Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S5

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Men's 50 metre backstroke S5
at the XVI Paralympic Games
Venue Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates30 August 2021
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Zheng Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Silver medal icon.svg Ruan Jingsong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg Wang Lichao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

The men's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Contents

Heats

The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final. [1] [2]

RankHeatLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
115 Ruan Jingsong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33.27Q, PR
225 Yaroslav Semenenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 35.07Q
314 Wang Lichao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 36.21Q
424 Zheng Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 37.15Q
523 Daniel de Faria Dias Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 37.19Q
613 Igor Plotnikov Flag placeholder.svg  RPC 37.93Q
726 Andrew Mullen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 37.99Q
816 Antoni Ponce Bertran Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38.57Q
922 Võ Thanh Tùng Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 40.07
1012 Kaede Hinata Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 41.97
1127 Beytullah Eroğlu Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 41.99
1221 Siyazbek Daliyev Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 42.61
1328 Dmitrii Cherniaev Flag placeholder.svg  RPC 42.99
1411 Artur Kubasov Flag placeholder.svg  RPC 43.19
1517 Abbas Karimi Paralympic flag (2019).svg  Refugee Paralympic Team 46.48

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
50m backstroke final [3]
Gold medal icon.svg6 Zheng Tao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 31.42 WR
Silver medal icon.svg4 Ruan Jingsong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 32.97
Bronze medal icon.svg3 Wang Lichao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 33.38
45 Yaroslav Semenenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 35.05
52 Daniel de Faria Dias Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 35.99
67 Igor Plotnikov Flag placeholder.svg  RPC 37.40
71 Andrew Mullen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 37.96
88 Antoni Ponce Bertran Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38.42

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The Women's 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The Women's 50 metre backstroke S3 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 29 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The Women's 50 metre backstroke S4 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 3 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The Women's 50 metre backstroke S5 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S9 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The Men's 100 metre backstroke S11 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 28 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre freestyle S4 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre freestyle S5 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 1 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre freestyle S7 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 31 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre freestyle S11 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 27 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre freestyle S13 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 29 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre butterfly S5 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 27 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

The men's 50 metre butterfly S6 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

References

  1. "Men's 50m backstroke - S5 - Start List" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. "Men's 50m backstroke - S5 - Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. "Men's 50m backstroke - S5 - Finals Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.