2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle explained

See main article: 2023 World Para Swimming Championships. The men's 50m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August.^[1] Events were held in eleven classifications.

Medalists

S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13

Results

S3

13 Swimmers representing 10 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Friday 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.^[2]

This event is open to S1 and S2 swimmers in addition to the S3 classification. The applicable records entering the event were as follows:^[3]

Record	Swimmer	Time
S3 World record	Huang Wenpan	38.81
S3 Championship record
S2 World record	Zou Liankang	50.65
S2 Championship record		55.29
S1 World record	Itzhak Mamistvalov	1:03.80
S1 Championship record		1:08.22

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Class	Result	Notes
1	1	5			S3	44.90	Q
2	2	5			S3	46.25	Q
3	2	4			S3	47.68	Q
4	1	4			S3	47.74	Q
5	1	6			S3	51.23	Q
6	1	3			S2	51.30	Q
7	2	3			S3	51.57	Q
8	2	6			S3	51.89	Q
9	2	2			S3	55.80
10	1	2			S3	59.19
11	1	7			S3	1:01.22
12	2	1			S3	1:03.46
13	2	7			S2	1:04.85

Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
			45.01
			45.68
			45.89
4			48.03
5			51.84
6			51.94
7			52.35
8			52.68

S4

9 Swimmers representing 8 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Friday 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.^[4]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Ami Omer Dadaon	36.25
Championship record	Ami Omer Dadaon	36.25

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	4			37.50	Q
2	2	4			38.58	Q
3	2	5			39.03	Q
4	2	3			39.59	Q
5	1	5			41.19	Q
6	1	6			42.58	Q
7	1	3			42.81	Q
8	2	6			43.06	Q
9	2	2			45.73

Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
			36.26
			37.22
			38.63
4			39.10
5			40.27
6			41.14
7			41.56
8			42.65

S5

13 Swimmers representing seven national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Monday 21 July. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^{[5] [6]}

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		30.16
Championship record		31.83

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			30.09	Q WR CR
2	1	7			31.63	Q CR^[7]
3	1	4			32.80	Q
4	2	5			33.11	Q
5	2	1			33.33	Q
6	1	5			33.50	Q
7	2	3			33.74	Q
8	2	7			33.80	Q
9	2	6			34.05
10	1	3			34.21
11	1	6			35.16
12	2	2			35.57
13	1	2			36.48

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			29.78	WR CR
	5			31.57
	3			31.58
4	6			31.73
5	2			32.23
6	1			33.26
7	7			33.58
8	8			34.49

S6

12 Swimmers representing 9 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Friday 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.^[8]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		28.57
Championship record		29.16

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			29.00	Q, CR
2	2	5			29.81	Q
3	1	5			30.34	Q
4	1	3			30.53	Q
4	2	6			30.53	Q
6	2	2			31.09	Q
7	1	6			31.80	Q
8	2	7			32.53	Q
9	1	2			32.76
10	2	3			33.28
11	1	7			46.91
	1	4				DSQ

Final

Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
			28.59	CR
			29.74
			30.02
4			30.40
5			30.42
6			30.73
7			32.24
8			32.37

S7

9 Swimmers representing 7 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 5 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^[9]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		27.07
Championship record		27.07

Heats

Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1			28.48	Q
2			28.64	Q
3			28.99	Q
4			29.20	Q
5			29.94	Q
6			30.38	Q
7			32.64	Q
8			32.93	Q
9			42.93

Final

The final was held at 18:06 on 5 August.^[10]

Rank	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
			27.38
			27.79	AM
			28.09
4			28.62
5			28.83
6			29.45
7			29.64
8			32.24

S8

10 Swimmers representing 10 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^[11]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Denis Tarasov RPC	25.32
Championship record		25.34

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	4			27.00	Q
2	2	5			27.09	Q
3	2	4			27.57	Q
4	1	5			27.59	Q
5	1	6			27.81	Q
6	2	6			28.07	Q
7	1	2			28.08	Q
8	1	3			28.55	Q
9	2	3			28.98
10	2	2			29.17

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			27.01
	5			27.14
	3			27.32
4	1			27.55
5	6			27.57
6	2			27.68
7	7			28.21
8	8			28.61

S9

9 swimmers representing eight national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 6 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^[12]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		24.00
Championship record

