Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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The Women's 400 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 25 August to 2 September 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
S6 400m H F
S7 400m H F
S8 400m H F
S9 400m H F
S10 400m H F
S11 400m H F
S13 400m H F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metre freestyle events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S6
details
Jiang Yuyan
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
5:04.57 WR Yelyzaveta Mereshko
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
5:12.61 Nora Meister
File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland
5:19.67
S7
details
McKenzie Coan
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
5:05.84 Giulia Terzi
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
5:06.32 Julia Gaffney
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
5:11.89
S8
details
Morgan Stickney
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4:42.39 Jessica Long
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4:43.41 Xenia Palazzo
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
4:56.79
S9
details
Lakeisha Patterson
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
4:36.68 Zsófia Konkoly
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
4:36.76 Toni Shaw
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
4:39.32
S10
details
Aurélie Rivard
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
4:24.08 WR Bianka Pap
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
4:29.83 Oliwia Jabłońska
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
4:33.20
S11
details
Anastasia Pagonis
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States
4:54.49 WR Liesette Bruinsma
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
5:05.34 Cai Liwen
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
5:07.56
S13
details
Anna Stetsenko
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
4:23.92 Carlotta Gilli
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
4:26.14 Katja Dedekind
File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
4:35.87

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 400 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.

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 2 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Jiang Yuyan File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 5:04.57 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Yelyzaveta Mereshko File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 5:12.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Nora Meister File:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 5:19.67
4 2 Maisie Summers-Newton File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5:24.42
5 6 Eleanor Simmonds File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5:27.99
6 8 Song Lingling File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 5:28.88
7 7 Grace Harvey File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 5:36.86
8 1 Laila Suzigan File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 5:38.72

S7

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 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 McKenzie Coan File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5:05.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Giulia Terzi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5:06.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Julia Gaffney File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5:11.89
4 6 Ahalya Lettenberger File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5:13.55
5 2 Sabrina Duchesne File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 5:20.59
6 1 Sakura Koike File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5:34.12
7 7 Erel Halevi File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5:44.97
8 8 Naomi Somellera Mandujano File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5:54.31

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 31 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Morgan Stickney File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4:42.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jessica Long File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4:43.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Xenia Francesca Palazzo File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4:56.79
4 6 Nahia Zudaire Borrezo File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5:07.67
5 2 Mira Jeanne Maack File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5:12.82
6 8 Vendula Dušková File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 5:20.71
7 7 Amalie Vinther File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 5:22.44
8 1 Mariia Pavlova File:Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg RPC 6:00.36

S9

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 25 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Lakeisha Patterson File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 4:36.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Zsofia Konkoly File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 4:36.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Toni Shaw File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 4:39.32
4 3 Ellie Cole File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 4:43.98
5 7 Xu Jialing File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 4:51.00
6 2 Nuria Marqués Soto File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4:52.64
7 8 Summer Schmit File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4:56.92
8 1 Natalie Sims File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4:58.55

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 1 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Aurelie Rivard File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 4:24.08 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Bianka Pap File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 4:29.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Oliwia Jabłońska File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 4:33.20
4 6 Zara Mullooly File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 4:44.50
5 7 María Barrera Zapata File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 4:48.73
6 2 Stefanny Rubi Cristino Zapata File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 4:49.79

S11

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 26 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anastasia Pagonis File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4:54.49 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Liesette Bruinsma File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 5:05.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Cai Liwen File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 5:07.56
4 2 Wang Xinyi File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 5:23.05
5 6 Matilde Estefanía Alcázar Figueroa File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5:24.63
6 1 McClain Hermes File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 5:29.34
7 7 Anastasiia Shevchenko File:Russian Paralympic Committee special emblem (Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022).jpg RPC 5:33.08
8 8 Martina Rabbolini File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5:47.25

S13

The S13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper. The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anna Stetsenko File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 4:23.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Carlotta Gilli File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 4:26.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Katja Dedekind File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 4:35.87 OC
4 6 Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan 4:36.65
5 7 Róisín Ní Riain File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 4:44.09
6 2 María Delgado Nadal File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4:46.88
7 1 Makayla Nietzel File:Flag of the United States.svg United States 4:47.45
8 8 Ayano Tsujiuchi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 4:50.01

References

  1. "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.