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

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The men's 50 metre backstroke events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025 ^[1] . Five classifications shall race over the distance.

Schedule

The 50 metre backstroke events for men will be held across the following schedule ^[1] :

men's 50 metre backstroke

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept
Day 2	22 Sept [2]	S5
Day 3	23 Sept
Day 4	24 Spt	S3; S4
Day 5	25 Sept
Day 6	26 Sept	S1; S2
Day 7	27 Sept

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5	Yuan Weiyi   China	Guo Jincheng   China	Samuel de Oliveira   Brazil

Race summaries

S1

The men's 50 metre backstroke S1 event will be held on 26 September. Seven swimmers will take part in a direct final ^[1] .

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

Record	Athlete	Time	Date	City	Country
World	Hennadii Boiko  (UKR)	0:59.96	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Kamil Otowski  (POL)	1:07.34	2023-08-05	Manchester	Great Britain
Americas	Jose Ronaldo Da Silva  (BRA)	1:13.15	2025-09-05	São Paulo	Brazil
Asian	Alireza Jalili  (IRI)	1:37.84	2018-10-07	Jakarta	Indonesia
European	Hennadii Boiko  (UKR)	0:59.96	2016-09-09	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
		Francesco Bettella  (ITA)	S1			1:13.90
		Jose Ronaldo da Silva  (BRA)	S1			1:15.00
		Dimitrios Karypidis  (GRE)	S1			1:28.12
		Anton Kol  (UKR)	S1			1:14.44
		Nikolaos Kontou  (GRE)	S1			1:37.48
		Miguel Navarro  (ESP)	S1			1:52.73
		Iyad Shalabi  (ISR)	S1			1:11.28

S2

The men's 50 metre backstroke S2 event will be held on 26 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	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	0:47.17	2016-09-15	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	0:48.62	2017-12-04	Mexico City	Mexico
African	David Mc Klopper  (RSA)	2:03.34	2016-03-22	Bloemfontein	South Africa
Americas	Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo  (BRA)	0:50.93	2024-08-31	Paris	France
Asian	Zou Liankang  (CHN)	0:47.17	2016-09-15	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Serhii Palamarchuk  (UKR)	0:50.23	2016-09-15	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Alberto Abarza  (CHI)	S2			0:57.34
			Bruno Becker  (BRA)	S2			1:43.62
			Jacek Czech  (POL)	S2			0:56.59
			Vladimir Danilenko  (AIN)	S2			0:56.99
			Gabriel Araújo  (BRA)	S2			0:50.93
			Conrad Hildebrand  (SWE)	S2			1:16.10
			Jesus Rey Lopez  (MEX)	S2			1:08.48
			Muhammed Aasim Poyilil  (IND)	S2			1:27.61
			Rodrigo Santillan  (PER)	S2			1:06.88

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S3

The men's 50 metre backstroke S3 event will be held on 24 September. Thirteen 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	Min Byeong-Eon  (KOR)	0:42.21	2012-09-02	London	Great Britain
Championship	Diego López Díaz  (MEX)	0:43.47	2019-09-12	London	Great Britain
African	Amr Abdalla  (EGY)	1:57.35	2021-06-18	Berlin	Germany
Americas	Diego Lopez Diaz  (MEX)	0:42.39	2018-09-23	Yokohama City	Japan
Asian	Min Byeong-Eon  (KOR)	0:42.21	2012-09-02	London	Great Britain
European	Dmytro Vynohradets  (UKR)	0:44.94	2016-09-10	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Oceania	Ahmed Kelly  (AUS)	0:54.96	2024-09-02	Paris	France

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Igor Bobyrev  (AIN)	S3			0:50.51
			Vincenzo Boni  (ITA)	S3			0:49.14
			Daniel Ferrer Robles  (ESP)	S3			0:49.71
			Charkorn Kaewsri  (THA)	S3			0:59.08
			Ahmed Kelly  (AUS)	S3			0:54.96
			Patricio Larenas Albayay  (CHI)	S3			0:57.11
			Krzysztof Lechniak  (POL)	S3			0:56.44
			Diego Lopez Diaz  (MEX)	S3			0:50.64
			Denys Ostapchenko  (UKR)	S3			0:45.16
			Serhii Palamarchuk  (UKR)	S3			0:48.95
			Isaias Sono  (PER)	S3			0:50.25
			Josia Topf  (GER)	S3			0:47.06
			Umut Unlu  (TUR)	S3			0:49.98

