Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The Men's 100 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 1, 2021. A total of six events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule edit

H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
S4 100m H F
S5 100m H F
S6 100m H F
S8 100m H F
S10 100m H F
S12 100m H F

Medal summary edit

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre freestyle events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S4
details
Takayuki Suzuki
  Japan
1:21.58 PR Luigi Beggiato
  Italy
1:23.21 Roman Zhdanov
  RPC
1:26.95
S5
details
Francesco Bocciardo
  Italy
1:09.56 Wang Lichao
  China
1:10.45 Daniel Dias
  Brazil
1:10.80
S6
details
Antonio Fantin
  Italy
1:03.71 WR Nelson Crispin
  Colombia
1:04.82 Talisson Glock
  Brazil
1:05.45
S8
details
Ben Popham
  Australia
57.37 Andrei Nikolaev
  RPC
57.69 Dimosthenis Michalentzakis
  Greece
58.73
S10
details
Maksym Krypak
  Ukraine
50.64 WR Rowan Crothers
  Australia
51.37 Stefano Raimondi
  Italy
51.45
S12
details
Raman Salei
  Azerbaijan
52.69 Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
52.87 Stephen Clegg
  Great Britain
53.43

Results edit

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 100 metre freestyle events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

S4 edit

The S4 category is for swimmers who have function in their hands and arms but can't use their trunk or legs to swim. Swimmers in this class can also have three amputated limbs.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Takayuki Suzuki   Japan 1:21.58 PR
  4 Luigi Beggiato   Italy 1:23.21
  6 Roman Zhdanov   RPC 1:26.95
4 3 Angel Camocho Ramirez   Mexico 1:27.71
5 2 Jo Giseong   South Korea 1:28.46
6 1 David Smetanine   France 1:29.47
7 8 Lyndon Longhorne   Great Britain 1:33.30
8 7 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez   Mexico 1:35.55

S5 edit

The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia or short stature.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  2 Francesco Bocciardo   Italy 1:09.56
  7 Wang Lichao   China 1:10.45
  5 Daniel de Faria Dias   Brazil 1:10.80
4 6 Zheng Tao   China 1:10.87
5 4 Yuan Weiyi   China 1:11.68
6 3 Antoni Ponce Bertran   Spain 1:13.47
7 1 Muhammed Nur Syaiful Zulkafli   Malaysia 1:15.12
8 8 Luis Huerta Poza   Spain 1:17.97

S6 edit

The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Antonio Fantin   Italy 1:03.71 WR
  3 Nelson Crispin Corzo   Colombia 1:04.82
  5 Talisson Glock   Brazil 1:05.45
4 1 Jia Hongguang   China 1:05.55 AS
5 7 Thijs van Hofweegen   Netherlands 1:06.39
6 6 Oleksandr Komarov   Ukraine 1:07.02
7 2 Laurent Chardard   France 1:07.60
8 8 Wang Jingang   China 1:08.61

S8 edit

The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.

The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ben Popham   Australia 57.37
  6 Andrei Nikolaev   RPC 57.69
  5 Dimosthenis Michalentzakis   Greece 58.73
4 2 Xu Haijiao   China 58.75
5 3 Denys Dubrov   Ukraine 59.02
6 1 Yang Guanglong   China 59.42
7 7 Alberto Amodeo   Italy 59.93
8 8 Luis Armando Andrade Guillen   Mexico 1:01.23

S10 edit

The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Maksym Krypak   Ukraine 50.64 WR
  5 Rowan Crothers   Australia 51.37
  3 Stefano Raimondi   Italy 51.45
4 2 Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues   Brazil 52.04
5 6 Thomas Gallagher   Australia 53.14
6 7 Bas Takken   Netherlands 54.06
7 8 Dmitrii Bartasinskii   RPC 54.09
8 1 Alan Ogorzalek   Poland 55.45

S12 edit

The S12 category is for swimmers who have moderate visual impairment and have a visual field of less than 5 degrees radius. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Raman Salei   Azerbaijan 52.69
  6 Maksym Veraksa   Ukraine 52.87
  4 Stephen Clegg   Great Britain 53.43
4 2 Illia Yaremenko   Ukraine 53.60
5 3 Braedan Jason   Australia 53.78 OC
6 7 Roman Makarov   RPC 57.56
7 1 Sergey Punko   RPC 59.30

References edit

  1. ^ "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.