2016 RIO PARALYMPIC GAMES
- Wednesday, September 7 – Sunday, September 18, 2016
- Swimming: Thursday, September 8 – Saturday, September 17, 2016
- Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Prelims 9:30 AM / Finals 5:30 PM (local time)
- IPC World Records
- Live stream links: NBC / IPC
- Schedule/Results
China and Ukraine have begun to pull away from the field in gold and total swimming medals at the 2016 Paralympics.
China added 5 more golds to rise to 9 overall, plus 11 silver and 5 bronzes. China’s 5 golds on day 2 are more than any other team in the competition has total, tying the 5 put up by Ukraine for second in the current medal table.
In fact, two events (the men’s 100 fly S8 and men’s 50 fly S6) were swept by China in 1-2-3 finishes.
Ukraine wasn’t far behind on Friday, taking 4 golds and rising to 16 total medals. Great Britain is still in third, but the United States is also on the move. The U.S. trails Great Britain by 5 in the total medal count, but got its second gold on day 2 from McKenzie Coan. Coan won the women’s 50 free S7. Great Britain added one gold, courtesy of Ellie Robinson in the women’s 50 fly S6.
Medal Table Through Day 2
| Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| China | 9 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| USA | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Korea | 2 | 2 | ||
| Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Brazil | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | ||
| Belarus | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | ||
| Singapore | 1 | 1 | ||
| Canada | 1 | 1 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | ||
| Germany | 1 | 1 | ||
| Poland | 1 | 1 | ||
| Japan | 1 | 1 | ||
| Norway | 1 | 1 | ||
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sweden | 1 | 1 |