Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle
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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.[1]
Schedule
| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date[2] | Wed 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.
| Classification | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 |
Diego López Díaz Mexico | 44.66 | Zou Liankang China | 45.25 | Denys Ostapchenko Ukraine | 45.95 |
| S4 |
Ami Omer Dadaon Israel | 37.21 PR | Takayuki Suzuki Japan | 37.70 | Luigi Beggiato Italy | 38.12 |
| S5 |
Zheng Tao China | 30.31 PR | Yuan Weiyi China | 31.11 | Wang Lichao China | 31.35 |
| S7 |
Andrii Trusov Ukraine | 27.43 | Carlos Serrano Zárate Colombia | 27.84 | Ievgenii Bogodaiko Ukraine | 27.99 |
| S9 |
Simone Barlaam Italy | 24.71 | Denis Tarasov RPC | 24.99 | Jamal Hill United States | 25.19 |
| S10 |
Rowan Crothers Australia | 23.21 | Maksym Krypak Ukraine | 23.33 | Phelipe Rodrigues Brazil | 23.50 |
| S11 |
Wendell Belarmino Brazil | 26.03 | Hua Dongdong China | 26.18 | Edgaras Matakas Lithuania | 26.38 |
| S13 |
Ihar Boki Belarus | 23.21 PR | Illia Yaremenko Ukraine | 23.70 | Maksym Veraksa Ukraine | 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 | Mexico | 44.66 | |
 | 2 | Zou Liankang | China | 45.25 | |
 | 5 | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 45.95 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jesús Hernández Hernández | Mexico | 46.19 | |
| 5 | 4 | Josia Topf |  Germany | 47.09 | |
| 6 | 7 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 47.61 | |
| 7 | 1 | Vincenzo Boni | Italy | 47.68 | |
| 8 | 8 | Miguel Angel Martinez Tajuelo |  Spain | 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 | Israel | 37.21 | PR |
| 4 | Takayuki Suzuki | Japan | 37.70 | |
| 3 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 38.12 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez | Mexico | 39.37 | |
| 5 | 2 | Liu Benying | China | 39.98 | |
| 6 | 8 | Eric Tobera | Brazil | 41.46 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ariel Malyar | Israel | 41.70 | |
| 1 | Arnošt Petráček |  Czech Republic | 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 | China | 30.31 | PR, AS |
| 4 | Yuan Weiyi | China | 31.11 | |
| 6 | Wang Lichao | China | 31.35 | |
| 4 | 3 | Daniel de Faria Dias | Brazil | 32.12 | |
| 5 | 2 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli |  Malaysia | 32.82 | |
| 6 | 1 | Yaroslav Semenenko | Ukraine | 33.11 | |
| 7 | 7 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 33.22 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sebastian Rodriguez | Spain | 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 | Ukraine | 27.43 | |
| 7 | Carlos Serrano Zárate | Colombia | 27.84 | =AM |
| 3 | Yevhenii Bohodaiko | Ukraine | 27.99 | |
| 4 | 5 | Egor Efrosinin | RPC | 28.31 | |
| 5 | 6 | Matthew Levy | Australia | 28.39 | |
| 6 | 2 | Mark Malyar | Israel | 28.49 | |
| 7 | 8 | Wei Soong Toh |  Singapore | 28.65 | |
| 8 | 1 | Federico Bicelli | Italy | 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 | Italy | 24.71 | PR |
| 5 | Denis Tarasov | RPC | 24.99 | |
| 6 | Jamal Hill | United States | 25.19 | AM |
| 4 | 3 | William Martin | Australia | 25.34 | |
| 5 | 2 | Fredrik Solberg |  Norway | 25.53 | |
| 6 | 7 | Bogdan Mozgovoi | RPC | 25.56 | |
| 7 | 1 | Timothy Disken | Australia | 25.71 | |
| 8 | 8 | Yahor Shchalkanau | Belarus | 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 | Australia | 23.21 | |
| 5 | Maksym Krypak | Ukraine | 23.33 | |
| 3 | Phelipe Rodrigues | Brazil | 23.50 | |
| 4 | 6 | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 23.74 | |
| 5 | 2 | Thomas Gallagher | Australia | 24.16 | |
| 6 | 7 | Dmitrii Bartasinskii | RPC | 24.48 | |
| 7 | 1 | Dmitry Drigoryev | RPC | 24.61 | |
| 8 | 8 | David Levecq | Spain | 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 | Brazil | 26.03 | |
| 3 | Hua Dongdong | China | 26.18 | |
| 4 | Edgaras Matakas | Lithuania | 26.38 | |
| 4 | 2 | Yang Bozun | China | 26.98 | |
| 5 | 7 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 27.18 | |
| 6 | 6 | Matheus Rheine Correa de Souza | Brazil | 27.26 | |
| 7 | 1 | Wojciech Makowski |  Poland | 27.83 | |
| 8 | 8 | Marco Meneses |  Portugal | 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 | Belarus | 23.21 | PR |
| 3 | Illia Yaremenko | Ukraine | 23.70 | |
| 6 | Maksym Veraksa | Ukraine | 23.83 | |
| 4 | 2 | Raman Salei |  Azerbaijan | 23.85 | |
| 5 | 5 | Islam Aslanov |  Uzbekistan | 23.85 | |
| 6 | 1 | Dzmitry Salei | Belarus | 24.23 | |
| 7 | 7 | Oleksii Virchenko | Ukraine | 24.29 | |
| 8 | 8 | Nicolas Guy Turbide |  Canada | 24.59 |