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.

Schedule H Heats½ SemifinalsF Final DateSun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3Event 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 The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre backstroke events. S1 1:11.79 1:13.78 1:14.87S2 53.96 57.76 59.47S3 45.25 45.57 45.66S4 40.99 WR 41.26 43.25S5 31.42 32.97 33.38

Results 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

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 4Iyad Shalabi 1.11.79 5 Anton Kol 1.13.78 3 Francesco Bettella 1.14.87 4 6 Jose Ronaldo Da Silva 1.21.57 5 2 Dimitrios Karypidis 1.25.30 6 7 Luis Eduardo Rojas Osorno 1.37.53 7 1 Aliaksei Talai 1.55.58

S2

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 53.96 5 Alberto Abarza 57.76 6 Vladimir Danilenko 59.47 4 2 Nikita Kazachiner 1.00.54 5 3 Roman Bondarenko 1.00.61 6 1 Ievgen Panibratets 1.03.00 7 8 Aristeidis Makrodimitris 1.03.28 8 7 Jacek Czech 1.05.13

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 29 August 2021:

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

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 3 September 2021:

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

S5

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 31.42 WR 4 Ruan Jingsong 32.97 3 Wang Lichao 33.38 4 5 Yaroslav Semenenko 35.05 5 2 Daniel de Faria Dias 35.99 6 7 Igor Plotnikov 37.40 7 1 Andrew Mullen 37.96 8 8 Antoni Ponce Bertran 38.42

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