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

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to August 31, 2021. A total of 2 events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

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H Heats F Final
Date[2] Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
SB2 50m H F
SB3 50m H F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre breaststroke events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
SB2
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Arnulfo Castorena
  Mexico
59.25 Grant Patterson
  Australia
1:01.79 Jesús Hernández Hernández
  Mexico
1:02.27
SB3
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Roman Zhdanov
  RPC
46.49 WR Miguel Luque
  Spain
49.08 Takayuki Suzuki
  Japan
49.32

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 50 metre breaststroke 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 SB2 category is for swimmers who have leg or arm amputations, have severe coordination problems in their limbs, or have to swim with their arms but don't use their trunk or legs.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  4 Arnulfo Castorena   Mexico 59.25
  5 Grant Patterson   Australia 1:01.79
  3 Jesus Hernandez Hernandez   Mexico 1:02.27
4 6 Christopher Tronco   Mexico 1:04.46
5 7 Emmanuele Marigliano   Italy 1:08.55
6 2 Ioannis Kostakis   Greece 1:08.73
7 1 Aliaksei Talai   Belarus 1:23.16 PR
8 8 Patricio Tse Anibal Lopez Fernandez   Dominican Republic 1:41.29

The SB3 category is for swimmers who have function in their hands and arms but can't use their trunk or legs to swim, or they have three amputated limbs.

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

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
  3 Roman Zhdanov   RPC 46.49 WR
  5 Miguel Luque Ávila   Spain 49.08
  2 Tatayuki Suzuki   Japan 49.32
4 4 Efrem Morelli   Italy 49.42
5 6 Maksim Emelianov   RPC 50.63
6 7 Jo Giseong   South Korea 51.58
7 8 Ahmed Kelly   Australia 54.89
8 1 Andreas Ernhofer   Austria 55.00

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.