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

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

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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

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

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

Results

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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.

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 Notes
  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

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 Notes
  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

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 Notes
  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

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

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

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

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

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 Notes
  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
 
Raman Salei (Azerbaijan) with his gold medal in 100 metre backstroke (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 Notes
  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

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.