Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S5 explained

Event:	Men's 50 metre butterfly S5
Games:	2020 Summer
Venue:	Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates:	27 August 2021
Competitors:	18
Nations:	13
Gold:	Zheng Tao
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Wang Lichao
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Yuan Weiyi
Bronzenpc:	CHN

The men's 50 metre butterfly S5 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 27 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Heats

The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	4			32.30	, PR
2	3	4			32.34
3	3	5			34.55
4	1	5			35.73
5	1	3			36.36
6	2	4			36.41
7	2	5			37.27
8	3	3			37.80
9	2	6			38.72
10	3	7			38.99
11	1	6			39.01
12	3	6			39.93
13	3	2			40.32
14	1	7			41.41
15	2	3			41.60
16	2	7			42.18
17	1	2			42.24
	2	2			data-sort-value=9:99.99

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes	+50m butterfly final^[3]
	5			30.62	WR
	7			31.81
	4			32.00
4	3			35.13
5	6			35.27
6	1			36.56
7	8			37.24
8	2			38.16

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's 50m butterfly - S5 - Start List . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . . 25 September 2021 . 25 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925205325/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C51A1_SWMM50MBF---05040-----HEAT--------.pdf . dead .
2. Web site: Men's 50m butterfly - S5 - Results Summary . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 25 September 2021 . 27 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210827104839/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMM50MBF---05040-----HEAT--------.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Men's 50m butterfly - S5 - Finals Results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 25 September 2021 . 27 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210827152035/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM50MBF---05040-----FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .