Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

The Women's 100 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 26 August to 3 September 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

H

Heats

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Date	Thu 26		Fri 27		Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2		Fri 3
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
S3 100m									H	F
S5 100m	H	F
S7 100m											H	F
S9 100m											H	F
S10 100m					H	F
S11 100m																	H	F
S12 100m											H	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre freestyle events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
S3	Arjola Trimi  Italy	1:30:22	Leanne Smith  United States	1:37.68	Iuliia Shishova  RPC	1:49.63
S5	Tully Kearney  Great Britain	1:14.39 WR	Zhang Li  China	1:17.80	Monica Boggioni  Italy	1:22.43
S7	Giulia Terzi  Italy	1:09.21 PR, ER	McKenzie Coan  United States	1:10.22	Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine	1:11.07
					Jiang Yuyan  China
S9	Sophie Pascoe  New Zealand	1:02.37	Sarai Gascón  Spain	1:02.77	Mariana Ribeiro  Brazil	1:03.39
S10	Aurélie Rivard  Canada	58.14 WR	Chantalle Zijderveld  Netherlands	1:00.23	Lisa Kruger  Netherlands	1:00.68
S11	Li Guizhi  China	1:05.87 PR	Liesette Bruinsma  Netherlands	59.13	Cai Liwen  China	1:00.25
S12	Carol Santiago  Brazil	59.01	Daria Pikalova  RPC	59.13	Hannah Russell  Great Britain	1:00.25

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women'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.

S3

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The S3 category is for swimmers who have leg or arm amputations, have severe coordination problems in their limbs, or have to swim with their arms but don't use their trunk or legs. The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Arjola Trimi	Italy	1:30.22	ER
	4	Leanne Smith	United States	1:37.68
	3	Iuliia Shishova	RPC	1:49.63
4	6	Ellie Challis	Great Britain	1:54.84
5	2	Zoya Shchurova	RPC	2:07.69
6	7	Patricia Valle	Mexico	2:08.10
7	1	Maiara Barreto	Brazil	2:10.90
8	8	Haidee Viviana Aceves Pérez	Mexico	2:22.60

S5

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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
	4	Tully Kearney	Great Britain	1:14.39	WR
	3	Zhang Li	China	1:17.80
	6	Monica Boggioni	Italy	1:22.43
4	5	Suzanna Hext	Great Britain	1:22.49
5	2	Teresa Perales	Spain	1:23.31
6	7	Lu Dong	China	1:23.34
7	1	Yao Cuan	China	1:26.66
8	8	Joana Neves	Brazil	1:27.62

S7

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The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side, or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs. The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Giulia Terzi	Italy	1:09.21	PR, ER
	4	McKenzie Coan	United States	1:10.22
	3	Yelyzaveta Mereshko	Ukraine	1:11.07
	6	Jiang Yuyan	China	1:11.07
5	2	Mallory Weggemann	United States	1:11.98
6	8	Sabrina Duchesne	Canada	1:14.55
7	7	Ani Palian	RPC	1:15.38
8	1	Julia Gaffney	United States	1:15.70

S9

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The S9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg, or double below-the-knee amputations. The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Sophie Pascoe	New Zealand	1:02.37
	2	Sarai Gascón	Spain	1:02.77	ER
	4	Mariana Ribeiro	Brazil	1:03.39
4	5	Toni Shaw	Great Britain	1:03.42
5	6	Ellie Cole	Australia	1:03.49
6	7	Ashleigh McConnell	Australia	1:03.81
7	8	Natalie Sims	United States	1:03.85
8	1	Emily Beecroft	Australia	1:04.47

S10

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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	Aurélie Rivard	Canada	58.14	WR
	3	Chantalle Zijderveld	Netherlands	1:00.23	ER
	2	Lisa Kruger	Netherlands	1:00.68
4	5	Bianka Pap	Hungary	1:00.80
5	7	Jasmine Greenwood	Australia	1:01.18
6	6	María Barrera Zapata	Colombia	1:01.38
7	1	Zara Mullooly	Great Britain	1:01.71
8	8	Alessia Scortechini	Italy	1:02.97

S11

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The S11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness; they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events. The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Li Guizhi	China	1:05.87	PR
	5	Liesette Bruinsma	Netherlands	1:06.55
	6	Cai Liwen	China	1:06.56
4	3	Anastasia Pagonis	United States	1:06.65
5	2	Anastasiia Shevchenko	RPC	1:10.22
6	1	Maryna Piddubna	Ukraine	1:10.27
7	7	Sofiia Polikarpova	RPC	1:11.52
8	8	Tomomi Ishiura	Japan	1:13.80

S12

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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
	3	Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago	Brazil	59.01
	4	Daria Pikalova	RPC	59.13
	6	Hannah Russell	Great Britain	1:00.25
4	7	Alessia Berra	Italy	1:00.68
5	2	María Delgado Nadal	Spain	1:01.49
6	5	Lucilene da Silva Sousa	Brazil	1:02.42
7	1	Belkis Dayanara Mota Echarry	Venezuela	1:07.60
8	8	Yaryna Matlo	Ukraine	1:07.78