The men's 50 metre freestyle events at the 2025 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Singapore Aquatic Centre between 21 and 27 September 2025.Singapore 2025 Event guide Racing took place over eleven classifications.
Schedule The 50 metre freestyle events for men were held across the following schedule: +Men's 50 metre freestyleDayDateClassificationsDay 121 Sept S5; S10; S11Day 222 SeptDay 323 Sept S12Day 424 SeptDay 525 Sept S3; S4; S6; S8; S13Day 626 Sept S7Day 727 Sept S9
Medal summary S3Details S4Details S5Details S6Details S7Details S8Details S9Details S10Details S11Details S12Details S13Details
Race summaries S3 The Men's 50 metre freestyle S3 event was held on 25 September.
The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:38.81 2017-12-06 Mexico City Championship 0:38.81 2017-12-06 Mexico City African 1:01.61 2021-06-19 Berlin Americas 0:39.70 2017-12-06 Mexico City Asian 0:38.81 2017-12-06 Mexico City European 0:41.41 2016-09-13 Rio de Janeiro Oceania 0:51.89 2023-08-04 Manchester
Heats Seventeen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 1 1 4 S3 45.17 Q 2 1 3 S3 46.73 Q 3 2 5 S3 47.24 Q 4 2 3 S3 47.81 Q 5 1 6 S3 48.30 Q 6 2 6 S3 48.36 Q 7 2 4 S3 49.13 Q 8 1 5 S3 49.72 Q 9 1 2 S3 50.90 10 2 2 S3 51.14 11 1 1 S3 52.18 12 2 7 S3 52.55 13 2 1 S3 52.96 14 2 0 S3 53.34 15 1 7 S2 53.40 16 1 8 S3 58.64 17 2 8 S3 1:00.23
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Class Time Notes3 S342.854 S343.496 S346.2741 S346.2955 S346.6567 S347.5478 S348.3682 S348.59
S4 The Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 event will be held on 25 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:35.61 2024-09-06 Paris Championship 0:36.25 2022-06-16 Funchal Americas 0:35.61 2024-09-06 Paris Asian 0:36.85 2024-09-06 Paris European 0:36.25 2022-06-16 Funchal Oceania 0:36.71 2022-06-16 Funchal
Heats Fourteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 1 2 4 S4 37.85 Q 2 1 4 S4 38.52 Q 3 1 5 S4 38.80 Q 4 2 5 S4 39.06 Q 5 2 6 S4 39.26 Q 6 2 3 S4 39.84 Q 7 2 2 S4 42.13 Q 8 1 3 S4 42.68 Q 9 1 2 S4 42.84 10 1 6 S4 44.12 11 2 7 S4 44.94 12 1 7 S4 45.48 13 2 1 S4 47.51 1 S4 DNS
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Class Time Notes5 S437.436 S437.444 S437.7343 S437.7452 S439.2167 S440.6371 S440.9188 S443.46
S5 The Men's 50 metre freestyle S5 event was held on 21 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:29.33 2024-09-05 Paris Championship 0:29.78 2023-07-31 Manchester African 0:41.43 2023-11-11 Cairo Americas 0:31.40 2023-11-18 Santiago Asian 0:29.33 2024-09-05 Paris European 0:30.16 2019-06-01 Lignano Sabbiadoro Oceania 0:37.47 2010-08-15 Eindhoven
Heats Fourteen swimmers took part in heats, with the top eight progressing to the final. RankHeatLaneAthleteTimeNote124 30.96Q216 31.82Q315 32.24Q425 32.74Q526 33.61Q614 33.62Q723 33.63Q822 33.95Q917 34.24R1013 34.66R1112 36.011221 36.231327 36.33
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Time Note 4 30.11 5 31.42 3 31.67 4 7 31.79 5 6 31.99 6 8 33.27 6 2 33.27 8 1 33.52
