2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle

The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August. Events were held in eleven classifications.

Medalists

edit
Event Gold Silver Bronze
S3 Marta Fernández Infante
  Spain
Ellie Challis
  Great Britain
Susana Schnarndorf
  Brazil
S4 Tanja Scholz
  Germany
Patricia Pereira dos Santos
  Brazil
Rachael Watson
  Australia
S5 Suzanna Hext
  Great Britain
Iryna Poida
  Ukraine
Lu Dong
  China
S6 Anna Hontar
  Ukraine
Jiang Yuyan
  China
Shelby Newkirk
  Canada
S7 Sara Vargas Blanco
  Colombia
Danielle Dorris
  Canada
Sabine Weber-Treiber
  Austria
S8 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo
  Brazil
Alice Tai
  Great Britain
Jiang Shengnan
  China
S9 Mariana Ribeiro
  Brazil
Alexa Leary
  Australia
Florianne Bultje
  Netherlands
S10 Aurelie Rivard
  Canada
Alessia Scortechini
  Italy
Emeline Pierre
  France
S11 Ma Jia
  China
Liesette Bruinsma
  Netherlands
Karolina Pelendritou
  Cyprus
S12 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago
  Brazil
Anna Stetsenko
  Ukraine
Alessia Berra
  Italy
S13 Katja Dedekind
  Australia
Carlotta Gilli
  Italy
Olivia Chambers
  United States

Results

edit

12 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on 4 August.[1] Swimmers in S1 and S2 classes were eligible in this event.

The applicable records going into this event were as follows:[2]

S1
World record Ingrid Thunem   51.33
Championship record Danielle Watts   1:21.27
S2
World record Ingrid Thunem   53.94
Championship record Yip Pin Xiu   1:03.77
S3
World record Leanne Smith   40.32
Championship record
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 4 Marta Fernandez Infante   Spain 43.54 Q
2 2 5 Ellie Challis   Great Britain 49.36 Q
3 1 5 Susana Schnarndorf   Brazil 54.56 Q
4 2 3 Patricia Valle   Mexico 1:01.94 Q
5 2 4 Leanne Smith   United States 1:04.79 Q
6 1 3 Maiara Barreto   Brazil 1:05.59 Q
7 2 6 Sonja Sigurđardóttir   Iceland 1:07.82 Q
8 1 6 Nikita Ens   Canada 1:14.94 Q
9 2 2 Elif Ildem   Turkey 1:35.44
10 1 2 Konul Suleymanova   Azerbaijan 1:57.72
11 1 7 Lova Johansson   Sweden 2:01.41
12 2 7 Eva Hazizi   Greece 2:01.80
Final
Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
  4 Marta Fernandez Infante   Spain 42.51
  5 Ellie Challis   Great Britain 47.83
  3 Susana Schnarndorf   Brazil 55.52
4 6 Patricia Valle   Mexico 58.64
5 7 Maiara Barreto   Brazil 1:02.11
6 2 Leanne Smith   United States 1:02.37
7 1 Sonja Sigurđardóttir   Iceland 1:07.75
8 8 Nikita Ens   Canada 1:17.08

8 swimmers took part in the event, which progressed straight to final. The event took place on 4 August.[3]

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Tanja Scholz   Germany 36.92
Championship record 38.09
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time
  4 Tanja Scholz   Germany 38.90
  6 Pereira Dos Santos   Brazil 40.34
  5 Rachael Watson   Australia 40.59
4 3 Lidia Vieira Da Cruz   Brazil 40.61
5 7 Gina Boettcher   Germany 42.95
6 2 Nely Miranda   Mexico 44.01
7 1 Kat Swanepoel   South Africa 44.65
8 8 Alexandra Stamatopoulou   Greece 48.34


15 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Monday 31 July.[4]

WR : Tully Kearney  : 34.07

Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 6 Iryna Poida   Ukraine 36.78 Q
2 2 4 Suzanna Hext   Great Britain 37.68 Q
3 2 5 Martinez Guerrero   Colombia 38.05 Q
4 2 1 Dong Lu   China 38.66 Q
5 1 4 Monica Boggioni   Italy 38.82 Q
6 1 7 Shenggao He   China 40.52 Q
7 2 6 Cuan Yao   China 40.77 Q
8 1 2 Agata Koupilova   Czech Republic 41.45 Q
9 1 5 Sumeyye Boyaci   Turkey 43.48
10 1 3 Angel Mae Otom   Philippines 44.52
11 2 2 Elizabeth Noriega   Argentina 44.67
12 2 7 Esthefany Rodrigues   Brazil 45.07
13 2 8 Maria Fanouria Tziveleki   Greece 45.55
14 1 1 Jessica Tinney   Canada 47.68
- 2 3 Sevilay Ozturk   Turkey DSQ
Final[3]
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
  5 Suzanna Hext   Great Britain 36.71
  4 Iryna Poida   Ukraine 36.73
  6 Dong Lu   China 37.36
4 2 Monica Boggioni   Italy 39.57
5 7 Shenggao He   China 39.75
6 3 Martinez Guerrero   Colombia 39.77
7 1 Cuan Yao   China 41.32
8 8 Agata Koupilova   Czech Republic 41.48
Heats

Ten swimmers entered this event, although one did not start. The event took place on 5 August.

