Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

Last updated April 19, 2022

The Men's 100 metre backstroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 3, 2021. A total of 11 events were contested over this distance.^[1]

Schedule

H	Heats	½	Semifinals	F	Final

Date^[2]	Wed 25		Thu 26		Fri 27		Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2		Fri 3
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
S1 100m	H	F
S2 100m	H	F
S6 100m																			H	F
S7 100m											H	F
S8 100m					H	F
S9 100m											H	F
S10 100m																	H	F
S11 100m							H	F
S12 100m					H	F
S13 100m			H	F
S14 100m																	H	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre backstroke events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
S1 details	Iyad Shalabi Israel	2:28.04	Anton Kol Ukraine	2:28.29	Francesco Bettella Italy	2:32.08
S2 details	Alberto Abarza Chile	2:00.40	Gabriel dos Santos Brazil	2:02.47	Vladimir Danilenko RPC	2:02.74
S6 details	Jia Hongguang China	1:12.72	Matías de Andrade Argentina	1:15.40	Dino Sinovčić Croatia	1:15.74
S7 details	Andrii Trusov Ukraine	1:08.14 WR	Pipo Carlomagno Argentina	1:08.83	Mark Malyar Israel	1:10.08
S8 details	Robert Griswold United States	1:02.55 WR	Iñigo Llopis Spain	1:06.82	Liu Fengqi China	1:07.09
S9 details	Bogdan Mozgovoi RPC	1:01.65 PR	Yahor Shchalkanau Belarus	1:01.96	Timothy Hodge Australia	1:02.16
S10 details	Maksym Krypak Ukraine	57:19 WR	Stefano Raimondi Italy	59.36	Florent Marais France	1:01.30
S11 details	Mykhailo Serbin Ukraine	1:08.63	Viktor Smyrnov Ukraine	1:09.36	Yang Bozun China	1:09.62
S12 details	Raman Salei Azerbaijan	1:00.30	Serhiy Klippert Ukraine	1:00.71	Stephen Clegg Great Britain	1:01.27
S13 details	Ihar Boki Belarus	56.36 WR	Nicolas Guy Turbide Canada	59.70	Vladimir Sotnikov RPC	59.86
S14 details	Benjamin Hance Australia	57.73 PR	Viacheslav Emeliantsev RPC	59.05	Reece Dunn Great Britain	59.97

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 100 metre backstroke events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.

S1

The S1 category is for swimmers who may have tetraplegia, or some form of loss of muscular power in their legs, arms and hands. These swimmers would regularly use a wheelchair.

The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Iyad Shalabi	Israel	2:28.04
	5	Anton Kol	Ukraine	2:28.29
	3	Francesco Bettella	Italy	2:32.08
4	6	Dimitrios Karypidis	Greece	2:58.07
5	2	Jose Ronoldo da Silva	Brazil	3:03.18
6	7	Luis Eduardo Rojas Osorno	Colombia	3:39.25
7	1	Aliaksei Talai	Belarus	4:01.23

S2

The S2 category is for swimmers who may have limited function in their hands, trunk, and legs, and mainly rely on their arms to swim.

The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Alberto Abarza	Chile	2:00.40
	6	Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo	Brazil	2:02.47
	4	Vladimir Danilenko	RPC	2:02.74
4	7	Jacek Czech	Poland	2:12.53
5	1	Aristeidis Makrodimitris	Greece	2:14.54
6	2	Kamil Otowski	Poland	2:15.09
7	3	Roman Bondarenko	Ukraine	2:16.71
8	8	Rodrigo Santillan	Peru	2:21.95

S6

The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Jia Hongguang	China	1.12.72
	5	Matías de Andrade	Argentina	1.15.40
	3	Dino Sinovčić	Croatia	1.15.74
4	2	Yang Hong	China	1.15.83
5	6	Wang Jingang	China	1.16.51
6	1	Laurent Chardard	France	1.19.00
7	7	Thijs van Hofweegen	Netherlands	1.19.69
8	8	David Sanchez Sierra	Spain	1.19.92