S6 The Men's 50 metre freestyle S6 event was held on 25 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:28.57 2012-09-04 London Championship 0:28.59 2023-08-04 Manchester African 0:35.84 2019-04-28 Glasgow Americas 0:29.14 2015-08-10 Toronto Asian 0:28.57 2012-09-04 London European 0:28.59 2023-08-04 Manchester Oceania 0:30.77 2016-09-10 Rio de Janeiro
Heats Twelve swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 1 2 4 S6 29.42 Q 2 1 4 S6 29.72 Q 3 2 5 S6 29.87 Q 4 1 5 S6 29.93 Q 5 2 6 S6 30.92 Q 6 1 3 S6 31.48 Q 7 2 3 S6 31.69 Q 8 2 2 S6 32.14 Q 9 1 6 S6 32.37 10 1 7 S6 32.80 11 1 2 S6 33.11 12 2 7 S6 37.68
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Class Time Notes4 S629.236 S629.605 S629.6143 S629.9552 S630.7761 S630.8677 S631.1688 S632.32
S7 The Men's 50 metre freestyle S7 event was held on 26 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:26.38 2024-09-04 Paris Championship 0:27.07 2019-09-15 London African 0:28.75 2024-09-04 Paris Americas 0:27.23 2024-06-01 Berlin Asian 0:27.35 2016-09-09 Rio de Janeiro European 0:26.38 2024-09-04 Paris Oceania 0:28.17 2014-08-07 Pasadena
Heats Twelve swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Note 1 2 4 27.98 Q 2 2 5 28.84 Q 3 1 4 28.86 Q 4 1 5 29.10 Q 5 2 3 29.30 Q 6 2 6 29.97 Q 7 1 3 30.51 Q 8 1 6 30.66 Q 9 1 2 31.26 R 10 2 2 33.14 R 11 2 7 33.37 R Final
Rank Lane Athlete Time Note 4 26.72 CR 3 28.04 5 28.38 4 6 28.45 5 2 28.70 6 7 29.57 7 1 30.20 8 8 30.22 S8 The men's 50 metre freestyle S8 event was held on 25 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:25.32 2014-08-10 Eindhoven Championship 0:25.34 2015-07-19 Glasgow African 0:29.64 2010-08-18 Eindhoven Americas 0:26.58 2024-05-03 São Paulo Asian 0:26.17 2014-10-23 Incheon European 0:25.32 2014-08-10 Eindhoven Oceania 0:26.75 2010-08-18 Eindhoven
Heats Fifteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 1 2 5 S8 26.54 Q, OC 2 1 4 S8 26.72 Q 3 1 5 S8 27.16 Q 4 2 3 S8 27.46 Q 5 2 4 S8 27.49 Q 6 1 3 S8 27.73 Q 7 2 6 S8 27.80 Q 8 1 6 S8 28.11 Q 9 2 2 S8 28.12 10 2 8 S8 28.26 11 1 7 S8 28.30 12 2 7 S8 28.53 13 1 2 S8 28.73 14 2 1 S8 29.62
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Class Time Notes5 S826.184 S826.21OC7 S827.1646 S827.2441 S827.2463 S827.2978 S827.952 S8DSQ
S9 The men's 50 metre freestyle S9 event was held on 27 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:23.90 2024-09-02 Paris Championship 0:23.96 2023-08-06 Manchester African 0:29.25 2023-11-11 Cairo Americas 0:25.19 2021-08-29 Tokyo Asian 0:25.48 2024-09-02 Paris European 0:23.90 2024-09-02 Paris Oceania 0:25.13 2012-09-05 London
Heats Fifteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. RankHeatLaneAthleteTimeNote124 24.47Q226 25.31Q322 25.70Q425 25.74Q514 25.85Q615 25.91Q716 26.08Q827 26.27Q923 26.34R1011 26.45R1117 26.56R1213 26.841321 26.861412 27.691528 27.96
Final
RankLaneAthleteTimeNote4 24.205 24.876 25.5342 25.5757 25.5861 25.7673 25.9388 26.13