The applicable records at the start of the event where as follows

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World Record Anna Hontar   Ukraine 32.75
Championship Record
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Anna Hontar   Ukraine 33.23 Q
2 2 5 Yuyan Jiang   China 33.84 Q
3 1 5 Ellie Marks   United States 34.08 Q
4 1 3 Nicole Turner   Ireland 35.01 Q
5 1 4 Shelby Newkirk   Canada 35.3 Q
6 2 6 Nora Meister   Switzerland 35.53 Q
7 2 2 Sofiia Fedorenko   Ukraine 37.98 Q
8 1 2 Nomuun Khurel   Mongolia 45.37 Q
9 1 6 Ayaallah Tewfick   Egypt 51.27
- 2 3 Tully Kearney   Great Britain DNS
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
  4 Anna Hontar   Ukraine 32.55 WR
  5 Yuyan Jiang   China 32.90 AS
  2 Shelby Newkirk   Canada 34.04
4 3 Ellie Marks   United States 34.34
5 6 Nicole Turner   Ireland 34.71
6 7 Nora Meister   Switzerland 35.46
7 1 Sofiia Fedorenko   Ukraine 37.88
8 8 Nomuun Khurel   Mongolia 51.65

8 swimmers entered this race, which proceeded directly to final.

The applicable records on entry were as follows:

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Mallory Weggemann   United States 31.64
Championship record
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Times
  4 Sara Vargas Blanco   Colombia 33.01
  5 Danielle Dorris   Canada 33.99
  6 Sabine Weber-Treiber   Austria 34.91
4 2 Leyre Orti Campos   Spain 35.48
5 1 Mandujan Somellera   Mexico 35.94
6 3 An Nishida   Japan 36.44
7 7 Nicola St Clair Maitland   Sweden 36.71
8 8 Agnes Kramer   Sweden 36.79

11 swimmers entered the event.

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Alice Tai   Great Britain 28.97
Championship record 29.55
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo   Brazil 30.63 Q
2 2 5 Alice Tai   Great Britain 31.5 Q
3 1 4 Xenia Francesca Palazzo   Italy 31.72 Q
4 1 5 Shengnan Jiang   China 31.92 Q
5 1 6 Zhu Hui   China 32.48 Q
6 2 3 Abi Tripp   Canada 32.85 Q
7 2 6 Paula Novina   Croatia 33.08 Q
8 1 3 Tupou Neiufi   New Zealand 33.37 Q
9 2 7 Carmen Lim   Malaysia 35.79
10 2 2 Paola Ruvalcaba Nunez   Mexico 36.26
11 1 2 Eunyeong Lim   South Korea 36.63
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
  4 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo   Brazil 30.03
  5 Alice Tai   Great Britain 30.97
  6 Shengnan Jiang   China 31.07
4 3 Xenia Francesca Palazzo   Italy 31.25
5 7 Abi Tripp   Canada 32.74
5 2 Hui Zhu   China 32.74
7 8 Tupou Neiufi   New Zealand 32.77
8 1 Paula Novina   Croatia 33.24

8 swimmers entered this event, which progressed straight to final. The final took place on 6 August.[2]

Final

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Sophie Pascoe   New Zealand 27.32
Championship record 27.77
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Result Notes
  4 Mariana Ribeiro   Brazil 27.70 CR
  5 Alexa Leary   Australia 28.03
  3 Florianne Bultje   Netherlands 29.36
4 6 Emily Beecroft   Australia 29.37
5 7 Sarai Gascon   Spain 29.56
6 2 Elizabeth Smith   United States 29.67
7 8 Xu Jialing   China 30.09
8 1 Susana Veiga   Portugal 30.42

12 swimmers entered this event. The heats were held on Monday 31 July. The top eight, regardless of heat, progressed to the final.[5]

WR: Aurelie Rivard   : 27.37

Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Aurelie Rivard   Canada 27.71 Q
2 2 5 Maria Barrera   Colombia 28.19 Q
3 1 5 Alessia Scortechini   Italy 28.32 Q
4 2 6 Emeline Pierre   France 28.36 Q
5 1 4 Chantalle Zijderveld   Netherlands 28.46 Q
6 2 3 Jasmine Greenwood   Australia 28.69 Q
7 1 7 Bianka Pap   Hungary 28.82 Q
8 2 2 Zhang Meng   China 28.87 Q
9 1 3 Arianna Hunsicker   Canada 28.99
10 1 6 Susannah Kaul   Estonia 29.12
11 2 7 Audrey Kim   United States 29.48
12 1 2 Katie Cosgriffe   Canada 29.86
Final

