2022 World Para Swimming Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle explained

The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Swimming Complex in Madeira between 12–18 June.

Medalists

S3	Leanne Smith United States	Ellie Challis	Patricia Valle Mexico
S4	Tanja Scholz Germany	Rachael Watson Australia	Lidia Vieira da Cruz Brazil
S5	Tully Kearney	Joana Neves Brazil	Monica Boggioni Italy
S6	Anna Hontar Ukraine	Sara Vargas Blanco Colombia	Ellie Marks United States
S7	McKenzie Coan United States	Giulia Terzi Italy	Denise Grahl Germany
S8	Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo Brazil	Xenia Palazzo Italy	Kateryna Denysenko Ukraine
S9	Mariana Ribeiro Brazil	Susana Veiga Portugal	Sarai Gascón Moreno Spain
S10	Aurélie Rivard Canada	Maria Paula Barrera Zapata Colombia	Jasmine Greenwood Australia
S11	Karolina Pelendritou Cyprus	Liesette Bruinsma Netherlands	Tatiana Blattnerová Slovakia
S12	Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago Brazil	Hannah Russell	Lucilene da Silva Sousa Brazil
S13	Katja Dedekind Australia	Gia Pergolini	Ayano Tsujiuchi Japan

Results

S5

Heats12 swimmers from ten nations took part. The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	4			37.55	Q
2	1	4			38.46	Q
3	2	5			39.21	Q
4	1	5			42.66	Q
5	2	3			45.33	Q
6	1	3			45.86	Q
7	2	6			47.87	Q
8	2	2			48.83	Q
9	1	6			49.86
10	2	7			51.85
11	1	7			52.07
12	1	2			53.45

FinalThe final was held on 12 June 2022.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
			34.07	WR
			37.14
			39.40
4			43.06
5			44.70
6			44.78
7			46.92
8			49.06

S10

12 swimmers from 11 nations took part. The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			27.63	Q
2	2	5			28.50	Q
3	1	4			29.00	Q
4	1	2			29.05	Q
5	1	3			29.24	Q
6	2	3			29.29	Q
7	1	5			29.47	Q
8	2	2			29.55	Q
9	2	6			29.81
10	1	6			29.87
11	2	7			30.28
12	1	7			30.52

FinalThe final was held on 12 June 2022.^[4]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
			27.65
			28.23
			28.37
4			28.52
5			29.31
6			29.37
7			29.43
8			29.46

S11

11 swimmers from 11 nations took part. The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^[5]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			29.58	Q, CR
2	1	4			31.27	Q
3	2	5			34.44	Q
4	1	5			34.45	Q
5	2	6			34.59	Q
6	2	3			34.92	Q
7	1	3			35.04	Q
8	2	2			36.33	Q
9	1	6			38.81
10	2	7			45.75
11	1	2			50.21

FinalThe final was held on 12 June 2022.^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
			29.81
			31.04
			33.29
4			34.18
5			34.19
6			34.20
7			35.96
8			36.16

S13

Notes and References

1. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle S5 Heats Summary. paralympic.org . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022.
2. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle S5 Finals . paralympic.org . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022.
3. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle S11 Heats Summary. paralympic.org . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022.
4. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle S10 Finals . paralympic.org . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022.
5. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle S11 Heats Summary. paralympic.org . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022.
6. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle S11 Finals . paralympic.org . 12 June 2022 . 12 June 2022.