Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre backstroke S2
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates:	2 September 2021
Competitors:	12
Nations:	9
Gold:	Gabriel Araújo
Goldnpc:	BRA
Silver:	Alberto Abarza
Silvernpc:	CHI
Bronze:	Vladimir Danilenko
Bronzenpc:	RPC
Prev:	2016

The Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.^{[1] [2]}

Heats

The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4			56.82
2	2	5			57.58
3	1	4			59.30
4	2	3			59.31
5	2	6			1:00.51
6	1	5			1:00.97
7	1	6			1:03.09
8	1	2			1:04.01
9	2	2			1:05.57
10	1	3			1:06.59
11	2	7			1:06.99
12	1	7			1:14.10

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			53.96
	5			57.76
	6			59.47
4	2			1.00.54
5	3			1.00.61
6	1			1.03.00
7	8			1.03.28
8	7			1.05.13

Notes and References

1. News: Houston. Michael. 2 September 2021. United States win women's medley relay to end evening of Paralympics swimming. InsideTheGames.biz. 19 September 2021.
2. Web site: Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 – Final results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 2021-09-19 . 2021-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210902131518/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM50MBA---02010-----FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Men's 50 metre backstroke S2 – Heats results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 2021-09-19 . 2021-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210902100400/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MBA---02010-----HEAT--------.pdf . dead .