2025 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

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The men's 50 metre freestyle events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025 ^[1] . Racing will occur over eleven classifications.

Schedule

The 50 metre freestyle events for men will be held across the following schedule:

Men's 50 metre freestyle

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept [2]	S5; S10; S11
Day 2	22 Sept
Day 3	23 Sept	S12
Day 4	24 Sept
Day 5	25 Sept	S3; S4; S6; S8; S13
Day 6	26 Sept	S7
Day 7	27 Sept	S9

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S3
S4
S5	Guo Jincheng   China	Artem Oliinyk   Ukraine	Samuel de Oliveira   Brazil
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10	Rowan Crothers   Australia	Thomas Gallagher   Australia	Ihor Nimchenko   Ukraine
S11	David Kratochvíl   Czech Republic	Dambella Jarra   Spain	Thomaz Rocha Matera   Brazil
S12
S13

Race summaries

S3

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S3 event will be held on 25 September. Seventeen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Huang Wenpan  (CHN)	0:38.81	2017-12-06	Mexico City	Mexico
Championship	Huang Wenpan  (CHN)	0:38.81	2017-12-06	Mexico City	Mexico
African	Youssef Elsayed  (EGY)	1:01.61	2021-06-19	Berlin	Germany
Americas	Diego Lopez Diaz  (MEX)	0:39.70	2017-12-06	Mexico City	Mexico
Asian	Huang Wenpan  (CHN)	0:38.81	2017-12-06	Mexico City	Mexico
European	Dmytro Vynohradets  (UKR)	0:41.41	2016-09-13	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Oceania	Ahmed Kelly  (AUS)	0:51.89	2023-08-04	Manchester	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Igor Bobyrev  (AIN)	S3			0:43.31
			Gabriel Araújo  (BRA)	S2			0:52.35
			Daniel Ferrer Robles  (ESP)	S3			0:46.58
			Charkorn Kaewsri  (THA)	S3			0:57.09
			Ahmed Kelly  (AUS)	S3			0:52.48
			Patricio Larenas Albayay  (CHI)	S3			0:57.44
			Krzysztof Lechniak  (POL)	S3			0:50.23
			Diego Lopez Diaz  (MEX)	S3			0:46.59
			Gabriele Lorenzo  (ITA)	S3			0:43.59
			Methasit Nakananram  (THA)	S3			0:58.44
			Denys Ostapchenko  (UKR)	S3			0:45.14
			Serhii Palamarchuk  (UKR)	S3			0:45.59
			Isaias Sono  (PER)	S3			0:49.57
			Marco Tinamisan  (PHI)	S3			0:53.24
			Josia Topf  (GER)	S3			0:44.67
			Umut Unlu  (TUR)	S3			0:44.83
			Marcos Rafael Zarate Rodriguez  (MEX)	S3			0:51.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S4

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 event will be held on 25 September. Fourteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Sebastian Massabie  (CAN)	0:35.61	2024-09-06	Paris	France
Championship	Ami Omer Dadaon  (ISR)	0:36.25	2022-06-16	Funchal	Portugal
Americas	Sebastian Massabie  (CAN)	0:35.61	2024-09-06	Paris	France
Asian	Takayuki Suzuki  (JPN)	0:36.85	2024-09-06	Paris	France
European	Ami Omer Dadaon  (ISR)	0:36.25	2022-06-16	Funchal	Portugal
Oceania	Cameron Leslie  (NZL)	0:36.71	2022-06-16	Funchal	Portugal

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Luigi Beggiato  (ITA)	S4			0:39.04
			Angel De Jesus Camacho Ramirez  (MEX)	S4			0:38.36
			Federico Cristiani  (ITA)	S4			0:39.97
			Ami Omer Dadaon  (ISR)	S4			0:37.11
			Andreas Ernhofer  (AUT)	S4			0:40.79
			Dimitri Granjux  (FRA)	S4			0:41.89
			Cameron Leslie  (NZL)	S4			0:37.24
			Ariel Malyar  (ISR)	S4			0:39.29
			Arnost Petracek  (CZE)	S4			0:43.44
			Abdarhaman Sheniba  (LBA)	S4			0:59.56
			Takayuki Suzuki  (JPN)	S4			0:36.85
			Matz Topkin  (EST)	S4			0:44.02
			Dmytro Vynohradets  (UKR)	S4			0:44.63
			Roman Zhdanov  (AIN)	S4			0:40.01

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S5

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 event was held on 21 September.