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S4

The men's 50 metre backstroke S4 event will be held on 24 September. Eleven 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	Roman Zhdanov  (IPC)	0:40.99	2021-09-03	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Roman Zhdanov  (RUS)	0:41.50	2019-09-12	London	Great Britain
Americas	Ángel Camacho Ramirez  (MEX)	0:42.57	2024-05-31	Berlin	Germany
Asian	Liu Yuntao  (CHN)	0:44.42	2016-09-16	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Roman Zhdanov  (IPC)	0:40.99	2021-09-03	Tokyo	Japan
Oceania	Cameron Leslie  (NZL)	0:42.13	2019-09-12	London	Great Britain

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Ángel Camacho Ramirez  (MEX)	S4			0:42.57
			Andreas Ernhofer  (AUT)	S4			0:46.98
			Dimitri Granjux  (FRA)	S4			0:45.97
			Nattawut Kongsripilarom  (THA)	S4			1:07.16
			Cameron Leslie  (NZL)	S4			0:43.05
			Miguel Luque  (ESP)	S4			0:50.22
			Ariel Malyar  (ISR)	S4			0:52.15
			Arnost Petracek  (CZE)	S4			0:43.26
			Matz Topkin  (EST)	S4			0:43.90
			Dmytro Vynohradets  (UKR)	S4			0:46.32
			Roman Zhdanov  (AIN)	S4			0:41.22

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S5

The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event will be held on 22 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	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	0:31.42	2021-08-30	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Wang Lichao  (CHN)	0:32.59	2019-09-14	London	Great Britain
African	Zeyad Kahil  (EGY)	0:48.97	2023-03-17	Sheffield	Great Britain
Americas	Samuel de Oliveira  (BRA)	0:33.42	2025-06-12	São Paulo	Brazil
Asian	Zheng Tao  (CHN)	0:31.42	2021-08-30	Tokyo	Japan
European	Yaroslav Semenenko  (UKR)	0:34.58	2023-08-01	Manchester	Great Britain
Oceania	Cameron Leslie  (NZL)	0:41.30	2016-09-16	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	5	Samuel de Oliveira  (BRA)	S5	33.87	Q
2	2	4	Yuan Weiyi  (CHN)	S5	34.30	Q
3	1	4	Guo Jincheng  (CHN)	S5	34.37	Q
4	1	5	Yaroslav Semenenko  (UKR)	S5	34.82	Q
5	1	3	Eigo Tanaka  (JPN)	S5	36.10	Q
6	1	3	Artem Oliinyk  (UKR)	S5	37.41	Q
7	1	2	Ismail Zulfic  (BIH)	S5	38.13	Q
8	2	2	Kirill Pulver  (AIN)	S5	39.27	Q
9	1	6	Antoni Ponce Bertran  (ESP)	S5	39.45
10	2	6	Kaede Hinata  (JPN)	S5	39.54
11	1	7	Francesco Bocciardo  (ITA)	S5	41.06
12	2	7	Abdul Quadir Indori  (IND)	S5	42.03
13	2	1	Oleksandr Komarov  (UKR)	S5	42.24
14	1	1	Luis Huerta Poza  (ESP)	S5	43.62
15	2	8	Hussain Alrashid  (KSA)	S5	49.77

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	5	Yuan Weiyi  (CHN)	S5	32.59	=CR
	3	Guo Jincheng  (CHN)	S5	33.36
	4	Samuel de Oliveira  (BRA)	S5	33.60
4	6	Yaroslav Semenenko  (UKR)	S5	35.35
5	2	Eigo Tanaka  (JPN)	S5	35.7
6	7	Artem Oliinyk  (UKR)	S5	36.58
7	8	Kirill Pulver  (AIN)	S5	38.58
8	1	Ismail Zulfic  (BIH)	S5	39.36

References

1. Singapore 2025 Event guide
2. Frodyma, Terin (2025-09-22). "Records Continue to Fall as Jiang, Hance, Engel, and Araujo Break WRs: Para Worlds Day 2 Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
3. "Para Swimming Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-09-12.