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

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

Medalists

S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
S13

Results

S3

12 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on 4 August.^[1] Swimmers in S1 and S2 classes were eligible in this event.

The applicable records going into this event were as follows:^[2]

S1
World record	Ingrid Thunem		51.33
Championship record	Danielle Watts		1:21.27
S2
World record	Ingrid Thunem		53.94
Championship record	Yip Pin Xiu		1:03.77
S3
World record	Leanne Smith		40.32
Championship record

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	4			43.54	Q
2	2	5			49.36	Q
3	1	5			54.56	Q
4	2	3	Patricia Valle		1:01.94	Q
5	2	4			1:04.79	Q
6	1	3	Maiara Barreto		1:05.59	Q
7	2	6	Sonja Sigurđardóttir		1:07.82	Q
8	1	6			1:14.94	Q
9	2	2			1:35.44
10	1	2			1:57.72
11	1	7			2:01.41
12	2	7			2:01.80

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			42.51
	5			47.83
	3			55.52
4	6	Patricia Valle		58.64
5	7	Maiara Barreto		1:02.11
6	2			1:02.37
7	1	Sonja Sigurđardóttir		1:07.75
8	8			1:17.08

S4

8 swimmers took part in the event, which progressed straight to final. The event took place on 4 August.

Record	Swimmer	Nation	Time
World record	Tanja Scholz		36.92
Championship record			38.09

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time
	4			38.90
	6	Pereira Dos Santos		40.34
	5			40.59
4	3			40.61
5	7			42.95
6	2	Nely Miranda		44.01
7	1			44.65
8	8			48.34

S5

15 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Monday 31 July.^[3]

: Tully Kearney : 34.07

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	6			36.78	Q
2	2	4			37.68	Q
3	2	5			38.05	Q
4	2	1			38.66	Q
5	1	4			38.82	Q
6	1	7			40.52	Q
7	2	6			40.77	Q
8	1	2			41.45	Q
9	1	5			43.48
10	1	3			44.52
11	2	2			44.67
12	2	7			45.07
13	2	8			45.55
14	1	1			47.68
-	2	3			DSQ

Final^[4]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	5			36.71
	4			36.73
	6			37.36
4	2			39.57
5	7			39.75
6	3			39.77
7	1			41.32
8	8			41.48

S6

HeatsTen swimmers entered this event, although one did not start. The event took place on 5 August.

The applicable records at the start of the event where as follows

Record	Swimmer	Nation	Time
World Record	Anna Hontar		32.75
Championship Record

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			33.23	Q
2	2	5			33.84	Q
3	1	5			34.08	Q
4	1	3			35.01	Q
5	1	4			35.3	Q
6	2	6			35.53	Q
7	2	2			37.98	Q
8	1	2			45.37	Q
9	1	6			51.27
-	2	3			DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time	Notes
	4			32.55	WR
	5			32.90	AS
	2			34.04
4	3			34.34
5	6			34.71
6	7			35.46
7	1			37.88
8	8			51.65

S7

8 swimmers entered this race, which proceeded directly to final.

The applicable records on entry were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Nation	Time
World record	Mallory Weggemann		31.64
Championship record

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Times
	4			33.01
	5			33.99
	6			34.91
4	2			35.48
5	1			35.94
6	3			36.44
7	7			36.71
8	8			36.79

S8

11 swimmers entered the event.

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Nation	Time
World record	Alice Tai		28.97
Championship record			29.55

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo		30.63	Q
2	2	5			31.5	Q
3	1	4			31.72	Q
4	1	5			31.92	Q
5	1	6	Zhu Hui		32.48	Q
6	2	3			32.85	Q
7	2	6			33.08	Q
8	1	3			33.37	Q
9	2	7			35.79
10	2	2			36.26
11	1	2			36.63

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4	Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo		30.03
	5			30.97
	6			31.07
4	3			31.25
5	7			32.74
5	2			32.74
7	8			32.77
8	1			33.24

S9

8 swimmers entered this event, which progressed straight to final. The final took place on 6 August.

