# 2023 World Para Swimming Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle

The men's 50m freestyle events at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre between 31 July and 6 August. Events were held in eleven classifications.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| S3 | Denys Ostapchenko Ukraine | Daniel Ferrer Robles Spain | Serhii Palamarchuk Ukraine |
| S4 | Ami Omer Dadaon Israel | Cameron Leslie New Zealand | Takayuki Suzuki Japan |
| S5 | Guo Jincheng China | Yuan Weiyi China | Samuel Da Silva Di Oliviera Brazil |
| S6 | Antonio Fantin Italy | Daniel Xavier Mendes Brazil | Laurent Chardard France |
| S7 | Andrii Trusov Ukraine | Carlos Serrano Zárate Colombia | Yurii Shenhur Ukraine |
| S8 | Dimosthenis Michalentzakis Greece | Noah Jaffe United States | Gabriel Silva de Souza Brazil |
| S9 | Simone Barlaam Italy | Fredrik Solberg Norway | Ugo Didier France |
| S10 | Rowan Crothers Australia | Thomas Gallagher Australia | Phelipe Melo Brazil |
| S11 | Rogier Dorsman Netherlands | Keiichi Kimura Japan | Hua Dongdong China |
| S12 | Maksym Veraksa Ukraine | Illia Yaremenko Ukraine | Raman Salei Azerbaijan |
| S13 | Oleksii Virchenko Ukraine | Islam Aslanov Uzbekistan | Nicolas Guy Turbide Canada |

## Results
### S3

13 Swimmers representing 10 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Friday 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.
This event is open to S1 and S2 swimmers in addition to the S3 classification. The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| S3 World record | Huang Wenpan | 38.81 |
| S3 Championship record | Huang Wenpan | 38.81 |
| S2 World record | Zou Liankang | 50.65 |
| S2 Championship record | Zou Liankang | 55.29 |
| S1 World record | Itzhak Mamistvalov | 1:03.80 |
| S1 Championship record | Itzhak Mamistvalov | 1:08.22 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Class | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | S3 | 44.90 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | S3 | 46.25 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Diego López Díaz | Mexico | S3 | 47.68 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 4 | Daniel Ferrer Robles | Spain | S3 | 47.74 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Krzysztof Lechniak | Poland | S3 | 51.23 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | S2 | 51.30 | Q CR |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Marcos Zarate Rodriguez | Mexico | S3 | 51.57 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Ahmed Kelly | Australia | S3 | 51.89 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Charkorn Kaewsri | Thailand | S3 | 55.80 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Ioannis Kostakis | Greece | S3 | 59.19 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Patricio Larenas Albayay | Chile | S3 | 1:01.22 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Youssef Elsayed | Egypt | S3 | 1:03.46 | |
| 13 | 2 | 7 | Bruno Becker | Brazil | S2 | 1:04.85 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result |
| | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 45.01 |
| | Daniel Ferrer Robles | Spain | 45.68 |
| | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 45.89 |
| 4 | Diego López Díaz | Mexico | 48.03 |
| 5 | Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | 51.84 |
| 6 | Marcos Zarate Rodriguez | Mexico | 51.94 |
| 7 | Ahmed Kelly | Australia | 52.35 |
| 8 | Krzysztof Lechniak | Poland | 52.68 |

### S4

9 Swimmers representing 8 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Friday 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Ami Omer Dadaon | 36.25 |
| Championship record | Ami Omer Dadaon | 36.25 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Cameron Leslie | New Zealand | 37.50 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 38.58 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Takayuki Suzuki | Japan | 39.03 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez | Mexico | 39.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Ariel Malyar | Israel | 41.19 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Andreas Ernhofer | Austria | 42.58 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 42.81 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Jo Gi-seong | South Korea | 43.06 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Matz Topkin | Estonia | 45.73 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result |
| | Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 36.26 |
| | Cameron Leslie | New Zealand | 37.22 |
| | Takayuki Suzuki | Japan | 38.63 |
| 4 | Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez | Mexico | 39.10 |
| 5 | Ariel Mayar | Israel | 40.27 |
| 6 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 41.14 |
| 7 | Andreas Ernhofer | Austria | 41.56 |
| 8 | Jo Gi-seong | South Korea | 42.65 |

