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

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

Event Gold Silver Bronze
S3 Marta Fernández Infante
 Spain
Ellie Challis
 Great Britain
Susana Schnarndorf
 Brazil
S4 Tanja Scholz
 Germany
Patricia Pereira dos Santos
 Brazil
Rachael Watson
 Australia
S5 Suzanna Hext
 Great Britain
Iryna Poida
 Ukraine
Lu Dong
 China
S6 Anna Hontar
 Ukraine
Jiang Yuyan
 China
Shelby Newkirk
 Canada
S7 Sara Vargas Blanco
 Colombia
Danielle Dorris
 Canada
Sabine Weber-Treiber
 Austria
S8 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo
 Brazil
Alice Tai
 Great Britain
Jiang Shengnan
 China
S9 Mariana Ribeiro
 Brazil
Alexa Leary
 Australia
Florianne Bultje
 Netherlands
S10 Aurelie Rivard
 Canada
Alessia Scortechini
 Italy
Emeline Pierre
 France
S11 Ma Jia
 China
Liesette Bruinsma
 Netherlands
Karolina Pelendritou
 Cyprus
S12 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago
 Brazil
Anna Stetsenko
 Ukraine
Alessia Berra
 Italy
S13 Katja Dedekind
 Australia
Carlotta Gilli
 Italy
Olivia Chambers
 United States

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 Norway 51.33
Championship record Danielle Watts United Kingdom 1:21.27
S2
World record Ingrid Thunem Norway 53.94
Championship record Yip Pin Xiu Singapore 1:03.77
S3
World record Leanne Smith United States 40.32
Championship record
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 4 Marta Fernandez Infante  Spain 43.54 Q
2 2 5 Ellie Challis  Great Britain 49.36 Q
3 1 5 Susana Schnarndorf  Brazil 54.56 Q
4 2 3 Patricia Valle  Mexico 1:01.94 Q
5 2 4 Leanne Smith  United States 1:04.79 Q
6 1 3 Maiara Barreto  Brazil 1:05.59 Q
7 2 6 Sonja Sigurðardóttir  Iceland 1:07.82 Q
8 1 6 Nikita Ens  Canada 1:14.94 Q
9 2 2 Elif Ildem  Turkey 1:35.44
10 1 2 Konul Suleymanova  Azerbaijan 1:57.72
11 1 7 Lova Johansson  Sweden 2:01.41
12 2 7 Eva Hazizi  Greece 2:01.80
Final
Rank Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Marta Fernandez Infante  Spain 42.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Ellie Challis  Great Britain 47.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Susana Schnarndorf  Brazil 55.52
4 6 Patricia Valle  Mexico 58.64
5 7 Maiara Barreto  Brazil 1:02.11
6 2 Leanne Smith  United States 1:02.37
7 1 Sonja Sigurðardóttir  Iceland 1:07.75
8 8 Nikita Ens  Canada 1:17.08

S4

8 swimmers took part in the event, which progressed straight to final. The event took place on 4 August.[3]

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Tanja Scholz  Germany 36.92
Championship record 38.09
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Tanja Scholz  Germany 38.90
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Pereira Dos Santos  Brazil 40.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Rachael Watson  Australia 40.59
4 3 Lidia Vieira Da Cruz  Brazil 40.61
5 7 Gina Boettcher  Germany 42.95
6 2 Nely Miranda  Mexico 44.01
7 1 Kat Swanepoel  South Africa 44.65
8 8 Alexandra Stamatopoulou  Greece 48.34


S5

15 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Monday 31 July.[4]

WR : Tully Kearney United Kingdom: 34.07

Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 6 Iryna Poida  Ukraine 36.78 Q
2 2 4 Suzanna Hext  Great Britain 37.68 Q
3 2 5 Martinez Guerrero  Colombia 38.05 Q
4 2 1 Dong Lu  China 38.66 Q
5 1 4 Monica Boggioni  Italy 38.82 Q
6 1 7 Shenggao He  China 40.52 Q
7 2 6 Cuan Yao  China 40.77 Q
8 1 2 Agata Koupilova  Czech Republic 41.45 Q
9 1 5 Sumeyye Boyaci  Turkey 43.48
10 1 3 Angel Mae Otom  Philippines 44.52
11 2 2 Elizabeth Noriega  Argentina 44.67
12 2 7 Esthefany Rodrigues  Brazil 45.07
13 2 8 Maria Fanouria Tziveleki  Greece 45.55
14 1 1 Jessica Tinney  Canada 47.68
- 2 3 Sevilay Ozturk  Turkey DSQ
Final[3]
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Suzanna Hext  Great Britain 36.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Iryna Poida  Ukraine 36.73
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Dong Lu  China 37.36
4 2 Monica Boggioni  Italy 39.57
5 7 Shenggao He  China 39.75
6 3 Martinez Guerrero  Colombia 39.77
7 1 Cuan Yao  China 41.32
8 8 Agata Koupilova  Czech Republic 41.48

