Swimming at the 2023 Parapan American Games – Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 explained

Games:	2023
Event:	Men's 50 metre freestyle S5
Venue:	Aquatic Centre
Date:	November 18
Competitors:	12
Nations:	8
Win Value:	31.40
Win Label:	Winning time
Gold:	Samuel da Silva
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Tiago de Oliveira
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronze:	Abbas Karimi
Bronzenoc:	USA
Prev:	2019
Next:	2027

The men's 50 metre freestyle S5 competition of the swimming events at the 2023 Parapan American Games were held on November 18, 2023, at the Aquatic Center within the Julio Martínez National Stadium in Santiago, Chile.^[1] The event includes both S4 and S5 athletes.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:

S4

World record		36.25	Funchal, Portugal	June 16, 2022
Parapan American Games record		40.29	Guadalajara, Mexico	November 14, 2011

S5

World record		29.78	Manchester, Great Britain	July 31, 2023
Parapan American Games record		32.41	Toronto, Canada	August 12, 2015

Results

KEY:

QA

Qualified for A final

QB

Qualified for B final

PR

Games record

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Heats

The highest eight scores advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Class	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	4	S5			31.97	Q, PR
2	1	4	S5			34.69	Q
3	2	5	S5			36.94	Q
4	1	5	S5			37.63	Q
5	1	3	S4			38.74	Q, PR
6	2	3	S5			38.76	Q
7	1	6	S5			38.91	Q
8	2	6	S5			40.68	Q
9	1	2	S5			48.40
10	1	7	S4			51.16
11	2	7	S5			51.48
12	2	2	S4			54.97

Final

The final was held on November 18^[3]

Rank	Lane	Class	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	S5			31.40	PR
	5	S5			34.46
	3	S5			36.88
4	6	S5			37.49
5	1	S5			38.05
6	2	S4			38.22	PR
	7	S5			38.22
8	8	S5			41.68

Notes and References

1. Web site: Orlando . Alexandra . 2022-06-14 . SANTIAGO 2023 OFFICIALLY CONFIRMS SPORTS VENUES . 2023-11-20 . Panam Sports . en-US.
2. Web site: Swimming - Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 - Heats results. January 5, 2024.
3. Web site: Swimming - Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 - final results. January 5, 2024.