### S5

13 Swimmers representing seven national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Monday 21 July. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Antonio Fantin (ITA) | 30.16 |
| Championship record | Daniel de Faria Dias (ITA) | 31.83 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Guo Jincheng | China | 30.09 | Q WR CR |
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Yuan Weiyi | China | 31.63 | Q CR |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Samuel Da Silva De Oliveira | Brazil | 32.80 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Lichao Wang | China | 33.11 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Oleksandr Komarov | Ukraine | 33.33 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 33.50 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 3 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli | Malaysia | 33.74 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | Eigo Tanaka | Japan | 33.80 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 6 | Yaroslav Semenenko | Ukraine | 34.05 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Andrii Drapkin | Ukraine | 34.21 | |
| 11 | 1 | 6 | Bertran Antoni Ponce | Spain | 35.16 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Kaede Hinata | Japan | 35.57 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Sebastian Rodriguez | Spain | 36.48 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | 4 | Guo Jincheng | China | 29.78 | WR CR |
| | 5 | Yuan Weiyi | China | 31.57 | |
| | 3 | Samuel Da Silva De Oliveira | Brazil | 31.58 | |
| 4 | 6 | Lichao Wang | China | 31.73 | |
| 5 | 2 | Oleksandr Komarov | Ukraine | 32.23 | |
| 6 | 1 | Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli | Malaysia | 33.26 | |
| 7 | 7 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 33.58 | |
| 8 | 8 | Eigo Tanaka | Japan | 34.49 | |

### S6

12 Swimmers representing 9 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Friday 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualified for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Xu Qing | 28.57 |
| Championship record | Antonio Fantin | 29.16 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Antonio Fantin | Italy | 29.00 | Q, CR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Daniel Xavier Mendes | Brazil | 29.81 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Laurent Chardard | France | 30.34 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Talisson Glock | Brazil | 30.53 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Jia Hongguang | China | 30.53 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Wang Jingang | China | 31.09 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Georgios Sfaltos | Greece | 31.80 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 7 | David Rendón | Colombia | 32.53 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Raul Gutierrez Bermudez | Mexico | 32.76 | |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | Daniel Videira | Portugal | 33.28 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Mateus Angula | Namibia | 46.91 | |
| | 1 | 4 | Nelson Crispín | Colombia | | DSQ |

#### Final

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | Antonio Fantin | Italy | 28.59 | CR |
| | Daniel Xavier Mendes | Brazil | 29.74 | |
| | Laurent Chordard | France | 30.02 | |
| 4 | Talisson Glock | Brazil | 30.40 | |
| 5 | Jia Hongguang | China | 30.42 | |
| 6 | Wang Jingang | China | 30.73 | |
| 7 | David Rendón | Colombia | 32.24 | |
| 8 | Georgios Sfaltos | Greece | 32.37 | |

### S7

9 Swimmers representing 7 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 5 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Andrii Trusov | 27.07 |
| Championship record | Andrii Trusov | 27.07 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Carlos Serrano Zárate | Colombia | 28.48 | Q |
| 2 | Yurii Shenhur | Ukraine | 28.64 | Q |
| 3 | Andrii Trusov | Ukraine | 28.99 | Q |
| 4 | Christian Sadie | South Africa | 29.20 | Q |
| 5 | Yevhenii Bohodaiko | Ukraine | 29.94 | Q |
| 6 | Toh Wei Soong | Singapore | 30.38 | Q |
| 7 | Suyash Narayan Jadhav | India | 32.64 | Q |
| 8 | Federico Bicelli | Italy | 32.93 | Q |
| 9 | Ahmed Alhindawi | Bahrain | 42.93 | |

#### Final

The final was held at 18:06 on 5 August.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | Andrii Trusov | Ukraine | 27.38 | |
| | Carlos Serrano Zárate | Colombia | 27.79 | AM |
| | Yurii Shenhur | Ukraine | 28.09 | |
| 4 | Federico Bicelli | Italy | 28.62 | |
| 5 | Yevhenii Bohodaiko | Ukraine | 28.83 | |
| 6 | Christian Sadie | South Africa | 29.45 | |
| 7 | Toh Wei Soong | Singapore | 29.64 | |
| 8 | Suyash Narayan Jadhav | India | 32.24 | |

