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

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

Schedule

Women's 50 metre butterfly events will be held across the following schedule:

Women's 50 metre butterfly

Day	Date	Classifications
Day 1	21 Sept
Day 2	22 Sept
Day 3	23 Sept [3] [4]	S5
Day 4	24 Spt
Day 5	25 Sept	S7
Day 6	26 Sept
Day 7	27 Sept	S6

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
S5	He Shenggao   China	Katie Kubiak   United States	Sevilay Öztürk   Turkey
S6	Jiang Yuyan   China	Dearbhaile Brady   Ireland	Mayara Petzold   Brazil
S7	Danielle Dorris   Canada	Mallory Weggemann   United States	Sara Vargas Blanco   Colombia

Race summaries

S5

The women's 50 metre butterfly S5 event will be held on 23 September. Eleven swimmers will take part, with the top eight proceeding to the final final. ^[2] S4 classified swimmers are also eligible for the event.

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

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
S4
World	Katie Kubiak  (USA)	0:38.96	Boise	United States
Championship	Marta Fernandez Infante  (ESP)	0:41.91	Funchal	Portugal
Americas	Katie Kubiak  (USA)	00:39.7	Boise	United States
Asian	Brenda Anellia Larry  (MAS)	00:59.0	manama	Bahrain
European	Marta Fernandez Infante  (ESP)	00:40.2	Tokyo	Japan
Oceania	Rachael Watson  (AUS)	00:56.4	Berlin	Germany
S5
World	Lu Dong  (CHN)	0:38.17	Paris	France
Championship	Lu Dong  (CHN)	0:39.94	Manchester	United Kingdom
African	Adri Visser  (RSA)	00:51.6	Johannesburg	South Africa
Americas	Joana Neves  (BRA)	00:45.1	Funchal	Portugal
Asian	Lu Dong  (CHN)	00:38.2	Paris	France
European	Olena Akopyan  (UKR)	00:40.5	Beijing	China

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
1	2	4	Katie Kubiak  (USA)	41.18	Q CR
2	1	4	He Shenggao  (CHN)	41.82	Q
3	2	5	Sevilay Ozturk  (TUR)	43.99	Q
4	1	5	Angel Mae Otom  (PHI)	47.82	Q
5	2	3	Giulia Ghiretti  (ITA)	49.92	Q
6	2	2	Alessandra Oliveira dos Santos  (BRA)	55.35	Q
7	2	6	Maria Fanouria Tziveleki  (GRE)	55.97	Q
8	1	6	Jordan Tucker  (CAN)	56.02	Q
9	1	2	Berta García Grau  (ESP)	57.37	R
10	2	7	Dunia Felices  (PER)	58.65	R

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Time	Note
	5	He Shenggao  (CHN)	38.82	CR
	4	Katie Kubiak  (USA)	39.34	WR SB4
	3	Sevilay Ozturk  (TUR)	43.79
4	6	Angel Mae Otom  (PHI)	48.00
5	2	Giulia Ghiretti  (ITA)	49.12
6	7	Allessandra Oliveira Dos Santos  (BRA)	53.21
7	8	Jordan Tucker  (CAN)	54.46
8	1	Maria Fanouria Tziveleki  (GRE)	55.66

S6

The women's 50 metre butterfly S6 event was held on 27 September. Seven swimmers took part in a direct final. ^[2]

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

Record	Athlete	Time	City	Country
World	Jiang Yuyan  (CHN)	0:34.55	Manchester	United Kingdom
Championship	Jiang Yuyan  (CHN)	0:34.55	Manchester	United Kingdom
African	Caitlin Botha  (NAM)	02:35.8	Limoges	France
Americas	Ellie Marks  (USA)	00:36.3	Minneapolis	United States
Asian	Jiang Yuyan  (CHN)	00:34.6	Manchester	United Kingdom
European	Eleanor Robinson  (GBR)	00:35.2	Sheffield	United Kingdom
Oceania	Tiffany Thomas Kane  (AUS)	00:36.8	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Jiang Yuyan  (CHN)	S6	34.75
	5	Dearbhaile Brady  (IRL)	S6	35.61
	3	Mayara Petzold  (BRA)	S6	36.80
4	2	Anna Hontar  (UKR)	S6	36.95
5	6	Liu Daomin  (CHN)	S6	37.55
6	7	Verena Schott  (GER)	S6	39.80
7	1	Grace Harvey  (GBR)	S6	43.74

S7

The women's 50 metre butterfly S7 event was held on 23 September. Fourteen swimmers took 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	Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	0:32.99	Tokyo	Japan
Championship	Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	0:33.98	Manchester	United Kingdom
Americas	Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	00:33.0	Tokyo	Japan
Asian	Huang Min  (CHN)	00:34.5	Beijing	China
European	Giulia Terzi  (ITA)	00:34.3	Tokyo	Japan
Oceania	Jacqueline Freney  (AUS)	00:35.2	London	United Kingdom

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	S7	34.08	Q
2	1	4	Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	S7	35.27	Q
3	1	5	Veronika Korzhova  (UKR)	S7	36.36	Q
4	2	5	Sara Vargas Blanco  (COL)	S7	36.95	Q
5	1	6	Rylee Sayer  (NZL)	S7	37.34	Q
6	2	3	An Nishida  (JPN)	S7	37.97	Q
7	1	2	Ani Palian  (AIN)	S7	37.98	Q
8	1	3	Julia Gaffney  (USA)	S7	37.99	Q
9	2	6	Iona Winnifrith  (GBR)	S7	38.25
10	2	2	Naomi Ortiz Mendez  (MEX)	S7	39.15
11	2	7	Naomi Mandujano  (MEX)	S7	40.90
12	1	7	Ahalya Lettenberger  (USA)	S7	41.46
13	2	1	Alejandra Aybar  (DOM)	S7	43.79
14	1	1	Nicola St Clair Maitland  (SWE)	S7	44.14

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Class	Result	Notes
	4	Danielle Dorris  (CAN)	S7	33.93	CR
	5	Mallory Weggemann  (USA)	S7	34.25
	6	Sara Vargas Blanco  (COL)	S7	35.21
4	3	Veronika Korzhova  (UKR)	S7	36.03
5	2	Rylee Sayer  (NZL)	S7	37.30
6	7	An Nishida  (JPN)	S7	37.41
7	1	Ani Palian  (AIN)	S7	37.74
8	8	Julia Gaffney  (USA)	S7	37.78

References

1. "Para Swimming Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-09-12.
2. Singapore 2025 Event guide
3. Frodyma, Terin (2025-09-23). "Four More WR Fall as Pavlova, Zhdanov, Kubiak & Yang Shine on Day Three of Para Worlds". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
4. "Faye Rogers and Alice Tai win gold for GB at World Para Swimming Championships". BBC Sport. 2025-09-23. Retrieved 2025-09-24.