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Guo Jincheng  (CHN)	0:29.33	2024-09-05	Paris	France
Championship	Guo Jincheng  (CHN)	0:29.78	2023-07-31	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Ahmad Mohamed Hashad  (EGY)	0:41.43	2023-11-11	Cairo	Egypt
Americas	Samuel de Oliveira  (BRA)	0:31.40	2023-11-18	Santiago	Chile
Asian	Guo Jincheng  (CHN)	0:29.33	2024-09-05	Paris	France
European	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	0:30.16	2019-06-01	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Italy
Oceania	Cameron Leslie  (NZL)	0:37.47	2010-08-15	Eindhoven	Netherlands

Heats

Fourteen swimmers took part in heats, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	2	4	Jincheng Guo  (CHN)	30.96	Q
2	1	6	Artem Oliinyk  (UKR)	31.82	Q
3	1	5	Samuel de Oliveira  (BRA)	32.24	Q
4	2	5	Oleksandr Komarov  (UKR)	32.74	Q
5	2	6	Yaroslav Semenenko  (UKR)	33.61	Q
6	1	4	Yuan Weiyi  (CHN)	33.62	Q
7	2	3	Kirill Pulver  (AIN)	33.63	Q
8	2	2	Koral Berkin Kutlu  (TUR)	33.95	Q
9	1	7	Tiago De Oliveira  (BRA)	34.24	R
10	1	3	Francesco Bocciardo  (ITA)	34.66	R
11	1	2	Kaede Hinata  (JPN)	36.01
12	2	1	Luis Huerta Poza  (ESP)	36.23
13	2	7	Sebastian Massabie  (CAN)	36.33

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Jincheng Guo  (CHN)	30.11
	5	Artem Oliinyk  (UKR)	31.42
	3	Samuel de Oliveira  (BRA)	31.67
4	7	Yuan Weiyi  (CHN)	31.79
5	6	Oleksandr Komarov  (UKR)	31.99
6	8	Koral Berkin Kutlu  (TUR)	33.27
6	2	Yaroslav Semenenko  (UKR)	33.27
8	1	Kirill Pulver  (AIN)	33.52

S6

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event will be held on 25 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Xu Qing  (CHN)	0:28.57	2012-09-04	London	Great Britain
Championship	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	0:28.59	2023-08-04	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Kabelo Zwane  (RSA)	0:35.84	2019-04-28	Glasgow	Great Britain
Americas	Nelson Crispin Corzo  (COL)	0:29.14	2015-08-10	Toronto	Canada
Asian	Xu Qing  (CHN)	0:28.57	2012-09-04	London	Great Britain
European	Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	0:28.59	2023-08-04	Manchester	Great Britain
Oceania	Matthew Haanappel  (AUS)	0:30.77	2016-09-10	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Gary Bejino  (PHI)	S6			0:33.61
			Laurent Chardard  (FRA)	S6			0:30.44
			Nelson Crispin Corzo  (COL)	S6			0:29.55
			Andrii Drapkin  (UKR)	S6			0:33.01
			Mikhail Evseenko  (AIN)	S6			0:31.01
			Antonio Fantin  (ITA)	S6			0:29.01
			Raul Gutierrez  (MEX)	S6			0:32.40
			Vladyslav Koshman  (UKR)	S6			0:30.41
			Santiago Leon Prada  (COL)	S6			0:30.39
			Gabriel Melone de Oliveira  (BRA)	S6			0:32.57
			David Rendon  (COL)	S6			0:32.06
			Yerzhan Salimgereyev  (KAZ)	S6			0:32.47