S6

Heats

Ten 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  Ukraine 32.75
Championship Record
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Anna Hontar  Ukraine 33.23 Q
2 2 5 Yuyan Jiang  China 33.84 Q
3 1 5 Ellie Marks  United States 34.08 Q
4 1 3 Nicole Turner  Ireland 35.01 Q
5 1 4 Shelby Newkirk  Canada 35.3 Q
6 2 6 Nora Meister  Switzerland 35.53 Q
7 2 2 Sofiia Fedorenko  Ukraine 37.98 Q
8 1 2 Nomuun Khurel  Mongolia 45.37 Q
9 1 6 Ayaallah Tewfick  Egypt 51.27
- 2 3 Tully Kearney  Great Britain DNS
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anna Hontar  Ukraine 32.55 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Yuyan Jiang  China 32.90 AS
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Shelby Newkirk  Canada 34.04
4 3 Ellie Marks  United States 34.34
5 6 Nicole Turner  Ireland 34.71
6 7 Nora Meister  Switzerland 35.46
7 1 Sofiia Fedorenko  Ukraine 37.88
8 8 Nomuun Khurel  Mongolia 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  United States 31.64
Championship record
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Times
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Sara Vargas Blanco  Colombia 33.01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Danielle Dorris  Canada 33.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Sabine Weber-Treiber  Austria 34.91
4 2 Leyre Orti Campos  Spain 35.48
5 1 Mandujan Somellera  Mexico 35.94
6 3 An Nishida  Japan 36.44
7 7 Nicola St Clair Maitland  Sweden 36.71
8 8 Agnes Kramer  Sweden 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  Great Britain 28.97
Championship record 29.55
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo  Brazil 30.63 Q
2 2 5 Alice Tai  Great Britain 31.5 Q
3 1 4 Xenia Francesca Palazzo  Italy 31.72 Q
4 1 5 Shengnan Jiang  China 31.92 Q
5 1 6 Zhu Hui  China 32.48 Q
6 2 3 Abi Tripp  Canada 32.85 Q
7 2 6 Paula Novina  Croatia 33.08 Q
8 1 3 Tupou Neiufi  New Zealand 33.37 Q
9 2 7 Carmen Lim  Malaysia 35.79
10 2 2 Paola Ruvalcaba Nunez  Mexico 36.26
11 1 2 Eunyeong Lim  South Korea 36.63
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo  Brazil 30.03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Alice Tai  Great Britain 30.97
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Shengnan Jiang  China 31.07
4 3 Xenia Francesca Palazzo  Italy 31.25
5 7 Abi Tripp  Canada 32.74
5 2 Hui Zhu  China 32.74
7 8 Tupou Neiufi  New Zealand 32.77
8 1 Paula Novina  Croatia 33.24

S9

8 swimmers entered this event, which progressed straight to final. The final took place on 6 August.[2]

Final

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Sophie Pascoe  New Zealand 27.32
Championship record 27.77
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Mariana Ribeiro  Brazil 27.70 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Alexa Leary  Australia 28.03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Florianne Bultje  Netherlands 29.36
4 6 Emily Beecroft  Australia 29.37
5 7 Sarai Gascon  Spain 29.56
6 2 Elizabeth Smith  United States 29.67
7 8 Xu Jialing  China 30.09
8 1 Susana Veiga  Portugal 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 Canada : 27.37

Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Aurelie Rivard  Canada 27.71 Q
2 2 5 María Barrera Zapata  Colombia 28.19 Q
3 1 5 Alessia Scortechini  Italy 28.32 Q
4 2 6 Emeline Pierre  France 28.36 Q
5 1 4 Chantalle Zijderveld  Netherlands 28.46 Q
6 2 3 Jasmine Greenwood  Australia 28.69 Q
7 1 7 Bianka Pap  Hungary 28.82 Q
8 2 2 Zhang Meng  China 28.87 Q
9 1 3 Arianna Hunsicker  Canada 28.99
10 1 6 Susannah Kaul  Estonia 29.12
11 2 7 Audrey Kim  United States 29.48
12 1 2 Katie Cosgriffe  Canada 29.86
Final

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Aurelie Rivard  Canada 27.64
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Alessia Scortechini  Italy 28.06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Emeline Pierre  France 28.39
4 5 María Barrera Zapata  Colombia 28.41
5 7 Jasmine Greenwood  Australia 28.43
6 2 Chantalle Zijderveld  Netherlands 28.46
7 1 Bianka Pap  Hungary 28.85
8 8 Meng Zhang  China 30.93