S10 The men's 50 metre freestyle S10 event was held on 21 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:23.16 2012-08-31 London Championship 0:23.20 2015-07-13 Glasgow African 0:24.75 2024-08-29 Paris Americas 0:23.16 2012-08-31 London Asian 0:24.86 2012-08-31 London European 0:23.33 2016-09-09 Rio de Janeiro Oceania 0:23.21 2021-08-25 Tokyo
Heats Thirteen swimmers took part with one late withdrawal, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Time Note 1 2 4 23.43 Q 2 1 4 23.49 Q 3 1 5 23.92 Q 4 2 5 24.49 Q 5 2 3 24.56 Q 6 1 6 24.83 Q 7 1 3 24.88 Q 8 2 2 24.90 Q 9 2 6 25.06 R 10 1 2 25.25 R 11 1 7 25.76 12 2 7 25.82 - 2 1 DNS
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Time Notes4 23.21=OCR3 23.461 23.5845 24.2052 24.4066 24.8168 24.9087 25.05
S11 The men's 50 metre freestyle S11 event was held on 21 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:25.27 2012-09-01 London Championship 0:25.78 2015-07-17 Glasgow African 0:26.92 2016-04-23 Rio de Janeiro Americas 0:25.57 2016-09-12 Rio de Janeiro Asian 0:25.27 2012-09-01 London European 0:25.66 2025-07-27 Istanbul Oceania 0:31.01 2020-02-15 Melbourne
Heats Fourteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. RankHeatLaneAthleteTimeNote124 25.45Q CR215 26.10Q323 26.16Q413 26.34Q525 26.38Q614 26.83Q726 26.93Q812 26.98Q922 27.15R1016 27.38R1127 27.491217 27.581321 28.571411 35.24
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Time Note 4 25.52 3 25.88 1 26.17 4 5 26.21 5 2 26.22 6 6 26.44 6 8 26.55 8 7 26.62
S12 The Men's 50 metre freestyle S12 event was held on 23 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:22.99 2009-10-21 Reykjavík Championship 0:23.36 2013-08-15 Montreal African 0:25.30 2019-09-11 London Americas 0:24.03 2016-07-01 Charlotte Asian 0:24.76 2021-06-19 Berlin European 0:22.99 2009-10-21 Reykjavík Oceania 0:24.56 2022-07-30 Birmingham
Heats Fourteen swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 1 1 4 S12 24.07 Q 2 1 5 S12 24.39 Q 3 2 4 S12 24.40 Q 4 2 5 S12 24.69 Q 5 1 3 S12 25.08 Q 6 2 3 S12 25.10 Q 7 2 6 S12 25.36 Q 8 1 6 S12 25.41 Q 9 2 2 S12 25.67 10 2 1 S12 25.74 11 1 7 S12 25.08 12 1 1 S12 26.07 13 1 2 S12 26.14 14 2 7 S12 30.44
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Class Time Notes3 S1224.165 S1224.274 S1224.3146 S1224.6252 S1224.7267 S1225.1878 S1225.3071 S1225.30
S13 The men's 50 metre freestyle S13 event was held on 25 September. The relevant records at the beginning of the event were as follows: Record Athlete Time Date City Country World 0:23.20 2015-07-13 Glasgow Championship 0:23.20 2015-07-13 Glasgow African 0:23.99 2012-09-01 London Americas 0:23.88 2023-08-04 Manchester Asian 0:23.31 2018-10-11 Jakarta European 0:23.20 2015-07-13 Glasgow Oceania 0:24.26 2012-09-01 London
Heats Nine swimmers took part, with the top eight progressing to the final. Rank Heat Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 1 1 4 S13 23.57 Q 2 1 5 S13 23.81 Q 3 1 3 S13 24.07 Q 4 1 S13 24.48 Q 5 1 7 S13 24.67 Q 6 1 8 S13 24.92 Q 7 1 6 S13 24.96 Q 8 1 1 S13 25.12 Q 9 1 0 S13 25.75
Final
Rank Lane Athlete Class Time Notes 5 S1323.31 4 S1323.58 3 S1323.9346 S1324.2158 S1324.7461 S1324.7977 S1324.8082 S1324.84
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