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.
Schedule H Heats½ SemifinalsF Final DateWed 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 The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre freestyle events. S3 44.66 45.25 45.95S4 37.21 PR 37.70 38.12S5 30.31 PR 31.11 31.35S7 27.43 27.84 27.99S9 24.71 24.99 25.19S10 23.21 23.33 23.50S11 26.03 26.18 26.38S13 23.21 PR 23.70 23.83
Results 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
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 44.66 2 Zou Liankang 45.25 5 Denys Ostapchenko 45.95 4 6 Jesús Hernández Hernández 46.19 5 4 Josia Topf 47.09 6 7 Serhii Palamarchuk 47.61 7 1 Vincenzo Boni 47.68 8 8 Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo 54.99
S4
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 37.21 PR 4 Takayuki Suzuki 37.70 3 Luigi Beggiato 38.12 4 6 Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez 39.37 5 2 Liu Benying 39.98 6 8 Eric Tobera 41.46 7 7 Ariel Malyar 41.70 1 Arnošt Petráček DSQ
S5
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 30.31 PR, AS 4 Yuan Weiyi 31.11 6 Wang Lichao 31.35 4 3 Daniel de Faria Dias 32.12 5 2 Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli 32.82 6 1 Yaroslav Semenenko 33.11 7 7 Francesco Bocciardo 33.22 8 8 Sebastian Rodriguez 35.51
S7
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 27.43 7 Carlos Serrano Zárate 27.84 = 3 Yevhenii Bohodaiko 27.99 4 5 Egor Efrosinin 28.31 5 6 Matthew Levy 28.39 6 2 Mark Malyar 28.49 7 8 Wei Soong Toh 28.65 8 1 Federico Bicelli 28.77
S9
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 24.71 PR 5 Denis Tarasov 24.99 6 Jamal Hill 25.19 AM 4 3 William Martin 25.34 5 2 Fredrik Solberg 25.53 6 7 Bogdan Mozgovoi 25.56 7 1 Timothy Disken 25.71 8 8 Yahor Shchalkanau 25.96
S10
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 23.21 5 Maksym Krypak 23.33 3 Phelipe Rodrigues 23.50 4 6 Stefano Raimondi 23.74 5 2 Thomas Gallagher 24.16 6 7 Dmitrii Bartasinskii 24.48 7 1 Dmitry Drigoryev 24.61 8 8 David Levecq 25.08
S11
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 26.03 3 Hua Dongdong 26.18 4 Edgaras Matakas 26.38 4 2 Yang Bozun 26.98 5 7 Mykhailo Serbin 27.18 6 6 Matheus Rheine Correa de Souza 27.26 7 1 Wojciech Makowski 27.83 8 8 Marco Meneses 28.02
S13
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 23.21 PR 3 Illia Yaremenko 23.70 6 Maksym Veraksa 23.83 4 2 Raman Salei 23.85 5 5 Islam Aslanov 23.85 6 1 Dzmitry Salei 24.23 7 7 Oleksii Virchenko 24.29 8 8 Nicolas Guy Turbide 24.59
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