestyle, Backstroke and Butterfly strokes. SB means breaststroke. SM means individual medley. Jane Buckley, writing for the Sporting Wheelies, describes the swimmers in this classification as: "unable to see at all and are considered totally blind (see IBSA B1 – appendix). Swimmers must wear blackened goggles if they swim in this class. They will also require someone to tap them when they are approaching a wall."

Internationally, the classification is done by the International Blind Sports Association.{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsa.es/docinteres/HTM/MedicalClassification.htm |title=IBSA Medical Classification |publisher=International Blind Sports Association |access-date=3 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811060928/http://www.ibsa.es/docinteres/HTM/MedicalClassification.htm |archive-date=11 August 2011}} In Australia, to be classified in this category, athletes contact the Australian Paralympic Committee or their state swimming governing body.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org.au/sites/default/files/APC%20Classification%20Information%20Sheet%20-%20Swimming_1.pdf |title=Classification Information Sheet |publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee |date=8 March 2011 |page=3 |access-date=17 November 2011}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In the United States, classification is handled by the United States Paralympic Committee on a national level. The classification test has three components: "a bench test, a water test, observation during competition."{{cite web |url=http://usparalympics.org/sports/classification/swimming |title=U.S. Paralympics National Classification Policies & Procedures SWIMMING |publisher=United States Paralympic Committee |date=26 June 2011 |access-date=18 November 2011}} American swimmers are assessed by four people: a medical classifier, two general classifiers and a technical classifier.

For the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, the International Paralympic Committee had a zero classification at the Games policy. This policy was put into place in 2014, with the goal of avoiding last minute changes in classes that would negatively impact athlete training preparations. All competitors needed to be internationally classified with their classification status confirmed prior to the Games, with exceptions to this policy being dealt with on a case-by-case basis.{{Cite web |url=https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/document/160404093217097_Classification+Guide+-+updated+version_0.pdf |title=Rio 2016 Classification Guide |website=Paralympic.org |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |date=March 2016 |access-date=22 July 2016}}

For this classification, organisers of the Paralympic Games have the option of including the following events on the Paralympic programme: 50m, 100m and 400m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 100m Butterfly, 200m Individual Medley, and {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} Freestyle Relay and {{nowrap|4 × 100 m}} Medley Relay.{{cite web |url=http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/swimming/n214355368.shtml |title=Swimming Classification |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |year=2008 |access-date=18 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314164230/http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/swimming/n214355368.shtml |archive-date=14 March 2012}}

{{As of|February 2013}}, in the S11 50 m Freestyle Long Course, the men's world record is held by Yang Bozan and the women's world record is held by Cecilia Camellini.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/sdms/web/sw/record.pdf.sw.php?xml=0&rct=RCTWR&dis=LC&gen=&evt=SWF50 |title=IPC Swimming World Records Long Course |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=10 February 2013}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}} In the S11 400 m Freestyle Long Course, the men's world record is held by the American John Morgan and the women's world record is held by the American Anastasia Pagonis.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/sdms/web/sw/record.pdf.sw.php?xml=0&rct=RCTWR&dis=LC&gen=&evt=SWF40 |title=IPC Swimming World Records Long Course |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=10 February 2013}}{{dead link|date=February 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-400m-freestyle-s11-fnl-000100-.htm |title=Swimming - Final Results - Women's 400m Freestyle - S11 |work=Tokyo 2020 Paralympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=2021-08-27 |archive-date=2021-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826230919/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/results-women-s-400m-freestyle-s11-fnl-000100-.htm |url-status=dead }}

Swimmers who have competed in this classification include Alexander Chekurov,{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=20&gender=all&medal=medals&npc=all&games=2008PG |title=Results |publisher=International Paralympic Committee |access-date=18 November 2011 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817204430/http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=20&gender=all&medal=medals&npc=all&games=2008PG |url-status=dead }} Enhamed Enhamed and Junichi Kawai who all won medals in their class at the 2008 Paralympics.

American swimmers who have been classified by the United States Paralympic Committee as being in this class include Katie Pavlacka, Rio Popper, Julianna Raiche and Rylie Robinson.{{cite web |url=http://assets.usoc.org/assets/documents/attached_file/filename1/50364/USA_Classification_Database_SWI.pdf |title=USA NATIONAL CLASSIFICATION DATABASE |publisher=United States Paralympic Committee |date=7 October 2011 |access-date=18 November 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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