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

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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.[1]

Schedule

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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
S1 50m H F
S2 50m H F
S3 50m H F
S4 50m H F
S5 50m H F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre backstroke events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S1
details
Iyad Shalabi
 Israel
1:11.79 Anton Kol
 Ukraine
1:13.78 Francesco Bettella
 Italy
1:14.87
S2
details
Gabriel Araújo
 Brazil
53.96 Alberto Abarza
 Chile
57.76 Vladimir Danilenko
 RPC
59.47
S3
details
Zou Liankang
 China
45.25 Denys Ostapchenko
 Ukraine
45.57 Diego López Díaz
 Mexico
45.66
S4
details
Roman Zhdanov
 RPC
40.99 WR Arnošt Petráček
 Czech Republic
41.26 Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez
 Mexico
43.25
S5
details
Zheng Tao
 China
31.42 Ruan Jingsong
 China
32.97 Wang Lichao
 China
33.38

Results

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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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Iyad Shalabi  Israel 1.11.79
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Anton Kol  Ukraine 1.13.78
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Francesco Bettella  Italy 1.14.87
4 6 Jose Ronaldo Da Silva  Brazil 1.21.57 AM
5 2 Dimitrios Karypidis  Greece 1.25.30
6 7 Luis Eduardo Rojas Osorno  Colombia 1.37.53
7 1 Aliaksei Talai  Belarus 1.55.58

S2

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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 Gabriel Araújo  Brazil 53.96 AM
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Alberto Abarza  Chile 57.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Vladimir Danilenko  RPC 59.47
4 2 Nikita Kazachiner  RPC 1.00.54
5 3 Roman Bondarenko  Ukraine 1.00.61
6 1 Ievgen Panibratets  Ukraine 1.03.00
7 8 Aristeidis Makrodimitris  Greece 1.03.28
8 7 Jacek Czech  Poland 1.05.13

S3

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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) 3 Zou Liankang  China 45.25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Denys Ostapchenko  Ukraine 45.57
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Diego López Díaz  Mexico 45.66
4 2 Jesús Hernández Hernández  Mexico 45.75
5 6 Vincenzo Boni  Italy 47.88
6 1 Serhii Palamarchuk  Ukraine 49.65
7 7 Josia Tim Alexander Topf  Germany 49.99
8 8 Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo  Spain 54.57

S4

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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) 5 Roman Zhdanov  RPC 40.99 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Arnošt Petráček  Czech Republic 41.26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez  Mexico 43.25
4 2 Dmytro Vynohradets  Ukraine 44.91
5 6 Liu Benying  China 45.21
6 1 Matz Topkin  Estonia 45.42
7 8 Xavier Torres  Spain 46.93
8 7 Ronystony Cordeiro da Silva  Brazil 46.95

S5

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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) 6 Tao Zheng  China 31.42 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Ruan Jingsong  China 32.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Wang Lichao  China 33.38
4 5 Yaroslav Semenenko  Ukraine 35.05
5 2 Daniel de Faria Dias  Brazil 35.99
6 7 Igor Plotnikov  RPC 37.40
7 1 Andrew Mullen  Great Britain 37.96
8 8 Antoni Ponce Bertran  Spain 38.42

References

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  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.