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S7

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 event will be held on 26 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	0:26.38	2024-09-04	Paris	France
Championship	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	0:27.07	2019-09-15	London	Great Britain
African	Christian Sadie  (RSA)	0:28.75	2024-09-04	Paris	France
Americas	Carlos Daniel Serrano Zarate  (COL)	0:27.23	2024-06-01	Berlin	Germany
Asian	Pan Shiyun  (CHN)	0:27.35	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	0:26.38	2024-09-04	Paris	France
Oceania	Matthew Levy  (AUS)	0:28.17	2014-08-07	Pasadena	United States

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Sardor Bakhtiyorov  (UZB)	S7			0:30.61
			Federico Bicelli  (ITA)	S7			0:28.45
			Egor Efrosinin  (AIN)	S7			0:28.02
			Yaroslav Karpenko  (UKR)	S7			0:31.32
			Karlo Knezevic  (CRO)	S7			0:31.81
			Christian Sadie  (RSA)	S7			0:28.72
			Jurijs Semjonovs  (LAT)	S7			0:29.39
			Carlos Daniel Serrano Zarate  (COL)	S7			0:27.23
			Yurii Shenhur  (UKR)	S7			0:28.05
			Wei Soong Toh  (SGP)	S7			0:29.51
			Andrii Trusov  (UKR)	S7			0:26.38
			Adin Williams  (USA)	S7			0:31.24

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S8

The men's 50 metre freestyle S8 event will be held on 25 September. Fifteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Denis Tarasov  (RUS)	0:25.32	2014-08-10	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Championship	Denis Tarasov  (RUS)	0:25.34	2015-07-19	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Cristiaan Du Plessis  (RSA)	0:29.64	2010-08-18	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Americas	Gabriel Cristiano Silva de Souza  (BRA)	0:26.58	2024-05-03	São Paulo	Brazil
Asian	Wang Yinan  (CHN)	0:26.17	2014-10-23	Incheon	South Korea
European	Denis Tarasov  (RUS)	0:25.32	2014-08-10	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Oceania	Peter Leek  (AUS)	0:26.75	2010-08-18	Eindhoven	Netherlands

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Alberto Amodeo  (ITA)	S8			0:27.94
			Azizbek Boynazarov  (UZB)	S8			0:28.57
			Michal Golus  (POL)	S8			0:28.00
			Eduard Horodianyn  (UKR)	S8			0:26.68
			Bohdan Hrynenko  (UKR)	S8			0:28.44
			Noah Jaffe  (USA)	S8			0:27.42
			Kota Kubota  (JPN)	S8			0:28.09
			Sergio Martos Minguet  (ESP)	S8			0:28.05
			Reid Maxwell  (CAN)	S8			0:27.96
			Dimosthenis Michalentzakis  (GRE)	S8			0:27.21
			Abd Halim Mohammad  (MAS)	S8			0:27.18
			Kyrylo Poida  (UKR)	S8			0:28.50
			Gabriel Cristiano Silva de Souza  (BRA)	S8			0:26.58
			Callum Simpson  (AUS)	S8			0:26.95
			Turgut Aslan Yaraman  (TUR)	S8			0:27.55

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S9

The men's 50 metre freestyle S9 event will be held on 27 September. Fifteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:23.90	2024-09-02	Paris	France
Championship	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:23.96	2023-08-06	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Hady Abdalla  (EGY)	0:29.25	2023-11-11	Cairo	Egypt
Americas	Jamal Hill  (USA)	0:25.19	2021-08-29	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Xie Zhili  (CHN)	0:25.48	2024-09-02	Paris	France
European	Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	0:23.90	2024-09-02	Paris	France
Oceania	Matthew Cowdrey  (AUS)	0:25.13	2012-09-05	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Mustafa Al-Hayani  (IRQ)	S9			0:28.72
			Simone Barlaam  (ITA)	S9			0:23.90
			Yurii Bozhynskyi  (UKR)	S9			0:25.97
			Malte Braunschweig  (GER)	S9			0:26.50
			Simone Ciulli  (ITA)	S9			0:26.04
			Hector Denayer  (FRA)	S9			0:26.20
			Oliwier Krzyszkowski  (POL)	S9			0:25.75
			Jose Antonio Mari Alcaraz  (ESP)	S9			0:26.28
			Bogdan Mozgovoi  (AIN)	S9			0:25.73
			Fredrik Solberg  (NOR)	S9			0:25.26
			Denis Tarasov  (AIN)	S9			0:25.15
			Dmytro Vasylenko  (UKR)	S9			0:25.73
			Tommaso Wulzer  (ITA)	S9			0:25.87
			Xie Zhili  (CHN)	S9			0:25.39
			Abolfazl Zarif Pouresmaeilyazdi  (IRI)	S9			0:25.94

