Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The Men's 50 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 2, 2021. A total of eight 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 Thu 2
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
S3 50m H F
S4 50m H F
S5 50m H F
S7 50m H F
S9 50m H F
S10 50m H F
S11 50m H F
S13 50m H F

Medal summary edit

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre freestyle events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S3
details
Diego López Díaz
  Mexico
44.66 Zou Liankang
  China
45.25 Denys Ostapchenko
  Ukraine
45.95
S4
details
Ami Omer Dadaon
  Israel
37.21 PR Takayuki Suzuki
  Japan
37.70 Luigi Beggiato
  Italy
38.12
S5
details
Zheng Tao
  China
30.31 PR Yuan Weiyi
  China
31.11 Wang Lichao
  China
31.35
S7
details
Andrii Trusov
  Ukraine
27.43 Carlos Serrano Zárate
  Colombia
27.84 Ievgenii Bogodaiko
  Ukraine
27.99
S9
details
Simone Barlaam
  Italy
24.71 Denis Tarasov
  RPC
24.99 Jamal Hill
  United States
25.19
S10
details
Rowan Crothers
  Australia
23.21 Maksym Krypak
  Ukraine
23.33 Phelipe Rodrigues
  Brazil
23.50
S11
details
Wendell Belarmino
  Brazil
26.03 Hua Dongdong
  China
26.18 Edgaras Matakas
  Lithuania
26.38
S13
details
Ihar Boki
  Belarus
23.21 PR Illia Yaremenko
  Ukraine
23.70 Maksym Veraksa
  Ukraine
23.83

Results edit

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 50 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.

S3 edit

The S3 category is for swimmers who have leg or arm amputations, have severe coordination problems in their limbs, or have to swim with their arms but don't use their trunk or legs.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Diego López Díaz   Mexico 44.66
  2 Zou Liankang   China 45.25
  5 Denys Ostapchenko   Ukraine 45.95
4 6 Jesús Hernández Hernández   Mexico 46.19
5 4 Josia Topf   Germany 47.09
6 7 Serhii Palamarchuk   Ukraine 47.61
7 1 Vincenzo Boni   Italy 47.68
8 8 Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo   Spain 54.99

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, or they have three amputated limbs.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Ami Omer Dadaon   Israel 37.21 PR
  4 Takayuki Suzuki   Japan 37.70
  3 Luigi Beggiato   Italy 38.12
4 6 Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez   Mexico 39.37
5 2 Liu Benying   China 39.98
6 8 Eric Tobera   Brazil 41.46
7 7 Ariel Malyar   Israel 41.70
1 Arnošt Petráček   Czech Republic DSQ

S5 edit

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

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Zheng Tao   China 30.31 PR, AS
  4 Yuan Weiyi   China 31.11
  6 Wang Lichao   China 31.35
4 3 Daniel de Faria Dias   Brazil 32.12
5 2 Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli   Malaysia 32.82
6 1 Yaroslav Semenenko   Ukraine 33.11
7 7 Francesco Bocciardo   Italy 33.22
8 8 Sebastian Rodriguez   Spain 35.51

S7 edit

The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Andrii Trusov   Ukraine 27.43
  7 Carlos Serrano Zarate   Colombia 27.84 =AM
  3 Yevhenii Bohodaiko   Ukraine 27.99
4 5 Egor Efrosinin   RPC 28.31
5 6 Matthew Levy   Australia 28.39
6 2 Mark Malyar   Israel 28.49
7 8 Wei Soong Toh   Singapore 28.65
8 1 Federico Bicelli   Italy 28.77

S9 edit

The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg or double below-the-knee amputations.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Simone Barlaam   Italy 24.71 PR
  5 Denis Tarasov   RPC 24.99
  6 Jamal Hill   United States 25.19 AM
4 3 William Martin   Australia 25.34
5 2 Fredrik Solberg   Norway 25.53
6 7 Bogdan Mozgovoi   RPC 25.56
7 1 Timothy Disken   Australia 25.71
8 8 Yahor Shchalkanau   Belarus 25.96

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 25 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Rowan Crothers   Australia 23.21
  5 Maksym Krypak   Ukraine 23.33
  3 Phelipe Rodrigues   Brazil 23.50
4 6 Stefano Raimondi   Italy 23.74
5 2 Thomas Gallagher   Australia 24.16
6 7 Dmitrii Bartasinskii   RPC 24.48
7 1 Dmitry Drigoryev   RPC 24.61
8 8 David Levecq   Spain 25.08

S11 edit

The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Wendell Belarmino Pereira   Brazil 26.03
  3 Hua Dongdong   China 26.18
  4 Edgaras Matakas   Lithuania 26.38
4 2 Yang Bozun   China 26.98
5 7 Mykhailo Serbin   Ukraine 27.18
6 6 Matheus Rheine Correa de Souza   Brazil 27.26
7 1 Wojciech Makowski   Poland 27.83
8 8 Marco Meneses   Portugal 28.02

S13 edit

The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Ihar Boki   Belarus 23.21 PR
  3 Illia Yaremenko   Ukraine 23.70
  6 Maksym Veraksa   Ukraine 23.83
4 2 Raman Salei   Azerbaijan 23.85
5 5 Islam Aslanov   Uzbekistan 23.85
6 1 Dzmitry Salei   Belarus 24.23
7 7 Oleksii Virchenko   Ukraine 24.29
8 8 Nicolas Guy Turbide   Canada 24.59

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.