Where to watch the Paralympic swimming events and who’s in action when?

After a haul of 11 medals from Team GB’s aquatic athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympics, attention turns back to the French capital for 10 days of swimming at the Paralympic Games.

ParalympicsGB’s 27-strong swimming squad are in Paris following a holding camp in London and are ready to take to the pool from Thursday 29 August to Saturday 7 September.

Before that, the opening ceremony will take place from 7:30pm on Wednesday 28 August ahead of the sporting action getting underway on Thursday.

That includes the swimming which starts on the morning of Thursday 29 August with heats sessions taking place from 8:30am to 11:30am each day and finals starting at 4:30pm every evening.

For those wanting to watch the action, Channel 4 will be bringing viewers all the action, medals and must see moment from the Paralympic Games.

Across the 12-day event, Channel 4 will be showing the Games all day, every day across Channel 4, More4 as well as their streaming service and YouTube channel.

Swimming will be mainly be broadcast on the main channel with More4 hosting the team sport events throughout the Games. Any of the swimming action which isn’t on the main channel will still be available through Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube channel which will be showing up to 18 concurrent streams so you can follow every moment from Paris.

The opening and closing ceremonies will also be simulcast on channel 4Seven and their streaming service with BSL live signing and open descriptive commentary whilst their daily highlights show will also show live signing on the same channels.

You can find all the details on Channel 4’s coverage here.

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Which swimmers are in action and when?

Day one – Thursday 29 August

Starting off the opening day for Paralympics GB is Toni Shaw in the S9 Women’s 400m Freestyle before English athletes William Ellard, Cameron Vearcombe, Louise Fiddes, Poppy Maskill and Olivia Newman-Baronius all take to the pool in the men’s and women’s S14 100m butterfly.

Tully Kearney will also be in action on the opening day as she looks to defend her S5 Women’s 200m Freestyle Paralympic crown.

Day two – Friday 30 August

Kearney will be back on day two, this time for the 100m freestyle events alongside fellow S5 swimmer Suzanna Hext.

We’ll also see the SM6 200m Individual Medley events with Maisie Summers-Newton looking to defend her Paralympic title in the women’s race where she’s joined by Grace Harvey, whilst Bruce Dee goes in the men’s event.

The Humphrey twins, Scarlett and Eliza, will also make their Paralympic debuts in the S11 Women’s 400m Freestyle. Brock Whiston swims in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke (SB8) and the first relay event of the Games takes place with the Mixed 4x50m Freestyle – 20 Points.

Day three – Saturday 31 August

Alice Tai competes at the La Defense Arena for the first time on day three in the Women’s 100m Backstroke (S8) with Ellard, Maskill, Fiddes and Newman-Baronius all returning to the pool for the S14 200m Freestyle. Ellard goes into the men’s event as the world record holder and the fastest seed so he’ll be hopeful for success.

It will also be a special moment for the youngest member of the squad Iona Winnifrith, who will make her Paralympics debut at just 13-years-old in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley (SM7).

Scarlett Humphrey will also be back in the water but this time without her sister alongside her as she’s Paralympics GB’s sole representative in the Women’s 50m Freestyle (S11) whilst three-time Tokyo medallist Stephen Clegg will be looking for more success in the Men’s 100m Backstroke (S12).

Day four – Sunday 1 September

Day four sees Summers-Newton looking to defend her second Paralympic title in the Women’s SB6 100m Breaststroke with fellow Northampton swimmer Bruce Dee going in the respective men’s event.

Swim England talent athlete Callie Ann-Warrington then goes in the S10 Women’s 100m Freestyle alongside Rogers with Tai and Whiston in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley (SM8) and Harvey in the SB5 100m Breaststroke.

The Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay (S14) rounds out the session where GB will be targeting a medal place.

Day five – Monday 2 September

Tokyo silver medallist Ellie Challis is up on day five in the Women’s 50m Backstroke (S3) with Harry Stewart making his Paralympic debut in the SB14 Men’s 100m Breaststroke.

Newman-Baronius and Fiddes are set to swim in the respective women’s breaststroke event whilst there’s more relay action with the Mixed 4x100m Medley – 34 Points.

Day six – Tuesday 3 September

Harvey and Kearney both compete in their final individual races of the Games to start off day six with Harvey going in the Women’s 50m Butterfly (S6) and Kearney in the Women’s 50m Backstroke (S5).

Scarlett and Eliza Humphrey will both compete in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley (SM11) whilst Ellie Challis swims in the Women’s 100m Freestyle (S3).

Ann-Warrington and Rogers complete Tuesday’s action with the Women’s 100m Butterfly (S10).

Day seven – Wednesday 4 September

Day seven is a busy one for Paralympics GB with three swimmers going in the men’s and women’s 200m Individual Medley.

Newman-Baronius, Fiddes and Maskill will all tackle the women’s event whilst Ellard, Vearncombe and Rhys Darbey swim in the men’s competition.

Tai and Whiston also swim in the Women’s 400m Freestyle (S8), Clegg in the Men’s 100m Freestyle (S12) and Shaw takes on the Women’s 100m Freestyle (S9).

There’s also the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay – 49 Points relay which rounds out the session.

Day eight – Thursday 5 September

Winnifrith returns to the pool in one of the events where the youngster took the European title earlier this year in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke (SB7).

It’s also the turn of the Redfern siblings, Matthew and Rebecca, for their only individual events in Paris. They’ll swim in the men’s and women’s 100m breaststroke (SB13) respectively whilst Scarlett Humphrey steps up for Paralympics GB in the same event for the SB11 classification.

In addition, Alice Tai will swim in the S8 Women’s 50m Freestyle, Rogers competes in the Women’s 400m Freestyle (S10), Shaw goes in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley (SM9) and there’s also the Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay – 20 Points.

Day nine – Friday 6 September

European silver medallist Ellard leads a strong British contingent in the S14 100m Backstroke events.

He’s joined by debutant Mark Tompsett and world medallist Louis Lawler whilst Maskill, Newman-Baronius and Megan Neave go in the women’s event.

Summers-Newton also takes to the pool for the final time where she goes for glory in the S6 Women’s 400m Freestyle.

Day ten – Saturday 7 September

The final day is set to be an exciting one for Paralympics GB with five swimmers in individual events and the Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay – 34 Points to round-out the competition.

Tai and Whiston compete in the Women’s 100m Butterfly (S8) whilst Winnifrith takes to the pool in the S7 competition for the same event.

Rogers also swims in the Women’s 200m Individual Medley (SM10) whilst Clegg competes in the Men’s 100m Butterfly (S12).

Find out more about classifications

The classifications, such as S14 and S5, are used in para-swimming to ensure a level playing field for competitive athletes.

At major international para-swimming competitions such as at the Paralympics, athletes will only compete against other athletes in the same class.

Swimmers are assigned a classification group based on their degree of ability, with each group indicating a different level of physical, visual, intellectual or hearing impairment. You can learn more about the classifications by clicking here.

In addition to the Channel 4 coverage, you can also keep up with the Paralympic swimming action via swimming.org, and by following the Swim England social media channels.