The Final took place at 20:38 on 31 July.[6]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
  4 Aurelie Rivard   Canada 27.64
  3 Alessia Scortechini   Italy 28.06
  6 Emeline Pierre   France 28.39
4 5 Maria Barrera   Colombia 28.41
5 7 Jasmine Greenwood   Australia 28.43
6 2 Chantalle Zijderveld   Netherlands 28.46
7 1 Bianka Pap   Hungary 28.85
8 8 Meng Zhang   China 30.93

WR: Ma Jia   29.20

Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 4 Ma Jia   China 29.32 Q
2 2 5 Liesette Bruinsma   Netherlands 30.02 Q
3 2 4 Karolina Pelendritou   Cyprus 30.04 Q
4 2 3 Li Guizhi   China 30.39 Q
5 1 3 Ishiura Tomomi   Japan 31.28 Q
6 1 6 Kateryna Tkachuk   Ukraine 31.47 Q
7 2 6 Cai Liwen   China 31.72 Q
8 2 2 Scarlett Humphrey   Great Britain 31.74 Q
9 1 5 Analuz Pellitero   Argentina 32.06
10 1 2 Tatiana Blattnerova   Slovakia 33.44
11 1 7 Ono Chikako   Japan 33.85
12 2 7 Nadia Baez   Argentina 34.03
13 2 1 Fernandez Yunque   Colombia 34.57
14 1 1 Mcclain Hermes   United States 35.98
Final

The final was held at 19:38 on 31 July.[7]

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
  4 Ma Jia   China 29.74
  5 Liesette Bruinsma   Netherlands 30.07
  3 Karolina Pelendritou   Cyprus 30.28
4 6 Li Guizhi   China 30.6
5 2 Tomomi Ishiura   Japan 30.89
6 1 Cai Liwen   China 31.31
7 8 Scarlett Humphrey   Great Britain 31.91
8 7 Kateryna Tkachuk   Ukraine 32.26

10 Swimmers representing eight national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 2 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.[8][9]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:[8]

Record Swimmer Time
World record   Maria Gomes Santiago (BRA) 26.68
Championship record   Maria Gomes Santiago (BRA) 26.86
Heats[8]
Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago   Brazil 26.65 Q WR CR
2 2 5 Anna Stetsenko   Ukraine 28.42 Q
3 1 4 Lucilene da Silva Sousa   Brazil 28.69 Q
4 1 5 Alessia Berra   Italy 28.72 Q
5 2 3 Jenna Jones   Australia 28.73 Q
6 2 6 Karina Petrikovicova   Slovakia 30.83 Q
7 1 3 Cornelle Leach   South Africa 31.22 Q
8 1 6 Yaryna Matlo   Ukraine 31.43 Q
9 1 2 Belkis Mota Echarry   Venezuela 31.45
10 2 2 Neele Labudda   Germany 32.19


Final[8]
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
  4 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago   Brazil 26.71
  5 Anna Stetsenko   Ukraine 28.01
  6 Alessia Berra   Italy 28.38
4 3 Lucilene da Silva Sousa   Brazil 28.56
5 2 Jenna Jones   Australia 29.09
6 7 Karina Petrikovicova   Slovakia 30.16
7 1 Cornelle Leach   South Africa 31.35
8 8 Yaryna Matlo   Ukraine 31.37

Nine swimmers took part in this event. It was held on 6 August.[4]

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Katja Dedekind   Australia 26.56
Championship record 26.98
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Katja Dedekind   Australia 27.88 Q
2 2 5 Carlotta Gilli   Italy 28.01 Q
3 1 4 Ayano Tsujiuchi   Japan 28.03 Q
4 1 3 Emma Feliu Martin   Spain 28.5 Q
4 2 3 Olivia Chambers   United States 28.5 Q
6 1 5 Marian Polo Lopez   Spain 28.52 Q
7 1 6 Joanna Mendak   Poland 28.98 Q
8 1 2 Muslima Odilova   Uzbekistan 29.37 Q
9 2 2 Rebecca Redfern   Great Britain 29.41
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time
  4 Katja Dedekind   Australia 27.17
  5 Carlotta Gilli   Italy 27.49
  2 Olivia Chambers   United States 27.69
4 3 Ayano Tsujiuchi   Japan 27.74
5 6 Emma Feliu   Spain 28.02
6 7 Marian Polo   Spain 28.43
7 1 Joanna Mendak   Poland 29.01
8 8 Muslima Odilova   Uzbekistan 29.36

References

edit
  1. ^ "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships : W 50m Freestyle S3 Heats" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Manchester 2023 Results Book
  3. ^ a b "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships W 50 m Fr S5 Final" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships : W 50m Freestyle S5 Heats" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Manchester 2023 World Para-swimming Championships : W 50 m Fr S10 Heats" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Manchester 2023 World Para-swimming Championships : W 50 m Fr S10 Final" (PDF).
  7. ^ WOMEN'S 50M FREESTYLE S11 FINAL
  8. ^ a b c d "Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S5 Heats" (PDF).
  9. ^ Overend, Riley (2023-08-01). "2023 Para Worlds Day 1: China's Guo Jincheng Crushes His Own WR in Men's 50 Free S5". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-08-02.