Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics information
Swimming at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue
Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates
7–15 September
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The swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records were broken in 122 events, of which the records in 108 events were also world records.
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