The women's 50m backstroke events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12 and 18 June.
Eight swimmers from six nations took part. [1]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Leanne Smith |  United States | 55.08 | |
 | Ellie Challis |  United Kingdom | 57.43 | |
 | Maiara Barreto |  Brazil | 1:02.98 | |
| 4 | Nikita Ens |  Canada | 1:08.70 | |
| 5 | Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez |  Mexico | 1:10.32 | |
| 6 | Patricia Valle | Mexico | 1:11.50 | |
| 7 | Veronika Guirenko |  Israel | 1:14.67 | |
| 8 | Aly van Wyck-Smart | Canada | 1:16.67 |
Seven swimmers from seven nations took part. [2]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Stamatopoulou |  Greece | 49.97 | |
| Tanja Scholz |  Germany | 51.05 | |
| Kat Swanepoel |  South Africa | 51.80 | |
| 4 | Lidia Vieira da Cruz | Brazil | 54.02 | |
| 5 | Sonja Sigurđardóttir |  Iceland | 1:07.31 | |
| 6 | Dominika Mickova |  Czech Republic | 1:09.74 | |
| 7 | Jordan Tucker | Canada | 1:11.65 |
Eight swimmers from seven nations took part. [3]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sümeyye Boyacı |  Turkey | 41.58 | |
| Sevilay Öztürk | Turkey | 44.45 | |
| Monica Boggioni |  Italy | 46.32 | |
| 4 | Karina Amayrani Hernandez Torres | Mexico | 50.00 | |
| 5 | Solène Sache |  France | 51.57 | |
| 6 | Elizabeth Noriega |  Argentina | 51.70 | |
| 7 | Darlin Jiseb Romero Sanchez |  Colombia | 52.95 | |
| 8 | Clémence Paré | Canada | 1:03.51 |
Ellie Victoria Cole, is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and wheelchair basketball player. After having her leg amputated due to cancer, she trained in swimming as part of her rehabilitation program and progressed more rapidly than instructors had predicted. She began competitive swimming in 2003 and first competed internationally at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships, where she won a silver medal. Since then, she has won medals in the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, the Commonwealth Games, the Paralympic Games, the IPC Swimming World Championships, and various national championships. Following the 2012 London Paralympics, where she won four gold and two bronze medals, Cole underwent two shoulder reconstructions and made a successful return to swimming at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, winning five medals, including three golds. She subsequently represented Australia at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics, the 2018 Commonwealth Games, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. In claiming her seventeenth Paralympic medal in Tokyo, Cole became Australia's most decorated female Paralympian with six gold, five silver and six bronze medals from four Paralympic Games.
Great Britain was one of twenty-eight nations to send athletes to the 1968 Summer Paralympics in Tel Aviv, Israel from November 4 to 13, 1968. The team finished second in the medal table and won sixty-nine medals: twenty-nine gold, twenty silver and twenty bronze. Athletes from the whole United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, were able to compete for the team. Seventy-five British athletes took part in the Games; fifty-one men and twenty-four women.
Hannah Russell, is a British Paralympic swimmer competing in S12 classification events. In 2012, she became British S12 champion in the 100m backstroke and qualified for the 2012 Summer Paralympic Games where she won a silver in the 400m freestyle and a bronze in the 100m butterfly. In the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, she won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke with the time of 1:06:06 earning her the World Record.
Alice Tai, is a British paralympic swimmer. Tai competes in the SB8, SM8 and S8. She has represented Great Britain at European and World Championships and at the Commonwealth and Paralympic Games, gold medals at all levels.
Katja Dedekind is an Australian Paralympic vision-impaired swimmer and goalball player. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and two bronze medals at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Mohammad Abbas Karimi is a swimmer, who came second in the S5 50 meter butterfly event at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships, making him the first refugee athlete to win a medal at that competition. He came eighth in the 50 meter butterfly S5 event for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
The men's 50m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 200m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The men's 400m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 400m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The men's 100m backstroke events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 100m backstroke events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 50m breaststroke events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 100m breaststroke events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The men's 200m individual medley events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 200m individual medley events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
The women's 100m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12 and 18 June.
The men's 50m backstroke events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12 and 18 June.
The women's 50m butterfly events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.