### S8

10 Swimmers representing 10 national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 4 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Denis Tarasov RPC | 25.32 |
| Championship record | Denis Tarasov RPC | 25.34 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | Greece | 27.00 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Noah Jaffe | United States | 27.09 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Gabriel Silva de Souza | Brazil | 27.57 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Michal Golus | Poland | 27.59 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Wu Hongliang | China | 27.81 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Halim Abd Mohammad | Malaysia | 28.07 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 2 | Diogo Cancela | Portugal | 28.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Alberto Amodeo | Italy | 28.55 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 3 | Luis Andrade Guillen | Mexico | 28.98 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Sergio Martos | Spain | 29.17 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Dimosthemos Michalentzakis | Greece | 27.01 |
| | 5 | Noah Jaffe | United States | 27.14 |
| | 3 | Gabriel Silva de Souza | Brazil | 27.32 |
| 4 | 1 | Diogo Cancela | Portugal | 27.55 |
| 5 | 6 | Michal Golus | Poland | 27.57 |
| 6 | 2 | Wu Hongliang | China | 27.68 |
| 7 | 7 | Halim Abd Mohammad | Malaysia | 28.21 |
| 8 | 8 | Alberto Amodeo | Italy | 28.61 |

### S9

9 swimmers representing eight national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 6 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Simone Barlaam (ITA) | 24.00 |
| Championship record | Simone Barlaam (ITA) | 24.00 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Simone Barlaam | Italy | 24.35 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Fredrik Solberg | Norway | 25.06 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | Dmytro Vasylenko | Ukraine | 26.08 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 5 | Jamal Hill | United States | 26.22 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Martinez Schrenck | Spain | 26.39 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Ugo Didier | France | 26.44 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Malte Braunschweig | Germany | 26.66 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | José Antonio Mari | Spain | 26.85 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Scody Victor | Mauritius | 33.23 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Simone Barlaam | Italy | 23.96 | WR CR |
| | 5 | Fredrik Solberg | Norway | 25.16 | |
| | 7 | Ugo Didier | France | 25.79 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jamal Hill | United States | 25.95 | |
| 5 | 3 | Dmytro Vasylenko | Ukraine | 26.23 | |
| 6 | 2 | Martinez Schrenck | Spain | 26.41 | |
| 7 | 1 | Malte Braunschweig | Germany | 26.6 | |
| 8 | 8 | José Antonio Mari | Spain | 26.76 | |

### S10

16 Swimmers representing seven national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Monday 21 July. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Andre Brasil (BRA) | 23.16 |
| Championship record | Andre Brasil (BRA) | 23.20 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Rowan Crothers | Australia | 23.58 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Thomas Gallagher | Australia | 23.60 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Phelipe Melo | Brazil | 23.75 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Ihor Nimchenko | Ukraine | 24.24 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 24.44 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | David Levecq | Spain | 25.20 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Alan Ogorzalek | Poland | 25.39 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Florent Marais | France | 25.66 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | William Martin | Australia | 25.89 | |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Sina Zeyghaminejad | Iran | 26.03 | |
| 11 | 1 | 1 | Akito Minai | Japan | 26.18 | |
| 12 | 1 | 7 | Justin Kaps | Germany | 26.19 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Shahin Izadyar | Iran | 26.23 | |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | Alexander Elliot | Canada | 26.25 | |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | Nicolas Matias Nieto | Argentina | 26.29 | |
| - | 1 | 8 | Zeiad Essam Hasby | Egypt | DSQ | |

#### Final

The final was held at 20:34 on 31 July.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Rowan Crothers | Australia | 23.42 |
| | 5 | Thomas Gallagher | Australia | 23.70 |
| | 3 | Phelipe Melo | Brazil | 23.72 |
| 4 | 6 | Ihor Nimchenko | Ukraine | 24.03 |
| 5 | 2 | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 24.15 |
| 6 | 7 | David Levecq | Spain | 25.06 |
| 7 | 8 | Florent Marais | France | 25.27 |
| 8 | 1 | Alan Ogorzalek | Poland | 25.41 |