FinalThe applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Nation	Time
World record	Sophie Pascoe		27.32
Championship record			27.77

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			27.70
	5			28.03
	3			29.36
4	6			29.37
5	7			29.56
6	2	Elizabeth Smith		29.67
7	8	Xu Jialing		30.09
8	1			30.42

S10

12 swimmers entered this event. The heats were held on Monday 31 July. The top eight, regardless of heat, progressed to the final.^[5]

WR: Aurelie Rivard : 27.37

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			27.71	Q
2	2	5			28.19	Q
3	1	5			28.32	Q
4	2	6			28.36	Q
5	1	4			28.46	Q
6	2	3			28.69	Q
7	1	7			28.82	Q
8	2	2			28.87	Q
9	1	3			28.99
10	1	6			29.12
11	2	7			29.48
12	1	2			29.86

Final

The Final took place at 20:38 on 31 July.^[6]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			27.64
	3			28.06
	6			28.39
4	5			28.41
5	7			28.43
6	2			28.46
7	1			28.85
8	8			30.93

S11

WR: Ma Jia 29.20

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	4			29.32	Q
2	2	5			30.02	Q
3	2	4			30.04	Q
4	2	3			30.39	Q
5	1	3			31.28	Q
6	1	6			31.47	Q
7	2	6			31.72	Q
8	2	2			31.74	Q
9	1	5			32.06
10	1	2			33.44
11	1	7			33.85
12	2	7			34.03
13	2	1			34.57
14	1	1			35.98

Final

The final was held at 19:38 on 31 July.^[7]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4			29.74
	5			30.07
	3			30.28
4	6			30.6
5	2			30.89
6	1			31.31
7	8			31.91
8	7			32.26

S12

10 Swimmers representing eight national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 2 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.^{[8] [9]}

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record	Swimmer	Time
World record		26.68
Championship record		26.86

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4	Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago		26.65	Q WR CR
2	2	5			28.42	Q
3	1	4			28.69	Q
4	1	5			28.72	Q
5	2	3			28.73	Q
6	2	6			30.83	Q
7	1	3			31.22	Q
8	1	6			31.43	Q
9	1	2			31.45
10	2	2			32.19

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nation	Result	Notes
	4	Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago		26.71
	5			28.01
	6			28.38
4	3			28.56
5	2			29.09
6	7			30.16
7	1			31.35
8	8			31.37

S13

Nine swimmers took part in this event. It was held on 6 August.

Record	Swimmer	Nation	Time
World record	Katja Dedekind		26.56
Championship record			26.98

Heats

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	2	4			27.88	Q
2	2	5			28.01	Q
3	1	4			28.03	Q
4	1	3			28.5	Q
4	2	3			28.5	Q
6	1	5			28.52	Q
7	1	6			28.98	Q
8	1	2			29.37	Q
9	2	2			29.41

Final

Rank	Lane	Swimmer	Nation	Time
	4			27.17
	5			27.49
	2			27.69
4	3			27.74
5	6	Emma Feliu		28.02
6	7	Marian Polo		28.43
7	1			29.01
8	8			29.36

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships : W 50m Freestyle S3 Heats .
2. https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resSW7G23/pdf/SW7G23/SW/SW7G23_SW_B99_SW0000000.pdf Manchester 2023 Results Book
3. Web site: Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships : W 50m Freestyle S5 Heats .
4. Web site: Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships W 50 m Fr S5 Final .
5. Web site: Manchester 2023 World Para-swimming Championships : W 50 m Fr S10 Heats .
6. Web site: Manchester 2023 World Para-swimming Championships : W 50 m Fr S10 Final .
7. https://www.paralympic.org/static/info/resSW7G23/pdf/SW7G23/SW/SW7G23_SW_C74A_SWW111100.pdf WOMEN'S 50M FREESTYLE S11 FINAL
8. Web site: Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S5 Heats .
9. 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.