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

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The women's 50 metre breaststroke 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 breaststroke

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept [3] [4]	SB2; SB3
Day 2	22 Sept
Day 3	23 Sept
Day 4	24 Spt
Day 5	25 Sept
Day 6	26 Sept
Day 7	27 Sept

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
SB2	Tanja Scholz   Germany	Ellie Challis   Great Britain	Diana Koltsova   Individual Neutral Athletes
SB3	Monica Boggioni   Italy	Mira Larionova   Individual Neutral Athletes	Patricia Pereira dos Santos   Brazil

Race summaries

SB2

The women's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 event will be held on 21 September.

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

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Ellie Challis  (GBR)	1:04.33	Funchal	Portugal
Championship	Ellie Challis  (GBR)	1:04.33	Funchal	Portugal
Americas	Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez  (MEX)	01:25.2	Montreal	Canada
Asian	Xia Jiangbo  (CHN)	01:06.4	Glasgow	United Kingdom
European	Ellie Challis  (GBR)	01:04.3	Funchal	Portugal
Oceania	Tracy Barrell  (AUS)	01:51.8	Barcelona	Spain

Heats

Ten swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	1	2	Tanja Scholz  (GER)	1:02.27	Q WR
2	1	4	Ellie Challis  (GBR)	1:11.28	Q
3	1	6	Veronika Guirenko  (ISR)	1:20.48	Q
4	1	5	Diana Koltsova  (AIN)	1:20.96	Q
5	1	7	Domiziana Mecenate  (ITA)	1:25.55	Q
6	1	8	Teresa Perales  (ESP)	1:32.24	Q CR [5]
7	1	1	Angela Procida  (ITA)	1:34.67	Q
8	1	0	Aly Van Wyck-Smart  (CAN)	1:49.61	Q
9	1	9	Lova Johansson  (SWE)	2:20.15	R

Final

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Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Tanja Scholz  (GER)	1:00.95	WR
	5	Ellie Challis  (GBR)	1:10.39
	6	Diana Koltsova  (AIN)	1:14.36
4	3	Veronika Guirenko  (ISR)	1:19.60
5	2	Domiziana Mecenate  (ITA)	1:24.04
6	7	Teresa Perales  (ESP)	1:28.76	CR [6]
7	1	Angela Procida  (ITA)	1:30.86
8	8	Aly Van Wyck-Smart  (CAN)	1:45.04

SB3

The women's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 event will be held on 21 September.

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

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Cheng Jiao  (CHN)	0:52.65	Mexico City	Mexico
Championship	Cheng Jiao  (CHN)	0:52.65	Mexico City	Mexico
African	Kat Swanepoel  (RSA)	00:57.2	Manchester	United Kingdom
Americas	Leanne Smith  (USA)	00:55.3	Funchal	Portugal
Asian	Cheng Jiao  (CHN)	00:52.6	Mexico City	Mexico
European	Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	00:53.2	Paris	France
Oceania	Rachael Watson  (AUS)	01:08.2	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Heats

Twelve swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final final. ^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	2	4	Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	55.72	Q WR
2	1	4	Mira Larionova  (AIN)	56.78	Q
3	2	5	Patricia Pereira  (BRA)	57.57	Q
4	2	3	Marta Fernandez Infante  (ESP)	57.85	Q
5	1	5	Hanna Polishchuk  (UKR)	58.30	Q
6	2	6	Maryna Verbova  (UKR)	59.11	Q
7	1	3	Lidia Vieira da Cruz  (BRA)	1:03.70	Q
8	1	6	Zoia Shchurova  (AIN)	1:05.96	Q
9	2	2	Monique Schacher  (SUI)	1:09.94	R
10	1	2	Patricia Valle Benitez  (MEX)	1:10.40	R
11	2	7	Anastasiia Goncharova  (AIN)	1:12.90
12	1	7	Zulfiya Gabidullina  (KAZ)	1:15.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	4	Monica Boggioni  (ITA)	53.95
	5	Mira Larionova  (AIN)	56.33
	3	Patricia Pereira  (BRA)	57.70
4	6	Marta Fernandez Infante  (ESP)	57.71
5	2	Hanna Polishchuk  (UKR)	57.84
6	7	Maryna Verbova  (UKR)	58.33
7	1	Lidia Vieira da Cruz  (BRA)	1:02.02
8	8	Zoia Shchurova  (AIN)	1:05.12

References

1. "Para Swimming Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
2. Singapore 2025 Event guide
3. Frodyma, Terin (2025-09-21). "Ellard Lowers WR, Oliveira Dos Santos Tops Breaststroke Mark- Para Worlds Day 1 Recap". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
4. "World Para-swimming Championships: Ellard sets new world record". BBC Sport. 2025-09-21. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
5. SB1 classification.
6. SB1 classification.