The Women'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 four 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 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. ClassificationGoldSilverBronzeS2 1:02.04 1:06.98 1:11.55S3 51.34 55.11 57.03S4 44.68 WR 48.42 49.63S5 37.18 43.02 43.48

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

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 Yip Pin Xiu 1:02.04 5 Miyuki Yamada 1:06.98 7 Feng Yazhu 1:11.55 4 3 Fabiola Ramirez 1:12.66 5 2 Angela Procida 1:12.69 6 6 Veronika Medchainova 1:14.59 7 1 Zsanett Adami 1:27.48 8 8 Elif Ildem 1:32.49

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 4 Arjola Trimi 51.34 5 Ellie Challis 55.11 3 Iuliia Shishova 57.03 4 2 Maiara Regina Pereira Barreto 59.50 5 6 Zoya Shchurova 1:00.25 6 7 Leanne Smith 1:02.93 7 8 Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez 1:07.66 8 1 Edênia Garcia 1:07.83

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 4 Liu Yu 44.68 WR 3 Zhou Yanfei 48.42 5 Alexandra Stamatopoulou 49.63 4 6 Kat Swanepoel 50.17 5 2 Maryna Verbova 53.24 6 7 Gina Böttcher 53.96 7 8 Olga Sviderska 55.09 8 1 Nataliia Butkova 55.18

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 4 Lu Dong 37.18 WR 6 Teresa Perales 43.02 3 Sevilay Öztürk 43.48 4 5 Sümeyye Boyacı 43.94 5 2 Monica Boggioni 45.46 6 8 Mayumi Narita 47.86 7 1 Li Zhang 48.02 8 7 Cheng Jiao 48.75

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