S11

WR: Ma Jia China 29.20

Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 1 4 Ma Jia  China 29.32 Q
2 2 5 Liesette Bruinsma  Netherlands 30.02 Q
3 2 4 Karolina Pelendritou  Cyprus 30.04 Q
4 2 3 Li Guizhi  China 30.39 Q
5 1 3 Ishiura Tomomi  Japan 31.28 Q
6 1 6 Kateryna Tkachuk  Ukraine 31.47 Q
7 2 6 Cai Liwen  China 31.72 Q
8 2 2 Scarlett Humphrey  Great Britain 31.74 Q
9 1 5 Analuz Pellitero  Argentina 32.06
10 1 2 Tatiana Blattnerova  Slovakia 33.44
11 1 7 Ono Chikako  Japan 33.85
12 2 7 Nadia Baez  Argentina 34.03
13 2 1 Fernandez Yunque  Colombia 34.57
14 1 1 Mcclain Hermes  United States 35.98
Final

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

Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Ma Jia  China 29.74
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Liesette Bruinsma  Netherlands 30.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Karolina Pelendritou  Cyprus 30.28
4 6 Li Guizhi  China 30.6
5 2 Tomomi Ishiura  Japan 30.89
6 1 Cai Liwen  China 31.31
7 8 Scarlett Humphrey  Great Britain 31.91
8 7 Kateryna Tkachuk  Ukraine 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:[8]

Record Swimmer Time
World record  Maria Gomes Santiago (BRA) 26.68
Championship record  Maria Gomes Santiago (BRA) 26.86
Heats[8]
Rank Heat Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago  Brazil 26.65 Q WR CR
2 2 5 Anna Stetsenko  Ukraine 28.42 Q
3 1 4 Lucilene da Silva Sousa  Brazil 28.69 Q
4 1 5 Alessia Berra  Italy 28.72 Q
5 2 3 Jenna Jones  Australia 28.73 Q
6 2 6 Karina Petrikovicova  Slovakia 30.83 Q
7 1 3 Cornelle Leach  South Africa 31.22 Q
8 1 6 Yaryna Matlo  Ukraine 31.43 Q
9 1 2 Belkis Mota Echarry  Venezuela 31.45
10 2 2 Neele Labudda  Germany 32.19


Final[8]
Rank Lane Athlete Nation Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago  Brazil 26.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Anna Stetsenko  Ukraine 28.01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 Alessia Berra  Italy 28.38
4 3 Lucilene da Silva Sousa  Brazil 28.56
5 2 Jenna Jones  Australia 29.09
6 7 Karina Petrikovicova  Slovakia 30.16
7 1 Cornelle Leach  South Africa 31.35
8 8 Yaryna Matlo  Ukraine 31.37

S13

Nine swimmers took part in this event. It was held on 6 August.[4]

Record Swimmer Nation Time
World record Katja Dedekind  Australia 26.56
Championship record 26.98
Heats
Rank Heat Lane Name Nation Result Notes
1 2 4 Katja Dedekind  Australia 27.88 Q
2 2 5 Carlotta Gilli  Italy 28.01 Q
3 1 4 Ayano Tsujiuchi  Japan 28.03 Q
4 1 3 Emma Feliu Martin  Spain 28.5 Q
4 2 3 Olivia Chambers  United States 28.5 Q
6 1 5 Marian Polo Lopez  Spain 28.52 Q
7 1 6 Joanna Mendak  Poland 28.98 Q
8 1 2 Muslima Odilova  Uzbekistan 29.37 Q
9 2 2 Rebecca Redfern  Great Britain 29.41
Final
Rank Lane Swimmer Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Katja Dedekind  Australia 27.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Carlotta Gilli  Italy 27.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2 Olivia Chambers  United States 27.69
4 3 Ayano Tsujiuchi  Japan 27.74
5 6 Emma Feliu  Spain 28.02
6 7 Marian Polo  Spain 28.43
7 1 Joanna Mendak  Poland 29.01
8 8 Muslima Odilova  Uzbekistan 29.36

References

  1. ^ "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships : W 50m Freestyle S3 Heats" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b Manchester 2023 Results Book
  3. ^ a b "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships W 50 m Fr S5 Final" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b "Manchester 2023 World Para Swimming Championships : W 50m Freestyle S5 Heats" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Manchester 2023 World Para-swimming Championships : W 50 m Fr S10 Heats" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Manchester 2023 World Para-swimming Championships : W 50 m Fr S10 Final" (PDF).
  7. ^ WOMEN'S 50M FREESTYLE S11 FINAL
  8. ^ a b c d "Manchester 2023 : World Para Swimming Championships: M 50m Fr S5 Heats" (PDF).
  9. ^ Overend, Riley (2023-08-01). "2023 Para Worlds Day 1: China's Guo Jincheng Crushes His Own WR in Men's 50 Free S5". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2023-08-02.