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

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The Women's 50 m backstroke events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships will be held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025 ^{[1] [2]} .

Schedule

Women's 50 m backstroke events will be held across the following schedule:

women's 50 metre backstroke

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

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S2
S3
S4
S5	He Shenggao   China	Sevilay Ozturk   Turkey	Sumeyye Boyaci   Turkey

Race summaries

S2

The women's 50 metre backstroke S2 event will be held on 26 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final final ^[2] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[1] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Pin Xiu Yip  (SGP)	0:59.38	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Ganna Ielisavetska  (UKR)	1:03.21	Montreal	Canada
Americas	Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez  (MEX)	01:08.7	Paris	France
Asian	Pin Xiu Yip  (SGP)	00:59.4	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Ganna Ielisavetska  (UKR)	01:03.2	Montreal	Canada

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez  (MEX)	S2			1:08.75
			Zsanett Adami-Rozsa  (HUN)	S2			1:29.77
			Ebrar Bilge  (TUR)	S2			1:33.53
			Katarina Draganov-Cordas  (SRB)	S2			1:28.80
			Elif Ildem  (TUR)	S1			1:39.71
			Diana Koltsova  (AIN)	S2			1:11.11
			Teresa Perales  (ESP)	S2			1:10.95
			Angela Procida  (ITA)	S2			1:08.79
			Fabiola Ramirez Martinez  (MEX)	S2			1:10.17
			Areti Aravela Spyridou  (GRE)	S2			1:46.04
			Arjola Trimi  (ITA)	S2			1:06.41
			Pin Xiu Yip  (SGP)	S2			1:04.89

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S3

The women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event will be held on 24 September. Twelve swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final final ^[2] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[1] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Peng Qiuping  (CHN)	0:48.49	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
Championship	Lisette Teunissen  (NED)	0:51.23	Glasgow	Great Britain
African	Sarah Shannon  (RSA)	01:17.6	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Americas	Leanne Smith  (USA)	00:53.9	Indianapolis	United States
Asian	Peng Qiuping  (CHN)	00:48.5	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil
European	Lisette Teunissen  (NED)	00:50.3	Amsterdam	Netherlands
Oceania	Esther Overton  (AUS)	01:11.3	Eindhoven	Netherlands

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Ellie Challis  (GBR)	S3			0:53.56
			Marta Fernandez Infante  (ESP)	S3			0:55.74
			Veronika Guirenko  (ISR)	S3			1:09.14
			Lova Johansson  (SWE)	S3			1:58.07
			Anhelina Maltseva  (UKR)	S3			1:12.52
			Domiziana Mecenate  (ITA)	S3			0:58.77
			Maiara Regina Pereira Barreto  (BRA)	S3			1:02.82
			Zoia Shchurova  (AIN)	S3			0:58.12
			Sonja Sigurdardottir  (ISL)	S3			1:07.46
			Leanne Smith  (USA)	S3			0:59.06
			Wiktoria Sobota  (POL)	S3			1:07.22
			Aly van Wyck-Smart  (CAN)	S3			1:08.64

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S4

The women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event will be held on 24 September. Thirteen swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final final ^[2] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[1] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Liu Yu  (CHN)	0:44.68	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Cheng Jiao  (CHN)	0:46.51	Mexico City	Mexico
African	Kat Swanepoel  (RSA)	00:48.0	Manchester	Great Britain
Americas	Lídia Vieira da Cruz  (BRA)	00:51.0	Lignano Sabbiadoro	Italy
Asian	Yu Liu  (CHN)	00:44.7	Tokyo	Japan
European	Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	00:46.9	Mexico City	Mexico
Oceania	Rachael Watson  (AUS)	01:09.2	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes	Qtime
			Gina Boettcher  (GER)	S4			0:50.79
			Nataliia Butkova  (AIN)	S4			0:55.98
			Anastasiia Goncharova  (AIN)	S4			0:49.48
			Katie Kubiak  (USA)	S4			0:41.02
			Mira Larionova  (AIN)	S4			0:49.89
			Brenda Anellia Larry  (MAS)	S4			1:04.85
			Hanna Polishchuk  (UKR)	S4			0:51.95
			Yuliia Safonova  (UKR)	S4			0:53.94
			Monique Schacher  (SUI)	S4			1:06.40
			Tanja Scholz  (GER)	S4			0:55.18
			Jordan Tucker  (CAN)	S4			1:02.45
			Maryna Verbova  (UKR)	S4			0:54.26
			Lídia Vieira da Cruz  (BRA)	S4			0:51.04

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes

S5

The women's 50 metre backstroke S5 event will be held on 22 September. Nine swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final final ^[2] .

The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows ^[1] :

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Lu Dong  (CHN)	0:37.18	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Lu Dong  (CHN)	0:38.21	Manchester	Great Britain
African	Kat Swanepoel  (RSA)	00:49.6	Paris	France
Americas	Mariana Guerrero Martinez  (COL)	00:45.6	Manchester	Great Britain
Asian	Lu Dong  (CHN)	00:37.2	Tokyo	Japan
European	Natalia Ziani  (UKR)	00:38.7	Eindhoven	Netherlands
Oceania	Sarah Hilt  (AUS)	01:02.5	Colorado Springs	United States

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	1	4	He Shenggao  (CHN)	S5	42.01	Q
2	1	5	Sevilay Ozturk  (TUR)	S5	43.93	Q
3	1	6	Angel Mae Otom  (PHI)	S5	45.11	Q
4	1	3	Sumeyye Boyaci  (TUR)	S5	46.16	Q
5	1	2	Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	S5	47.13	Q
6	1	7	Wilasini Wongnonthaphoom  (THA)	S5	47.58	Q
7	1	1	Karina Amayrany  (MEX)	S5	51.53	Q
8	1	8	Elizabeth Noriega  (ARG)	S5	51.66	Q
9	1	0	Natalie Ornkvist  (FIN)	S5	54.50

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	He Shenggao  (CHN)	S5	39.72
	5	Sevilay Ozturk  (TUR)	S5	43.75
	6	Sumeyye Boyaci  (TUR)	S5	44.87
4	3	Angel Mae Otom  (PHI)	S5	45.60
5	2	Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	S5	46.73
6	7	Wilasini Wongnonthaphoom  (THA)	S5	49.13
7	1	Karina Amayrany  (MEX)	S5	50.70
8	8	Elizabeth Noriega  (ARG)	S5	52.11

References

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