[Long-distance swimming competitions for the physically handicapped (author's transl)].

Long-distance swimming competitions for the physically handicapped constitute a new measure in sports for the disabled. Such competitions can only be carried out after intensive training as a result of which predictions can be made for sports for the elderly practised for health reasons. Also, younger disabled people with different severely restricted physical functions, e.

[Organisational pre-requisites for the improvement of the social integration of disabled children by means of sport (author's transl)].

Physical education of physically handicapped and sensorily imparied children - with its general goals and, especially, its efforts to improve social integration - is understood as an essential part of rehabilitation. The pre-requisites, possibilities and limits of setting up sports teams are discussed on the basis of the types of disabilities suffered by the team members. In addition to homogenous and non-homogenous teams, sports teams should be developed in which the disabled are active alonside the non-disabled.