# Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke

The Men's 100 metre backstroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 3, 2021. A total of 11 events were contested over this distance.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date | Wed 25 | Wed 25 | Thu 26 | Thu 26 | Fri 27 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Fri 3 |
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| S1 100m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S2 100m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S6 100m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| S7 100m | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| S8 100m | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S9 100m | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| S10 100m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| S11 100m | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S12 100m | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S13 100m | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S14 100m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre backstroke events.
| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| S1 details | Iyad Shalabi Israel | 2:28.04 | Anton Kol Ukraine | 2:28.29 | Francesco Bettella Italy | 2:32.08 |
| S2 details | Alberto Abarza Chile | 2:00.40 | Gabriel dos Santos Brazil | 2:02.47 | Vladimir Danilenko RPC | 2:02.74 |
| S6 details | Jia Hongguang China | 1:12.72 | Matías de Andrade Argentina | 1:15.40 | Dino Sinovčić Croatia | 1:15.74 |
| S7 details | Andrii Trusov Ukraine | 1:08.14 WR | Pipo Carlomagno Argentina | 1:08.83 | Mark Malyar Israel | 1:10.08 |
| S8 details | Robert Griswold United States | 1:02.55 WR | Iñigo Llopis Spain | 1:06.82 | Liu Fengqi China | 1:07.09 |
| S9 details | Bogdan Mozgovoi RPC | 1:01.65 PR | Yahor Shchalkanau Belarus | 1:01.96 | Timothy Hodge Australia | 1:02.16 |
| S10 details | Maksym Krypak Ukraine | 57:19 WR | Stefano Raimondi Italy | 59.36 | Florent Marais France | 1:01.30 |
| S11 details | Mykhailo Serbin Ukraine | 1:08.63 | Viktor Smyrnov Ukraine | 1:09.36 | Yang Bozun China | 1:09.62 |
| S12 details | Raman Salei Azerbaijan | 1:00.30 | Serhiy Klippert Ukraine | 1:00.71 | Stephen Clegg Great Britain | 1:01.27 |
| S13 details | Ihar Boki Belarus | 56.36 WR | Nicolas Guy Turbide Canada | 59.70 | Vladimir Sotnikov RPC | 59.86 |
| S14 details | Benjamin Hance Australia | 57.73 PR | Viacheslav Emeliantsev RPC | 59.05 | Reece Dunn Great Britain | 59.97 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 100 metre backstroke 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.

### S1

The S1 category is for swimmers who may have tetraplegia, or some form of loss of muscular power in their legs, arms and hands. These swimmers would regularly use a wheelchair.
The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Iyad Shalabi | Israel | 2:28.04 |
| | 5 | Anton Kol | Ukraine | 2:28.29 |
| | 3 | Francesco Bettella | Italy | 2:32.08 |
| 4 | 6 | Dimitrios Karypidis | Greece | 2:58.07 |
| 5 | 2 | Jose Ronoldo da Silva | Brazil | 3:03.18 |
| 6 | 7 | Luis Eduardo Rojas Osorno | Colombia | 3:39.25 |
| 7 | 1 | Aliaksei Talai | Belarus | 4:01.23 |

### S2

The S2 category is for swimmers who may have limited function in their hands, trunk, and legs, and mainly rely on their arms to swim.
The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Alberto Abarza | Chile | 2:00.40 |
| | 6 | Gabriel Geraldo dos Santos Araujo | Brazil | 2:02.47 |
| | 4 | Vladimir Danilenko | RPC | 2:02.74 |
| 4 | 7 | Jacek Czech | Poland | 2:12.53 |
| 5 | 1 | Aristeidis Makrodimitris | Greece | 2:14.54 |
| 6 | 2 | Kamil Otowski | Poland | 2:15.09 |
| 7 | 3 | Roman Bondarenko | Ukraine | 2:16.71 |
| 8 | 8 | Rodrigo Santillan | Peru | 2:21.95 |

### 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 3 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Jia Hongguang | China | 1.12.72 |
| | 5 | Matías de Andrade | Argentina | 1.15.40 |
| | 3 | Dino Sinovčić | Croatia | 1.15.74 |
| 4 | 2 | Yang Hong | China | 1.15.83 |
| 5 | 6 | Wang Jingang | China | 1.16.51 |
| 6 | 1 | Laurent Chardard | France | 1.19.00 |
| 7 | 7 | Thijs van Hofweegen | Netherlands | 1.19.69 |
| 8 | 8 | David Sanchez Sierra | Spain | 1.19.92 |

