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

The Women's 100 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 26 August to 3 September 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule edit

H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 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 M E M E M E
S3 100m H F
S5 100m H F
S7 100m H F
S9 100m H F
S10 100m H F
S11 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
S3
details
Arjola Trimi
  Italy
1:30:22 Leanne Smith
  United States
1:37.68 Iuliia Shishova
  RPC
1:49.63
S5
details
Tully Kearney
  Great Britain
1:14.39 WR Zhang Li
  China
1:17.80 Monica Boggioni
  Italy
1:22.43
S7
details
Giulia Terzi
  Italy
1:09.21 PR, ER McKenzie Coan
  United States
1:10.22 Yelyzaveta Mereshko
  Ukraine
1:11.07
Jiang Yuyan
  China
S9
details
Sophie Pascoe
  New Zealand
1:02.37 Sarai Gascón
  Spain
1:02.77 Mariana Ribeiro
  Brazil
1:03.39
S10
details
Aurélie Rivard
  Canada
58.14 WR Chantalle Zijderveld
  Netherlands
1:00.23 Lisa Kruger
  Netherlands
1:00.68
S11
details
Li Guizhi
  China
1:05.87 PR Liesette Bruinsma
  Netherlands
59.13 Cai Liwen
  China
1:00.25
S12
details
Carol Santiago
  Brazil
59.01 Daria Pikalova
  RPC
59.13 Hannah Russell
  Great Britain
1:00.25

Results edit

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women'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.

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 30 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  5 Arjola Trimi   Italy 1:30.22 ER
  4 Leanne Smith   United States 1:37.68
  3 Iuliia Shishova   RPC 1:49.63
4 6 Ellie Challis   Great Britain 1:54.84
5 2 Zoya Shchurova   RPC 2:07.69
6 7 Patricia Valle   Mexico 2:08.10
7 1 Maiara Barreto   Brazil 2:10.90
8 8 Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez   Mexico 2:22.60

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
  4 Tully Kearney   Great Britain 1:14.39 WR
  3 Zhang Li   China 1:17.80
  6 Monica Boggioni   Italy 1:22.43
4 5 Suzanna Hext   Great Britain 1:22.49
5 2 Teresa Perales   Spain 1:23.31
6 7 Lu Dong   China 1:23.34
7 1 Yao Cuan   China 1:26.66
8 8 Joana Neves   Brazil 1:27.62

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
  5 Giulia Terzi   Italy 1:09.21 PR, ER
  4 McKenzie Coan   United States 1:10.22
  3 Yelyzaveta Mereshko   Ukraine 1:11.07
  6 Jiang Yuyan   China 1:11.07
5 2 Mallory Weggemann   United States 1:11.98
6 8 Sabrina Duchesne   Canada 1:14.55
7 7 Ani Palian   RPC 1:15.38
8 1 Julia Gaffney   United States 1:15.70

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 31 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Sophie Pascoe   New Zealand 1:02.37
  2 Sarai Gascón   Spain 1:02.77 ER
  4 Mariana Ribeiro   Brazil 1:03.39
4 5 Toni Shaw   Great Britain 1:03.42
5 6 Ellie Cole   Australia 1:03.49
6 7 Ashleigh McConnell   Australia 1:03.81
7 8 Natalie Sims   United States 1:03.85
8 1 Emily Beecroft   Australia 1:04.47

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 Aurélie Rivard   Canada 58.14 WR
  3 Chantalle Zijderveld   Netherlands 1:00.23 ER
  2 Lisa Kruger   Netherlands 1:00.68
4 5 Bianka Pap   Hungary 1:00.80
5 7 Jasmine Greenwood   Australia 1:01.18
6 6 María Paula Barrera Zapata   Colombia 1:01.38
7 1 Zara Mullooly   Great Britain 1:01.71
8 8 Alessia Scortechini   Italy 1:02.97

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 3 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Li Guizhi   China 1:05.87 PR
  5 Liesette Bruinsma   Netherlands 1:06.55
  6 Cai Liwen   China 1:06.56
4 3 Anastasia Pagonis   United States 1:06.65
5 2 Anastasiia Shevchenko   RPC 1:10.22
6 1 Maryna Piddubna   Ukraine 1:10.27
7 7 Sofiia Polikarpova   RPC 1:11.52
8 8 Tomomi Ishiura   Japan 1:13.80

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
  3 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago   Brazil 59.01
  4 Daria Pikalova   RPC 59.13
  6 Hannah Russell   Great Britain 1:00.25
4 7 Alessia Berra   Italy 1:00.68
5 2 María Delgado Nadal   Spain 1:01.49
6 5 Lucilene da Silva Sousa   Brazil 1:02.42
7 1 Belkis Dayanara Mota Echarry   Venezuela 1:07.60
8 8 Yaryna Matlo   Ukraine 1:07.78

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.