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			24.35	Q
2	1	4			25.06	Q
3	1	3			26.08	Q
4	2	5			26.22	Q
5	2	3			26.39	Q
6	1	5			26.44	Q
7	2	6			26.66	Q
8	1	6			26.85	Q
9	2	2			33.23

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4			23.96
	5			25.16
	7			25.79
4	6			25.95
5	3			26.23
6	2			26.41
7	1			26.6
8	8			26.76

S10

16 Swimmers representing seven national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Monday 21 July. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^[13]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		23.16
Championship record		23.20

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			23.58	Q
2	1	4			23.60	Q
3	2	5			23.75	Q
4	2	3			24.24	Q
5	1	5			24.44	Q
6	1	3			25.20	Q
7	1	6			25.39	Q
8	2	6			25.66	Q
9	2	7			25.89
10	2	8			26.03
11	1	1			26.18
12	1	7			26.19
13	2	1			26.23
14	2	2			26.25
15	1	2			26.29
-	1	8			DSQ

Final

The final was held at 20:34 on 31 July.^[14]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			23.42
	5			23.70
	3			23.72
4	6			24.03
5	2			24.15
6	7			25.06
7	8			25.27
8	1			25.41

S11

13 Swimmers representing ten national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Monday 21 July, the final that evening. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^[15]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:^[15]

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		25.27
Championship record		25.28

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	5			26.32	Q
2	1	4			26.54	Q
3	2	4			26.61	Q
4	2	3			26.63	Q
5	1	5			26.73	Q
6	2	7			27.04	Q
7	1	3			27.21	Q
8	1	7			27.28	Q
9	1	6			27.42
10	2	6			27.67
11	2	2			28.01
12	2	1			28.36
13	1	2			28.95

Final

The final took place at 19:31 on 31 July.^[16]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	3			25.89
	4			26.05
	6			26.09
4	5			26.36
5	7			26.41
6	2			26.67
7	8			26.79
8	1			27.56

S12

11 Swimmers entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 2 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^{[17] [18]}

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Maksym Veraksa	22.99
Championship record	Maksym Veraksa	23.26

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	4			24.22	Q
2	2	5			24.78	Q
3	2	4			24.8	Q
4	1	5			25.11	Q
5	1	6			25.58	Q
6	1	3			25.71	Q
7	2	6			25.78	Q
8	2	2			26.38	Q
9	1	2			27.44
10	2	7			29.55
11	2	3			29.91

Final

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	1	4			24.17
	1	3			24.38
	1	5			24.40
4	1	6			24.75
5	1	7			25.28
6	1	2			25.80
7	1	1			25.98
8	1	8			26.38

S13

8 Swimmers representing 5 national teams entered the race. The race progressed straight to final on 4 August.^[19]

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record	Ihar Boki BPC	23.20
Championship record

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	5			23.47
	4			23.78
	6			23.88	AR
4	7			24.27
5	3			24.49
6	2			24.89
7	8			25.30
8	1	E Mollar Alhambra		25.51

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Notes and References

1. Web site: D'Addona. Dan . 2023-08-01 . Para World Championships: Andrii Trusov, Guo Jincheng Break World Records on Day 1 . 2023-08-01 . Swimming World News . en-US.
2. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S3 Heats .
3. https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resSW7G23/pdf/SW7G23/SW/SW7G23_SW_C74A_SWM118900.pdf
4. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S4 Heats .
5. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S5 Heats .
6. Web site: Overend . Riley . 2023-08-01 . 2023 Para Worlds Day 1: China's Guo Jincheng Crushes His Own WR in Men's 50 Free S5 . 2023-08-02 . SwimSwam . en-US.
7. Weiyi broke the existing Championships record in the first heat. Jinchencg subsequently rebroke this new mark, and the World record, in the second heat, and then again in the final.
8. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr SX Heats .
9. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S7 Heats .
10. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S7 Heats .
11. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S8 Heats .
12. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S9 Heats .
13. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S10 Heats .
14. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S10 Fial .
15. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S11 Heats .
16. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S11 Final .
17. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S12 Heats .
18. Web site: Overend . Riley . 2023-08-01 . 2023 Para Worlds Day 1: China's Guo Jincheng Crushes His Own WR in Men's 50 Free S5 . 2023-08-02 . SwimSwam . en-US.
19. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S13 final .