2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Freestyle relays

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The freestyle relay events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August. One will be held solely for S14 (intellectual disability) athletes; the other three will be an aggregate points based system to allow swimmers from multiple classifications to be eligible.

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Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
(S14) [1]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
William Ellard
Jessica-Jane Applegate
Poppy Maskill
Jordan Catchpole
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Jack Ireland
Madeleine McTernan
Ruby Storm
Benjamin Hance
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Joao Pedro Brutos de Oliveira
Ana Karolina Soares de Oliveira
Beatriz Borges Carneiro
Gabriel Bandeira
Mixed 4 x 50m freestyle relay
(20 points) [2] [3]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Guo Jincheng
Lu Dong
He Shenggao
Yuan Weiyi
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Anna Hontar
Dmytro Vynohradets
Iryna Poida
Oleksandr Komarov
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
(34 points)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flag of France.svg  France Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Mixed 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
(49 points)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Results


Mixed 4 x 100m freestyle relay (S14)

The race was held as a straight final on 3 August. [1]

The applicable records on entry for this event were as follows:

RecordTeamTime
World recordFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3:40.63
Championship record3:42.21
Final
RankNationResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
William Ellard
Jessica-Jane Applegate
Poppy Maskill
Jordan Catchpole
3:42.42
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Jack Ireland
Madeleine McTernan
Ruby Storm
Benjamin Hanse
3:45.58
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Joao Pedro Brutos de Oliveira
Ana Karolina Soares de Oliveira
Beatriz Borges Carneiro
Gabriel Bandeira
3:51.12
4Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Tang Wai Lok
Cheung Tsun Lok
Chan Yui-lam
Cheung Ho Ying
3:56.61AR
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Kinoshita Aira
Matsuda Anku
Serizawa Mikaka
Murakami Shunya
4:02.18

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References

  1. 1 2 Manchester 2003 Mixed 4 x 100 freestyle relay S14
  2. "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships Mixed 4 x 50m freestyle relay". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  3. Sutherland, James (2023-08-01). "2023 Para Worlds Day 2: Swim Swam blog". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-08-02.