S7

The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side, or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Andrii Trusov	Ukraine	1:08.14	WR
	4	Pipo Carlomagno	Argentina	1:08.83
	6	Mark Malyar	Israel	1:10.83
4	3	Andrei Gladkov	RPC	1:10.58
5	7	Yevhenii Bohodaiko	Ukraine	1:11.57
6	2	Federico Bicelli	Italy	1:12.25
7	8	Inaki Basiloff	Argentina	1:15.00
8	1	Lucas Nicolas Poggi	Argentina	1:15.22

S8

The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Robert Griswold	United States	1:02.55	WR
	5	Iñigo Llopis Sanz	Spain	1:06.82
	6	Liu Fengqi	China	1:07.09
4	3	Jesse Aungles	Australia	1:07.94
5	8	Kota Kubota	Japan	1:09.09
6	7	Pavel Kuklin	RPC	1:09.26
7	2	Joseph Peppersack	United States	1:09.45
8	1	Jurijs Semjonovs	Latvia	1:10.44

S9

The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg, or double below-the-knee amputations.

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Bogdan Mozgovoi	RPC	1:01.65	PR
	4	Yahor Shchalkanau	Belarus	1:01.96
	3	Timothy Hodge	Australia	1:02.16
4	6	Ugo Didier	France	1:02.20
5	2	Simone Barlaam	Italy	1:02.92
6	7	Jesse Reynolds	New Zealand	1:04.60
7	8	Barry McClements	Ireland	1:05.76
8	1	Brenden Hall	Australia	1:05.90

S10

The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Maksym Krypak	Ukraine	57.19	WR
	5	Stefano Raimondi	Italy	59.36
	2	Florent Marais	France	1.01.30
4	7	Riccardo Menciotti	Italy	1.01.46
5	6	Bas Takken	Netherlands	1.01.52
6	3	Querijn Hensen	Netherlands	1.02.19
7	1	Stanislav Popov	Ukraine	1.03.54
8	8	Col Pearse	Australia	1.04.41

S11

The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Mykhailo Serbin	Ukraine	1:08.63
	7	Viktor Smyrnov	Ukraine	1:09.36
	4	Yang Bozun	China	1:09.62
4	5	Rogier Dorsman	Netherlands	1:10.10
5	3	Már Gunnarsson	Iceland	1:10.36
6	1	Wojciech Makowski	Poland	1:10.55
7	8	Oleksandr Artiukhov	Ukraine	1:11.83
8	2	Marco Meneses	Portugal	1:12.68

S12

The S12 category is for swimmers who have moderate visual impairment and have a visual field of less than 5 degrees radius. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Raman Salei	Azerbaijan	1:00.30
	6	Serhiy Klippert	Ukraine	1:00.71
	5	Stephen Clegg	Great Britain	1:01.27
4	2	Charalampos Taiganidis	Greece	1:02.16
5	3	Roman Makarov	RPC	1:02.85
6	1	Artur Saifutdinov	RPC	1:07.36
7	8	Daniel Giraldo Correa	Colombia	1:08.40
-	7	Maksim Vashkevich	Belarus	DNS

S13

The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ihar Boki	Belarus	56.36	WR
	3	Nicolas-Guy Turbide	Canada	59.70
	2	Vladimir Sotnikov	RPC	59.86
4	6	Oleksii Virchenko	Ukraine	1:00.48
5	5	Thomas van Wanrooij	Netherlands	1:00.50
6	7	Kyrylo Garashchenko	Ukraine	1:02.13
7	8	Antti Latikka	Finland	1:04.21
8	1	Genki Saito	Japan	1:04.56

S14

The S14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.

The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Benjamin Hance	Australia	57.73	PR
	8	Viacheslav Emeliantsev	RPC	59.05
	5	Reece Dunn	Great Britain	59.97
4	1	Jordan Catchpole	Great Britain	1.00.96
5	3	Lee In-Kook	South Korea	1.00.98
6	7	Mikhail Kuliabin	RPC	1.01.15
7	6	Vasyl Krainyk	Ukraine	1.01.16
8	2	Louis Lawlor	Great Britain	1.01.80

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References

↑ "Swimming" . Retrieved 15 August 2021.
↑ "Swimming Competition Schedule" . Retrieved 15 August 2021.

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