### 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 30 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Andrii Trusov | Ukraine | 1:08.14 | WR |
| | 4 | Pipo Carlomagno | Argentina | 1:08.83 | |
| | 6 | Mark Malyar | Israel | 1:10.83 | |
| 4 | 3 | Andrei Gladkov | RPC | 1:10.58 | |
| 5 | 7 | Yevhenii Bohodaiko | Ukraine | 1:11.57 | |
| 6 | 2 | Federico Bicelli | Italy | 1:12.25 | |
| 7 | 8 | Inaki Basiloff | Argentina | 1:15.00 | |
| 8 | 1 | Lucas Nicolas Poggi | Argentina | 1:15.22 | |

### 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 27 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Robert Griswold | United States | 1:02.55 | WR |
| | 5 | Iñigo Llopis Sanz | Spain | 1:06.82 | |
| | 6 | Liu Fengqi | China | 1:07.09 | |
| 4 | 3 | Jesse Aungles | Australia | 1:07.94 | |
| 5 | 8 | Kota Kubota | Japan | 1:09.09 | |
| 6 | 7 | Pavel Kuklin | RPC | 1:09.26 | |
| 7 | 2 | Joseph Peppersack | United States | 1:09.45 | |
| 8 | 1 | Jurijs Semjonovs | Latvia | 1:10.44 | |

### 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 30 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Bogdan Mozgovoi | RPC | 1:01.65 | PR |
| | 4 | Yahor Shchalkanau | Belarus | 1:01.96 | |
| | 3 | Timothy Hodge | Australia | 1:02.16 | |
| 4 | 6 | Ugo Didier | France | 1:02.20 | |
| 5 | 2 | Simone Barlaam | Italy | 1:02.92 | |
| 6 | 7 | Jesse Reynolds | New Zealand | 1:04.60 | |
| 7 | 8 | Barry McClements | Ireland | 1:05.76 | |
| 8 | 1 | Brenden Hall | Australia | 1:05.90 | |

### 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 2 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Maksym Krypak | Ukraine | 57.19 | WR |
| | 5 | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 59.36 | |
| | 2 | Florent Marais | France | 1.01.30 | |
| 4 | 7 | Riccardo Menciotti | Italy | 1.01.46 | |
| 5 | 6 | Bas Takken | Netherlands | 1.01.52 | |
| 6 | 3 | Querijn Hensen | Netherlands | 1.02.19 | |
| 7 | 1 | Stanislav Popov | Ukraine | 1.03.54 | |
| 8 | 8 | Col Pearse | Australia | 1.04.41 | |

### 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 28 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 1:08.63 |
| | 7 | Viktor Smyrnov | Ukraine | 1:09.36 |
| | 4 | Yang Bozun | China | 1:09.62 |
| 4 | 5 | Rogier Dorsman | Netherlands | 1:10.10 |
| 5 | 3 | Már Gunnarsson | Iceland | 1:10.36 |
| 6 | 1 | Wojciech Makowski | Poland | 1:10.55 |
| 7 | 8 | Oleksandr Artiukhov | Ukraine | 1:11.83 |
| 8 | 2 | Marco Meneses | Portugal | 1:12.68 |

### 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 27 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Raman Salei | Azerbaijan | 1:00.30 |
| | 6 | Serhiy Klippert | Ukraine | 1:00.71 |
| | 5 | Stephen Clegg | Great Britain | 1:01.27 |
| 4 | 2 | Charalampos Taiganidis | Greece | 1:02.16 |
| 5 | 3 | Roman Makarov | RPC | 1:02.85 |
| 6 | 1 | Artur Saifutdinov | RPC | 1:07.36 |
| 7 | 8 | Daniel Giraldo Correa | Colombia | 1:08.40 |
| - | 7 | Maksim Vashkevich | Belarus | DNS |

### 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 26 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ihar Boki | Belarus | 56.36 | WR |
| | 3 | Nicolas-Guy Turbide | Canada | 59.70 | |
| | 2 | Vladimir Sotnikov | RPC | 59.86 | |
| 4 | 6 | Oleksii Virchenko | Ukraine | 1:00.48 | |
| 5 | 5 | Thomas van Wanrooij | Netherlands | 1:00.50 | |
| 6 | 7 | Kyrylo Garashchenko | Ukraine | 1:02.13 | |
| 7 | 8 | Antti Latikka | Finland | 1:04.21 | |
| 8 | 1 | Genki Saito | Japan | 1:04.56 | |

### S14

The S14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.
The final in this classification took place on 2 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Benjamin Hance | Australia | 57.73 | PR |
| | 8 | Viacheslav Emeliantsev | RPC | 59.05 | |
| | 5 | Reece Dunn | Great Britain | 59.97 | |
| 4 | 1 | Jordan Catchpole | Great Britain | 1.00.96 | |
| 5 | 3 | Lee In-Kook | South Korea | 1.00.98 | |
| 6 | 7 | Mikhail Kuliabin | RPC | 1.01.15 | |
| 7 | 6 | Vasyl Krainyk | Ukraine | 1.01.16 | |
| 8 | 2 | Louis Lawlor | Great Britain | 1.01.80 | |