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S10

The men's 50 metre freestyle S10 event was held on 21 September.

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Andre Brasil  (BRA)	0:23.16	2012-08-31	London	Great Britain
Championship	Andre Brasil  (BRA)	0:23.20	2015-07-13	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Zeiad Tarek Hasby  (EGY)	0:24.75	2024-08-29	Paris	France
Americas	Andre Brasil  (BRA)	0:23.16	2012-08-31	London	Great Britain
Asian	Lin Furong  (CHN)	0:24.86	2012-08-31	London	Great Britain
European	Maksym Krypak  (UKR)	0:23.33	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Oceania	Rowan Crothers  (AUS)	0:23.21	2021-08-25	Tokyo	Japan

Heats

Thirteen swimmers took part with one late withdrawal, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] .

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	2	4	Thomas Gallagher  (AUS)	23.43	Q
2	1	4	Rowan Crothers  (AUS)	23.49	Q
3	1	5	Ihor Nimchenko  (UKR)	23.92	Q
4	2	5	Stefano Raimondi  (ITA)	24.49	Q
5	2	3	Alexander Tuckfield  (AUS)	24.56	Q
6	1	6	Zeiad Tarek Hasby  (EGY)	24.83	Q
7	1	3	Fernando Lu  (CAN)	24.88	Q
8	2	2	Koehn Boyd  (USA)	24.90	Q
9	2	6	Dmitrii Grigorev  (AIN)	25.06	R
10	1	2	Jack Gill  (CAN)	25.25	R
11	1	7	Emil Salemgareev  (AIN)	25.76
12	2	7	Sina Zeyghaminejad  (IRI)	25.82
-	2	1	Turki Alharbi  (KSA)	DNS

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Rowan Crothers  (AUS)	23.21	=OCR
	3	Thomas Gallagher  (AUS)	23.46
	1	Ihor Nimchenko  (UKR)	23.58
4	5	Stefano Raimondi  (ITA)	24.20
5	2	Alexander Tuckfield  (AUS)	24.40
6	6	Koehn Boyd  (USA)	24.81
6	8	Fernando Lu  (CAN)	24.90
8	7	Zeiad Tarek Hasby  (EGY)	25.05

S11

The men's 50 metre freestyle S11 event was held on 21 September. .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Yang Bozun  (CHN)	0:25.27	2012-09-01	London	Great Britain
Championship	Bradley Snyder  (USA)	0:25.78	2015-07-17	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Hendri Herbst  (RSA)	0:26.92	2016-04-23	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Americas	Bradley Snyder  (USA)	0:25.57	2016-09-12	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Asian	Yang Bozun  (CHN)	0:25.27	2012-09-01	London	Great Britain
European	David Kratochvíl  (CZE)	0:25.66	2025-07-27	Istanbul	Turkey
Oceania	Jeremy McClure  (AUS)	0:31.01	2020-02-15	Melbourne	Australia

Heats

Fourteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	2	4	David Kratochvil  (CZE)	25.45	Q CR
2	1	5	Rogier Dorsman  (NED)	26.10	Q
3	2	3	Dambelleh Jarra  (ESP)	26.16	Q
4	1	3	Edgaras Matakas  (LTU)	26.34	Q
5	2	5	Keiichi Kimura  (JPN)	26.38	Q
6	1	4	Hua Dongdong  (CHN)	26.83	Q
7	2	6	Thomaz Rocha Matera  (BRA)	26.93	Q
8	1	2	Zhixin Li  (CHN)	26.98	Q
9	2	2	Marco Meneses  (POR)	27.15	R
10	1	6	Matheus Correa  (BRA)	27.38	R
11	2	7	Mykhailo Serbin  (UKR)	27.49	0
12	1	7	José Cantero  (ESP)	27.58
13	2	1	Simonas Zvirblis  (LTU)	28.57
14	1	1	Eugeniu Nicolenco  (MDA)	35.24

