The Men's 100 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 1, 2021. A total of six events were contested over this distance.
Schedule H Heats½ SemifinalsF Final DateWed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E S4 100m H F S5 100m H F S6 100m H F S8 100m H F S10 100m H F S12 100m H F
Medal summary The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre freestyle events. S4 1:21.58 PR 1:23.21 1:26.95S5 1:09.56 1:10.45 1:10.80S6 1:03.71 WR 1:04.82 1:05.45S8 57.37 57.69 58.73S10 50.64 WR 51.37 51.45S12 52.69 52.87 53.43
Results The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 100 metre freestyle events in each of the classifications. Further details of each event, including where appropriate heats and semi finals results, are available on that event's dedicated page.
S4
The S4 category is for swimmers who have function in their hands and arms but can't use their trunk or legs to swim. Swimmers in this class can also have three amputated limbs.
The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Takayuki Suzuki 1:21.58 PR 4 Luigi Beggiato 1:23.21 6 Roman Zhdanov 1:26.95 4 3 Angel Camocho Ramirez 1:27.71 5 2 Jo Giseong 1:28.46 6 1 David Smetanine 1:29.47 7 8 Lyndon Longhorne 1:33.30 8 7 Gustavo Sánchez Martínez 1:35.55
S5
The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia or short stature.
The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 2 Francesco Bocciardo 1:09.56 7 Wang Lichao 1:10.45 5 Daniel de Faria Dias 1:10.80 4 6 Zheng Tao 1:10.87 5 4 Yuan Weiyi 1:11.68 6 3 Antoni Ponce Bertran 1:13.47 7 1 Muhammed Nur Syaiful Zulkafli 1:15.12 8 8 Luis Huerta Poza 1:17.97
S6
The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.
The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021:
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Antonio Fantin 1:03.71 WR 3 Nelson Crispín 1:04.82 5 Talisson Glock 1:05.45 4 1 Jia Hongguang 1:05.55 AS 5 7 Thijs van Hofweegen 1:06.39 6 6 1:07.02 7 2 Laurent Chardard 1:07.60 8 8 Wang Jingang 1:08.61
S8
The S8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.
The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Ben Popham 57.37 6 Andrei Nikolaev 57.69 5 Dimosthenis Michalentzakis 58.73 4 2 Xu Haijiao 58.75 5 3 Denys Dubrov 59.02 6 1 Yang Guanglong 59.42 7 7 Alberto Amodeo 59.93 8 8 Luis Armando Andrade Guillen 1:01.23
S10
The S10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.
The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021:
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Maksym Krypak 50.64 WR 5 Rowan Crothers 51.37 3 Stefano Raimondi 51.45 4 2 Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues 52.04 5 6 Thomas Gallagher 53.14 6 7 Bas Takken 54.06 7 8 Dmitrii Bartasinskii 54.09 8 1 Alan Ogorzalek 55.45
S12
The S12 category is for swimmers who have moderate visual impairment and have a visual field of less than 5 degrees radius. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.
The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 5 Raman Salei 52.69 6 Maksym Veraksa 52.87 4 Stephen Clegg 53.43 4 2 Illia Yaremenko 53.60 5 3 Braedan Jason 53.78 OC 6 7 Roman Makarov 57.56 7 1 Sergey Punko 59.30
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