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.

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 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 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. S4 39.36 PR 40.32 WR 40.85S6 33.11 PR 33.15 33.40S8 29.91 30.83 31.17S10 27.38 27.42 28.11S11 29.20 WR 29.72 29.79S13 26.82 27.06 27.07

Results 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

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 2 Rachael Watson 39.36 PR 3 Arjola Trimi 40.32 WR 4 Marta Fernández Infante 40.85 4 5 Patrícia Pereira 41.56 5 6 Nely Miranda 42.31 6 7 Zhou Yanfei 43.16 7 1 Nataliia Butkova 43.75 8 8 Zulfiya Gabidullina 48.12

S6

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 5 Yelyzaveta Mereshko 33.11 PR 4 Elizabeth Marks 33.15 3 Anna Hontar 33.40 4 2 Jiang Yuyan 33.55 5 1 Viktoriia Savtsova 33.68 6 6 Sara Vargas Blanco 33.97 7 7 Song Lingling 34.40 8 8 Nicole Turner 35.29

S8

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 4 Viktoriia Ishchiulova 29.91 5 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo 30.83 3 Xenia Francesca Palazzo 31.17 4 7 Kateryna Denysenko 31.47 5 6 Tupou Neiufi 31.48 6 8 Morgan Bird 32.16 7 2 Mallory Weggemann 32.66 8 1 McKenzie Coan 33.18

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 Anastasiia Gontar 27.38 3 Chantalle Zijderveld 27.42 5 Aurélie Rivard 28.11 4 2 Alessia Scortechini 28.26 5 6 Mariana Ribeiro 28.58 6 7 María Barrera Zapata 28.70 7 1 Zara Mullooly 28.73 8 8 Zhang Meng 28.96

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 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Ma Jia 29.20 WR 5 Li Guizhi 29.72 4 Karolina Pelendritou 29.79 4 6 Liesette Bruinsma 30.19 5 7 Wang Xinyi 30.24 6 1 Maryna Piddubna 30.65 7 2 Tomomi Ishiura 30.85 8 8 Anastasia Pagonis 30.91

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 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago 26.82 PR 5 Anna Krivshina 27.06 PR 3 Carlotta Gilli 27.07 4 6 Katja Dedekind 27.14 5 2 Daria Pikalova 27.39 6 1 Hannah Russell 27.58 7 7 Ayano Tsujiuchi 27.59 8 8 Anna Stetsenko 27.68

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