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

HHeats ½Semifinals FFinal
Date[2]Wed 25Thu 26Fri 27Sat 28Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31Wed 1Thu 2
EventMEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME
S4 50mHF
S6 50mHF
S8 50mHF
S10 50mHF
S11 50mHF
S13 50mHF

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.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S4
Rachael Watson
 Australia		39.36 PR Arjola Trimi
 Italy		40.32 WR Marta Fernández Infante
 Spain		40.85
S6
Yelyzaveta Mereshko
 Ukraine		33.11 PR Elizabeth Marks
 United States		33.15 Anna Hontar
 Ukraine		33.40
S8
Viktoriia Ishchiulova
 RPC		29.91 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo
 Brazil		30.83 Xenia Palazzo
 Italy		31.17
S10
Anastasiia Gontar
 RPC		27.38 Chantalle Zijderveld
 Netherlands		27.42 Aurélie Rivard
 Canada		28.11
S11
Ma Jia
 China		29.20 WR Li Guizhi
 China		29.72 Karolina Pelendritou
 Cyprus		29.79
S13
Maria Carolina Santiago
 Brazil		26.82 Anna Krivshina
 RPC		27.06 Carlotta Gilli
 Italy		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
1st place, gold medalist(s)2Rachael Watson Australia39.36PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)3Arjola Trimi Italy40.32WR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4Marta Fernández Infante Spain40.85
45Patrícia Pereira Brazil41.56
56Nely Miranda Mexico42.31
67Zhou Yanfei China43.16
71Nataliia Butkova RPC43.75
88Zulfiya Gabidullina Kazakhstan48.12

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)5Yelyzaveta Mereshko Ukraine33.11PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4Elizabeth Marks United States33.15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3Anna Hontar Ukraine33.40
42Jiang Yuyan China33.55
51Viktoriia Savtsova Ukraine33.68
66Sara Vargas Blanco Colombia33.97
77Song Lingling China34.40
88Nicole Turner Ireland35.29

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Viktoriia Ishchiulova RPC29.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo Brazil30.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3Xenia Francesca Palazzo Italy31.17
47Kateryna Denysenko Ukraine31.47
56Tupou Neiufi New Zealand31.48
68Morgan Bird Canada32.16
72Mallory Weggemann United States32.66
81McKenzie Coan United States33.18

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Anastasiia Gontar RPC27.38
2nd place, silver medalist(s)3Chantalle Zijderveld Netherlands27.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5Aurélie Rivard Canada28.11
42Alessia Scortechini Italy28.26
56Mariana Ribeiro Brazil28.58
67María Paula Barrera Zapata Colombia28.70
71Zara Mullooly Great Britain28.73
88Zhang Meng China28.96

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)3Ma Jia China29.20WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5Li Guizhi China29.72
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4Karolina Pelendritou Cyprus29.79
46Liesette Bruinsma Netherlands30.19
57Wang Xinyi China30.24
61Maryna Piddubna Ukraine30.65
72Tomomi Ishiura Japan30.85
88Anastasia Pagonis United States30.91

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
1st place, gold medalist(s)4Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago Brazil26.82PR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5Anna Krivshina RPC27.06PR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)3Carlotta Gilli Italy27.07
46Katja Dedekind Australia27.14OC
52Daria Pikalova RPC27.39
61Hannah Russell Great Britain27.58
77Ayano Tsujiuchi Japan27.59
88Anna Stetsenko Ukraine27.68

References

  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.
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