| 2023 World Para Swimming Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Swimming | ||
| Freestyle | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| 400 m | men | women |
| Backstroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| Breaststroke | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| Butterfly | ||
| 50 m | men | women |
| 100 m | men | women |
| Individual medley | ||
| 150 m | men | women |
| 200 m | men | women |
| Relay | ||
| Freestyle | mixed | |
| Medley | mixed | |
The men's 200m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August. [1]
Five swimmers entered this event, which proceeded straight to final on 3 August. [2]
Before the event, the relevant records were as follows.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| World record |  Itzhak Mamistvalov (ISR) | 4:57.79 |
| Championship record |  Itzhak Mamistvalov (ISR) | 5:04.21 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anton Kol |  Ukraine | 4:57.31 | WR |
 | Francesco Bettella |  Italy | 5:16.14 | |
 | Iyad Shalabi | Israel | 5:16.81 | |
| 4 | Kamil Otowski |  Poland | 5:38.13 | |
| 5 | Dimitrios Karypidis |  Greece | 6:20.74 |
Eight swimmers entered this event, which proceeded straight to final on 3 August. [3]
Before the event, the relevant records were as follows.
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| World record |  Liu Benying (CHN) | 3:41.54 |
| Championship record |  Gabriel Araújo (BRA) | 3:59.06 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | 4:01.51 | |
| Jacek Czech | Poland | 4:22.96 | |
| Alberto Abarza |  Chile | 4:31.55 | |
| 4 | Roman Bondarenko | Ukraine | 4:39.11 | |
| 5 | Rodrigo Santillan |  Peru | 4:47.20 | |
| 6 | Jesus Rey Lopez Cervantes |  Mexico | 4:57.87 | |
| 7 | Bruno Becker | Brazil | 4:58.16 | |
| 8 | Cristopher Tronco Sánchez | Mexico | 5:00.14 |
11 swimmers entered the competition.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| World record | Huang Wenpan | 3:09.04 |
| Championships record | Huang Wenpan | 3:17.77 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 3:22.01 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Vincenzo Boni | Italy | 3:37.18 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 3:41.90 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Umut Ünlü |  Turkey | 3:43.53 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Diego López Díaz | Mexico | 3:47.41 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Krzysztof Lechniak | Poland | 3:54.30 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Ferrer Robles | Turkey | 4:06.55 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Marcos Zarate Rodriguez | Mexico | 4:07.98 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Ioannis Kostakis | Greece | 4:21.75 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Patricio Larenas | Chile | 4:30.64 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Youssef Elsayed |  Egypt | 4:44.99 | AF |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 3:19.43 | |
| Vincenzo Boni | Italy | 3:37.30 | |
| Diego López Díaz | Mexico | 3:42.30 | |
| 4 | Umut Ünlü | Turkey | 3:42.46 | |
| 5 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 3:48.58 | |
| 6 | Krzysztof Lechniak | Poland | 3:51.64 | |
| 7 | Daniel Ferrer Robles |  Spain | 3:56.89 | |
| 8 | Marcos Zarate Rodriguez | Mexico | 4:03.73 |
7 swimmers entered the competition. [5]
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| World record | Ami Omer Dadaon | 2:44.84 |
| Championships record | Ami Omer Dadaon | 2:50.91 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 2:58.34 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Cameron Leslie |  New Zealand | 3:10.05 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez | Mexico | 3:10.25 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 3:10.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Gustavo Sánchez Martínez | Mexico | 3:12.48 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Andreas Ernhofer |  Austria | 3:35.49 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Ariel Malyar | Israel | 3:32.23 | Q |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 2:51.58 | |
| Angel de Jesus Camacho Ramirez | Mexico | 3:00.63 | |
| Cameron Leslie | New Zealand | 3:05.45 | |
| 4 | Gustavo Sánchez Martínez | Mexico | 3:06.34 | |
| 5 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 3:07.04 | |
| 6 | Andreas Ernhofer | Austria | 3:21.87 | |
| 7 | Ariel Malyar | Israel | 3:35.16 |
11 swimmers entered the competition. [7]
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| World record | Francesco Bocciardo  | 2:23.65 |
| Championships record | Francesco Bocciardo | 2:24.11 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 2:33.60 | |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | 2:39.56 | |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Andrii Drapkin | Ukraine | 2:45.41 | |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Luis Huerta Poza | Spain | 2:45.66 | |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli |  Malaysia | 2:53.75 | |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Zy Kher Lee | Malaysia | 2:55.98 | |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Phuchit Aingchaiyaphum |  Thailand | 2:56.12 | |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Zeyad Kahil | Egypt | 2:56.69 | |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Alexandros-Stylianos Lergios | Greece | 3:01.80 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso | Spain | 3:03.14 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Ivo Rocha |  Portugal | 3:04.63 |
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 2:27.79 | |
| Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | 2:32.71 | |
| Luis Huerta Poza | Spain | 2:46.24 | |
| 4 | Andrii Drapkin | Ukraine | 2:46.52 | |
| 5 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli | Malaysia | 2:52.61 | |
| 6 | Zy Kher Lee | Malaysia | 2:53.12 | |
| 7 | Phuchit Aingchaiyaphum | Thailand | 2:56.33 | |
| 8 | Zeyad Kahil | Egypt | 2:56.95 |
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15 swimmers entered the competition.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows: [9]
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
|---|---|---|
| World record | Reece Dunn  | 1:52.40 |
| Championships record | Gabriel Bandeira | 1:52.42 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | William Ellard |  Great Britain | 1:55.06 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Nicholas Bennett |  Canada | 1:55.42 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Jack Ireland |  Australia | 1:56.01 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Dmytro Vanzenko | Ukraine | 1:57.06 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Gabriel Bandeira | Brazil | 1:58.03 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Wai Lok Tang |  Hong Kong | 1:58.08 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Jordan Catchpole | Great Britain | 1:58.32 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Alexander Hillhouse |  Denmark | 1:58.81 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Tsun Lok Cheung | Hong Kong | 1:58.84 | |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Anku Matsuda |  Japan | 2:01.38 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Nader Khalili |  Finland | 2:01.62 | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | Louis Lawlor | Great Britain | 2:01.79 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Hon Yin Wong | Hong Kong | 2:02.15 | |
| 14 | 2 | 8 | Shunya Murakami | Japan | 2:03.21 | |
| 15 | 1 | 7 | Inkook Lee |  South Korea | 2:03.70 |
The final took place on 31 July. [9]
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Nicholas Bennett | Canada | 1:54.75 | |
| 1 | 4 | William Ellard | Great Britain | 1:54.79 | |
| 1 | 3 | Jack Ireland | Australia | 1:55.38 | |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Dmytro Vanzenko | Ukraine | 1:56.40 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | Gabriel Bandeira | Brazil | 1:56.90 | |
| 6 | 1 | 8 | Alexander Hillhouse | Denmark | 1:57.13 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Jordan Catchpole | Great Britain | 1:58.49 | |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Wai Lok Tang | Hong Kong | 2:00.14 |
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The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August. Events were held in eleven classifications.
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