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

The Men's 50 metre backstroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 29 to September 3, 2021. A total of five events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule edit

H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E
S1 50m H F
S2 50m H F
S3 50m H F
S4 50m H F
S5 50m H F

Medal summary edit

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

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S1
details
Iyad Shalabi
  Israel
1:11.79 Anton Kol
  Ukraine
1:13.78 Francesco Bettella
  Italy
1:14.87
S2
details
Gabriel Araújo
  Brazil
53.96 Alberto Abarza
  Chile
57.76 Vladimir Danilenko
  RPC
59.47
S3
details
Zou Liankang
  China
45.25 Denys Ostapchenko
  Ukraine
45.57 Diego López Díaz
  Mexico
45.66
S4
details
Roman Zhdanov
  RPC
40.99 WR Arnošt Petráček
  Czech Republic
41.26 Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez
  Mexico
43.25
S5
details
Zheng Tao
  China
31.42 Ruan Jingsong
  China
32.97 Wang Lichao
  China
33.38

Results edit

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

S1 edit

The S1 category is for swimmers who may have tetraplegia, or some form of loss of muscular power in their legs, arms and hands. These swimmers would regularly use a wheelchair.

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Iyad Shalabi   Israel 1.11.79
  5 Anton Kol   Ukraine 1.13.78
  3 Francesco Bettella   Italy 1.14.87
4 6 Jose Ronaldo Da Silva   Brazil 1.21.57 AM
5 2 Dimitrios Karypidis   Greece 1.25.30
6 7 Luis Eduardo Rojas Osorno   Colombia 1.37.53
7 1 Aliaksei Talai   Belarus 1.55.58

S2 edit

The S2 category is for swimmers who may have limited function in their hands, trunk, and legs, and mainly rely on their arms to swim.

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Gabriel Araújo   Brazil 53.96 AM
  5 Alberto Abarza   Chile 57.76
  6 Vladimir Danilenko   RPC 59.47
4 2 Nikita Kazachiner   RPC 1.00.54
5 3 Roman Bondarenko   Ukraine 1.00.61
6 1 Ievgen Panibratets   Ukraine 1.03.00
7 8 Aristeidis Makrodimitris   Greece 1.03.28
8 7 Jacek Czech   Poland 1.05.13

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 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Zou Liankang   China 45.25
  5 Denys Ostapchenko   Ukraine 45.57
  4 Diego López Díaz   Mexico 45.66
4 2 Jesús Hernández Hernández   Mexico 45.75
5 6 Vincenzo Boni   Italy 47.88
6 1 Serhii Palamarchuk   Ukraine 49.65
7 7 Josia Tim Alexander Topf   Germany 49.99
8 8 Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo   Spain 54.57

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 3 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Roman Zhdanov   RPC 40.99 WR
  4 Arnošt Petráček   Czech Republic 41.26
  3 Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez   Mexico 43.25
4 2 Dmytro Vynohradets   Ukraine 44.91
5 6 Liu Benying   China 45.21
6 1 Matz Topkin   Estonia 45.42
7 8 Xavier Torres   Spain 46.93
8 7 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva   Brazil 46.95

S5 edit

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

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  6 Tao Zheng   China 31.42 WR
  4 Ruan Jingsong   China 32.97
  3 Wang Lichao   China 33.38
4 5 Yaroslav Semenenko   Ukraine 35.05
5 2 Daniel de Faria Dias   Brazil 35.99
6 7 Igor Plotnikov   RPC 37.40
7 1 Andrew Mullen   Great Britain 37.96
8 8 Antoni Ponce Bertran   Spain 38.42

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.