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

The women'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 | Marta Fernández Infante Spain | Ellie Challis Great Britain | Susana Schnarndorf Brazil |
| S4 | Tanja Scholz Germany | Patricia Pereira dos Santos Brazil | Rachael Watson Australia |
| S5 | Suzanna Hext Great Britain | Iryna Poida Ukraine | Lu Dong China |
| S6 | Anna Hontar Ukraine | Jiang Yuyan China | Shelby Newkirk Canada |
| S7 | Sara Vargas Blanco Colombia | Danielle Dorris Canada | Sabine Weber-Treiber Austria |
| S8 | Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo Brazil | Alice Tai Great Britain | Jiang Shengnan China |
| S9 | Mariana Ribeiro Brazil | Alexa Leary Australia | Florianne Bultje Netherlands |
| S10 | Aurelie Rivard Canada | Alessia Scortechini Italy | Emeline Pierre France |
| S11 | Ma Jia China | Liesette Bruinsma Netherlands | Karolina Pelendritou Cyprus |
| S12 | Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago Brazil | Anna Stetsenko Ukraine | Alessia Berra Italy |
| S13 | Katja Dedekind Australia | Carlotta Gilli Italy | Olivia Chambers United States |

## Results
### S3

12 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on 4 August. Swimmers in S1 and S2 classes were eligible in this event.
The applicable records going into this event were as follows:
S1 :
| World record | Ingrid Thunem | 51.33 |
| Championship record | Danielle Watts | 1:21.27 |
| S2 ||||
| World record | Ingrid Thunem | 53.94 |
| Championship record | Yip Pin Xiu | 1:03.77 |
| S3 ||||
| World record | Leanne Smith | 40.32 |
| Championship record | Leanne Smith | 40.32 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Marta Fernandez Infante | Spain | 43.54 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Ellie Challis | Great Britain | 49.36 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Susana Schnarndorf | Brazil | 54.56 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Patricia Valle | Mexico | 1:01.94 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 4 | Leanne Smith | United States | 1:04.79 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 3 | Maiara Barreto | Brazil | 1:05.59 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Sonja Sigurðardóttir | Iceland | 1:07.82 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Nikita Ens | Canada | 1:14.94 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Elif Ildem | Turkey | 1:35.44 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Konul Suleymanova | Azerbaijan | 1:57.72 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Lova Johansson | Sweden | 2:01.41 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Eva Hazizi | Greece | 2:01.80 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Marta Fernandez Infante | Spain | 42.51 |
| | 5 | Ellie Challis | Great Britain | 47.83 |
| | 3 | Susana Schnarndorf | Brazil | 55.52 |
| 4 | 6 | Patricia Valle | Mexico | 58.64 |
| 5 | 7 | Maiara Barreto | Brazil | 1:02.11 |
| 6 | 2 | Leanne Smith | United States | 1:02.37 |
| 7 | 1 | Sonja Sigurðardóttir | Iceland | 1:07.75 |
| 8 | 8 | Nikita Ens | Canada | 1:17.08 |

### S4

8 swimmers took part in the event, which progressed straight to final. The event took place on 4 August.
| Record | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| World record | Tanja Scholz | Germany | 36.92 |
| Championship record | Tanja Scholz | Germany | 38.09 |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| | 4 | Tanja Scholz | Germany | 38.90 |
| | 6 | Pereira Dos Santos | Brazil | 40.34 |
| | 5 | Rachael Watson | Australia | 40.59 |
| 4 | 3 | Lidia Vieira Da Cruz | Brazil | 40.61 |
| 5 | 7 | Gina Boettcher | Germany | 42.95 |
| 6 | 2 | Nely Miranda | Mexico | 44.01 |
| 7 | 1 | Kat Swanepoel | South Africa | 44.65 |
| 8 | 8 | Alexandra Stamatopoulou | Greece | 48.34 |

### S5

15 swimmers took part in this event, with both the heats and final on Monday 31 July.
WR : Tully Kearney : 34.07

