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

The Women's 50 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 25 August to 2 September 2021. A total of six events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

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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
S4 50m H F
S6 50m H F
S8 50m H F
S10 50m H F
S11 50m H F
S13 50m H F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre freestyle events
Due to opposition by a participating nation, S11 was postponed and took place on 29 August 2021.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S4
details
Rachael Watson
 Australia
39.36 PR Arjola Trimi
 Italy
40.32 WR Marta Fernández Infante
 Spain
40.85
S6
details
Yelyzaveta Mereshko
 Ukraine
33.11 PR Elizabeth Marks
 United States
33.15 Anna Hontar
 Ukraine
33.40
S8
details
Viktoriia Ishchiulova
 RPC
29.91 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo
 Brazil
30.83 Xenia Palazzo
 Italy
31.17
S10
details
Anastasiia Gontar
 RPC
27.38 Chantalle Zijderveld
 Netherlands
27.42 Aurélie Rivard
 Canada
28.11
S11
details
Ma Jia
 China
29.20 WR Li Guizhi
 China
29.72 Karolina Pelendritou
 Cyprus
29.79
S13
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Maria Carolina Santiago
 Brazil
26.82 Anna Krivshina
 RPC
27.06 Carlotta Gilli
 Italy
27.07

Results

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

S4

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 Rachael Watson  Australia 39.36 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Arjola Trimi  Italy 40.32 WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Marta Fernández Infante  Spain 40.85
4 5 Patrícia Pereira  Brazil 41.56
5 6 Nely Miranda  Mexico 42.31
6 7 Zhou Yanfei  China 43.16
7 1 Nataliia Butkova  RPC 43.75
8 8 Zulfiya Gabidullina  Kazakhstan 48.12

S6

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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 25 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine 33.11 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Elizabeth Marks  United States 33.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Anna Hontar  Ukraine 33.40
4 2 Jiang Yuyan  China 33.55
5 1 Viktoriia Savtsova  Ukraine 33.68
6 6 Sara Vargas Blanco  Colombia 33.97
7 7 Song Lingling  China 34.40
8 8 Nicole Turner  Ireland 35.29

S8

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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 1 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Viktoriia Ishchiulova  RPC 29.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo  Brazil 30.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Xenia Francesca Palazzo  Italy 31.17
4 7 Kateryna Denysenko  Ukraine 31.47
5 6 Tupou Neiufi  New Zealand 31.48
6 8 Morgan Bird  Canada 32.16
7 2 Mallory Weggemann  United States 32.66
8 1 McKenzie Coan  United States 33.18

S10

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anastasiia Gontar  RPC 27.38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Chantalle Zijderveld  Netherlands 27.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Aurélie Rivard  Canada 28.11
4 2 Alessia Scortechini  Italy 28.26
5 6 Mariana Ribeiro  Brazil 28.58
6 7 María Barrera Zapata  Colombia 28.70
7 1 Zara Mullooly  Great Britain 28.73
8 8 Zhang Meng  China 28.96

S11

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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 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Ma Jia  China 29.20 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Li Guizhi  China 29.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Karolina Pelendritou  Cyprus 29.79
4 6 Liesette Bruinsma  Netherlands 30.19
5 7 Wang Xinyi  China 30.24
6 1 Maryna Piddubna  Ukraine 30.65
7 2 Tomomi Ishiura  Japan 30.85
8 8 Anastasia Pagonis  United States 30.91

S13

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago  Brazil 26.82 PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Anna Krivshina  RPC 27.06 PR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Carlotta Gilli  Italy 27.07
4 6 Katja Dedekind  Australia 27.14 OC
5 2 Daria Pikalova  RPC 27.39
6 1 Hannah Russell  Great Britain 27.58
7 7 Ayano Tsujiuchi  Japan 27.59
8 8 Anna Stetsenko  Ukraine 27.68

References

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  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.