Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke

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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.[1]

Schedule[]

H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2 Fri 3
Event 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.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S2
details
Yip Pin Xiu
 Singapore
1:02.04 Miyuki Yamada
 Japan
1:06.98 Feng Yazhu
 China
1:11.55
S3
details
Arjola Trimi
 Italy
51.34 Ellie Challis
 Great Britain
55.11 Iuliia Shishova
 RPC
57.03
S4
details
Liu Yu
 China
44.68 WR Zhou Yanfei
 China
48.42 Alexandra Stamatopoulou
 Greece
49.63
S5
details
Lu Dong
 China
37.18 Teresa Perales
 Spain
43.02 Sevilay Öztürk
 Turkey
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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Yip Pin Xiu  Singapore 1:02.04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Miyuki Yamada  Japan 1:06.98
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 Feng Yazhu  China 1:11.55
4 3 Fabiola Ramirez  Mexico 1:12.66
5 2  Italy 1:12.69
6 6  RPC 1:14.59
7 1  Hungary 1:27.48
8 8  Turkey 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Arjola Trimi  Italy 51.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ellie Challis  Great Britain 55.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Iuliia Shishova  RPC 57.03
4 2 Maiara Regina Pereira Barreto  Brazil 59.50
5 6  RPC 1:00.25
6 7 Leanne Smith  United States 1:02.93
7 8  Mexico 1:07.66
8 1 Edênia Garcia  Brazil 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Liu Yu  China 44.68 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Zhou Yanfei  China 48.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Alexandra Stamatopoulou  Greece 49.63
4 6  South Africa 50.17
5 2 Maryna Verbova  Ukraine 53.24
6 7 Gina Böttcher  Germany 53.96
7 8 Olga Sviderska  Ukraine 55.09
8 1 Nataliia Butkova  RPC 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Lu Dong  China 37.18 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Teresa Perales  Spain 43.02
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Sevilay Öztürk  Turkey 43.48
4 5 Sümeyye Boyacı  Turkey 43.94
5 2 Monica Boggioni  Italy 45.46
6 8 Mayumi Narita  Japan 47.86
7 1 Li Zhang  China 48.02
8 7 Cheng Jiao  China 48.75

References[]

  1. ^ "Swimming". Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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