### S11

13 Swimmers representing ten national teams entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of Monday 21 July, the final that evening. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Yang Bozun (ITA) | 25.27 |
| Championship record | Brad Snyder (USA) | 25.28 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 5 | Keiichi Kimura | Japan | 26.32 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | Edgaras Matakas | Lithuania | 26.54 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Rogier Dorsman | Netherlands | 26.61 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Hua Dongdong | China | 26.63 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 5 | Uchu Tomita | Japan | 26.73 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 7 | Danylo Chufarov | Ukraine | 27.04 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | David Kratochvil | Czech Republic | 27.21 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 7 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 27.28 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Correa De S Rheine | Brazil | 27.42 | |
| 10 | 2 | 6 | Elvira J Cantero | Spain | 27.67 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Marco Meneses | Portugal | 28.01 | |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | Wojciech Makowski | Poland | 28.36 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | Jarra M Dambelleh | Spain | 28.95 | |

#### Final

The final took place at 19:31 on 31 July.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 3 | Rogier Dorsman | Netherlands | 25.89 |
| | 4 | Keiichi Kimura | Japan | 26.05 |
| | 6 | Hua Dongdong | China | 26.09 |
| 4 | 5 | Edgaras Matakas | Lithuania | 26.36 |
| 5 | 7 | Danylo Chufarov | Ukraine | 26.41 |
| 6 | 2 | Uchu Tomita | Japan | 26.67 |
| 7 | 8 | Mykhailo Serbin | Ukraine | 26.79 |
| 8 | 1 | David Kratochvil | Czech Republic | 27.56 |

### S12

11 Swimmers entered the race. Heats were held in the morning of 2 August. The top eight swimmers, regardless of heat, qualify for the final.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Maksym Veraksa | 22.99 |
| Championship record | Maksym Veraksa | 23.26 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Maksym Veraksa | Ukraine | 24.22 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Raman Salei | Azerbaijan | 24.78 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Illia Yaremenko | Ukraine | 24.8 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Stephen Clegg | Great Britain | 25.11 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Alex Villarejo Martin | Spain | 25.58 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Douglas Matera | Brazil | 25.71 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Maulana Rifky Yavianda | Indonesia | 25.78 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Tamayo Borja Sanz | Spain | 26.38 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Jahan Abadi Karimi | Iran | 27.44 | |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | Serghei Sirovatchin | Moldova | 29.55 | |
| 11 | 2 | 3 | Oleksii Fedyna | Ukraine | 29.91 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 1 | 4 | Maksym Veraksa | Ukraine | 24.17 |
| | 1 | 3 | Illia Yaremenko | Ukraine | 24.38 |
| | 1 | 5 | Raman Salei | Azerbaijan | 24.40 |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | Stephen Clegg | Great Britain | 24.75 |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Douglas Matera | Brazil | 25.28 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Alex Villarejo Martin | Spain | 25.80 |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | Rifky Yavianda | Indonesia | 25.98 |
| 8 | 1 | 8 | Borja Sanz Tamayo | Spain | 26.38 |

### S13

8 Swimmers representing 5 national teams entered the race. The race progressed straight to final on 4 August.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Time |
| World record | Ihar Boki BPC | 23.20 |
| Championship record | Ihar Boki BPC | 23.20 |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | 5 | Oleksii Virchenko | Ukraine | 23.47 | |
| | 4 | Islam Aslanov | Uzbekistan | 23.78 | |
| | 6 | Nicolas Turbide | Canada | 23.88 | AR |
| 4 | 7 | Taliso Engel | Germany | 24.27 | |
| 5 | 3 | Muzaffar Tursunkhujaev | Uzbekistan | 24.49 | |
| 6 | 2 | Kyrylo Garashchenko | Ukraine | 24.89 | |
| 7 | 8 | Kirill Pankov | Uzbekistan | 25.30 | |
| 8 | 1 | E Mollar Alhambra | Spain | 25.51 | |