Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

The Women's 400 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 25 August to 2 September 2021. A total of seven 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
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
S6 400m																	H	F
S7 400m									H	F
S8 400m													H	F
S9 400m	H	F
S10 400m															H	F
S11 400m			H	F
S13 400m					H	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metre freestyle events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
S6 details	Jiang Yuyan China	5:04.57 WR	Yelyzaveta Mereshko Ukraine	5:12.61	Nora Meister Switzerland	5:19.67
S7 details	McKenzie Coan United States	5:05.84	Giulia Terzi Italy	5:06.32	Julia Gaffney United States	5:11.89
S8 details	Morgan Stickney United States	4:42.39	Jessica Long United States	4:43.41	Xenia Palazzo Italy	4:56.79
S9 details	Lakeisha Patterson Australia	4:36.68	Zsófia Konkoly Hungary	4:36.76	Toni Shaw Great Britain	4:39.32
S10 details	Aurélie Rivard Canada	4:24.08 WR	Bianka Pap Hungary	4:29.83	Oliwia Jabłońska Poland	4:33.20
S11 details	Anastasia Pagonis United States	4:54.49 WR	Liesette Bruinsma Netherlands	5:05.34	Cai Liwen China	5:07.56
S13 details	Anna Stetsenko Ukraine	4:23.92	Carlotta Gilli Italy	4:26.14	Katja Dedekind Australia	4:35.87

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 400 metre freestyle 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.

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 2 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jiang Yuyan	China	5:04.57	WR
	3	Yelyzaveta Mereshko	Ukraine	5:12.61
	5	Nora Meister	Switzerland	5:19.67
4	2	Maisie Summers-Newton	Great Britain	5:24.42
5	6	Eleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	5:27.99
6	8	Song Lingling	China	5:28.88
7	7	Grace Harvey	Great Britain	5:36.86
8	1	Laila Suzigan	Brazil	5:38.72

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 29 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	McKenzie Coan	United States	5:05.84
	5	Giulia Terzi	Italy	5:06.32
	3	Julia Gaffney	United States	5:11.89
4	6	Ahalya Lettenberger	United States	5:13.55
5	2	Sabrina Duchesne	Canada	5:20.59
6	1	Sakura Koike	Japan	5:34.12
7	7	Erel Halevi	Israel	5:44.97
8	8	Naomi Somellera Mandujano	Mexico	5:54.31

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 31 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Morgan Stickney	United States	4:42.39
	5	Jessica Long	United States	4:43.41
	3	Xenia Francesca Palazzo	Italy	4:56.79
4	6	Nahia Zudaire Borrezo	Spain	5:07.67
5	2	Mira Jeanne Maack	Germany	5:12.82
6	8	Vendula Dušková	Czech Republic	5:20.71
7	7	Amalie Vinther	Denmark	5:22.44
8	1	Mariia Pavlova	RPC	6:00.36

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 25 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Lakeisha Patterson	Australia	4:36.68
	4	Zsofia Konkoly	Hungary	4:36.76
	5	Toni Shaw	Great Britain	4:39.32
4	3	Ellie Cole	Australia	4:43.98
5	7	Xu Jialing	China	4:51.00
6	2	Nuria Marqués Soto	Spain	4:52.64
7	8	Summer Schmit	United States	4:56.92
8	1	Natalie Sims	United States	4:58.55

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 1 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Aurelie Rivard	Canada	4:24.08	WR
	3	Bianka Pap	Hungary	4:29.83
	4	Oliwia Jabłońska	Poland	4:33.20
4	6	Zara Mullooly	Great Britain	4:44.50
5	7	María Paula Barrera Zapata	Colombia	4:48.73
6	2	Stefanny Rubi Cristino Zapata	Mexico	4:49.79

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 26 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Anastasia Pagonis	United States	4:54.49	WR
	5	Liesette Bruinsma	Netherlands	5:05.34
	3	Cai Liwen	China	5:07.56
4	2	Wang Xinyi	China	5:23.05
5	6	Matilde Estefanía Alcázar Figueroa	Mexico	5:24.63
6	1	McClain Hermes	United States	5:29.34
7	7	Anastasiia Shevchenko	RPC	5:33.08
8	8	Martina Rabbolini	Italy	5:47.25

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 27 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Anna Stetsenko	Ukraine	4:23.92
	5	Carlotta Gilli	Italy	4:26.14
	3	Katja Dedekind	Australia	4:35.87	OC
4	6	Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova	Uzbekistan	4:36.65
5	7	Róisín Ní Riain	Ireland	4:44.09
6	2	María Delgado Nadal	Spain	4:46.88
7	1	Makayla Nietzel	United States	4:47.45
8	8	Ayano Tsujiuchi	Japan	4:50.01

References

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

[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.

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