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	David Kratochvil  (CZE)	25.52
	3	Dambelleh Jarra  (ESP)	25.88
	1	Thomaz Rocha Matera  (BRA)	26.17
4	5	Rogier Dorsman  (NED)	26.21
5	2	Keiichi Kimura  (JPN)	26.22
6	6	Edgaras Matakas  (LTU)	26.44
6	8	Li Zhixin  (CHN)	26.55
8	7	Hua Dongdong  (CHN)	26.62

S12

The Men's 50 metre freestyle S12 event will be held on 23 September. Fourteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Maksym Veraksa  (UKR)	0:22.99	2009-10-21	Reykjavik	Iceland
Championship	Maksym Veraksa  (UKR)	0:23.36	2013-08-15	Montreal	Canada
African	Franco Smit  (RSA)	0:25.30	2019-09-11	London	Great Britain
Americas	Tucker Dupree  (USA)	0:24.03	2016-07-01	Charlotte, NC	United States
Asian	Maulana Rifky Yavianda  (INA)	0:24.76	2021-06-19	Berlin	Germany
European	Maksym Veraksa  (UKR)	0:22.99	2009-10-21	Reykjavik	Iceland
Oceania	Braedan Jason  (AUS)	0:24.56	2022-07-30	Birmingham	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Arsenii Berezhnoi  (AIN)	S12			0:25.93
			Oleksii Fedyna  (UKR)	S12			0:25.48
			Juan Ferron Gutierrez  (ESP)	S12			0:25.54
			Timofei Guk  (AIN)	S12			0:24.75
			Uladzimir Izotau  (AIN)	S12			0:26.28
			Egor Kuzmin  (AIN)	S12			0:26.18
			Douglas Matera  (BRA)	S12			0:25.53
			Kylian Portal  (FRA)	S12			0:25.13
			Dzmitry Salei  (AIN)	S12			0:24.38
			Raman Salei  (AZE)	S12			0:24.39
			Maksym Veraksa  (UKR)	S12			0:23.80
			Alex Villarejo Martin  (ESP)	S12			0:25.53
			Illia Yaremenko  (UKR)	S12			0:23.77
			Nurdaulet Zhumagali  (KAZ)	S12			0:25.66

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S13

The men's 50 metre freestyle S13 event will be held on 25 September. Nine swimmers will take part, with the top eight progressing to the final ^[1] . The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[3] :

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:23.20	2015-07-13	Glasgow	Great Britain
Championship	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:23.20	2015-07-13	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Charles Bouwer  (RSA)	0:23.99	2012-09-01	London	Great Britain
Americas	Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	0:23.88	2023-08-04	Manchester	Great Britain
Asian	Islam Aslanov  (UZB)	0:23.31	2018-10-11	Jakarta	Indonesia
European	Ihar Boki  (BLR)	0:23.20	2015-07-13	Glasgow	Great Britain
Oceania	Timothy Antalfy  (AUS)	0:24.26	2012-09-01	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Enrique Mollar  (ESP)	S13			0:24.80
			Egor Bolotov  (UZB)	S13			0:24.51
			Taliso Engel  (GER)	S13			0:24.36
			Nathan Hendricks  (RSA)	S13			0:25.11
			Egor Shchitkovskii  (AIN)	S13			0:23.95
			Gabriel Steen  (NOR)	S13			0:25.17
			Vitalii Tsybriuk  (AIN)	S13			0:23.45
			Nicolas Guy Turbide  (CAN)	S13			0:24.33
			Oleksii Virchenko  (UKR)	S13			0:23.80

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

References

1. Singapore 2025 Event guide
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3. "Para Swimming Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-09-12.