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 6 | Iryna Poida | Ukraine | 36.78 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Suzanna Hext | Great Britain | 37.68 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 5 | Martinez Guerrero | Colombia | 38.05 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Dong Lu | China | 38.66 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Monica Boggioni | Italy | 38.82 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 | Shenggao He | China | 40.52 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Cuan Yao | China | 40.77 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Agata Koupilova | Czech Republic | 41.45 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Sumeyye Boyaci | Turkey | 43.48 | |
| 10 | 1 | 3 | Angel Mae Otom | Philippines | 44.52 | |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | Elizabeth Noriega | Argentina | 44.67 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Esthefany Rodrigues | Brazil | 45.07 | |
| 13 | 2 | 8 | Maria Fanouria Tziveleki | Greece | 45.55 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Jessica Tinney | Canada | 47.68 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | Sevilay Ozturk | Turkey | DSQ | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 5 | Suzanna Hext | Great Britain | 36.71 |
| | 4 | Iryna Poida | Ukraine | 36.73 |
| | 6 | Dong Lu | China | 37.36 |
| 4 | 2 | Monica Boggioni | Italy | 39.57 |
| 5 | 7 | Shenggao He | China | 39.75 |
| 6 | 3 | Martinez Guerrero | Colombia | 39.77 |
| 7 | 1 | Cuan Yao | China | 41.32 |
| 8 | 8 | Agata Koupilova | Czech Republic | 41.48 |

### S6
#### Heats

Ten swimmers entered this event, although one did not start. The event took place on 5 August.
The applicable records at the start of the event where as follows
| Record | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| World Record | Anna Hontar | Ukraine | 32.75 |
| Championship Record | Anna Hontar | Ukraine | 32.75 |
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Anna Hontar | Ukraine | 33.23 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Yuyan Jiang | China | 33.84 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Ellie Marks | United States | 34.08 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Nicole Turner | Ireland | 35.01 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Shelby Newkirk | Canada | 35.3 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Nora Meister | Switzerland | 35.53 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Sofiia Fedorenko | Ukraine | 37.98 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Nomuun Khurel | Mongolia | 45.37 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 6 | Ayaallah Tewfick | Egypt | 51.27 | |
| - | 2 | 3 | Tully Kearney | Great Britain | DNS | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Anna Hontar | Ukraine | 32.55 | WR |
| | 5 | Yuyan Jiang | China | 32.90 | AS |
| | 2 | Shelby Newkirk | Canada | 34.04 | |
| 4 | 3 | Ellie Marks | United States | 34.34 | |
| 5 | 6 | Nicole Turner | Ireland | 34.71 | |
| 6 | 7 | Nora Meister | Switzerland | 35.46 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sofiia Fedorenko | Ukraine | 37.88 | |
| 8 | 8 | Nomuun Khurel | Mongolia | 51.65 | |

### S7

8 swimmers entered this race, which proceeded directly to final.
The applicable records on entry were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| World record | Mallory Weggemann | United States | 31.64 |
| Championship record | Mallory Weggemann | United States | 31.64 |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Times |
| | 4 | Sara Vargas Blanco | Colombia | 33.01 |
| | 5 | Danielle Dorris | Canada | 33.99 |
| | 6 | Sabine Weber-Treiber | Austria | 34.91 |
| 4 | 2 | Leyre Orti Campos | Spain | 35.48 |
| 5 | 1 | Mandujan Somellera | Mexico | 35.94 |
| 6 | 3 | An Nishida | Japan | 36.44 |
| 7 | 7 | Nicola St Clair Maitland | Sweden | 36.71 |
| 8 | 8 | Agnes Kramer | Sweden | 36.79 |

### S8

11 swimmers entered the event.
The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| World record | Alice Tai | Great Britain | 28.97 |
| Championship record | Alice Tai | Great Britain | 29.55 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo | Brazil | 30.63 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Alice Tai | Great Britain | 31.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Xenia Francesca Palazzo | Italy | 31.72 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Shengnan Jiang | China | 31.92 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Zhu Hui | China | 32.48 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Abi Tripp | Canada | 32.85 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Paula Novina | Croatia | 33.08 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 3 | Tupou Neiufi | New Zealand | 33.37 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 7 | Carmen Lim | Malaysia | 35.79 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Paola Ruvalcaba Nunez | Mexico | 36.26 | |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Eunyeong Lim | South Korea | 36.63 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Cecília Jerônimo de Araújo | Brazil | 30.03 |
| | 5 | Alice Tai | Great Britain | 30.97 |
| | 6 | Shengnan Jiang | China | 31.07 |
| 4 | 3 | Xenia Francesca Palazzo | Italy | 31.25 |
| 5 | 7 | Abi Tripp | Canada | 32.74 |
| 5 | 2 | Hui Zhu | China | 32.74 |
| 7 | 8 | Tupou Neiufi | New Zealand | 32.77 |
| 8 | 1 | Paula Novina | Croatia | 33.24 |

### S9

8 swimmers entered this event, which progressed straight to final. The final took place on 6 August.

#### Final

The applicable records entering the event were as follows:
| Record | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| World record | Sophie Pascoe | New Zealand | 27.32 |
| Championship record | Sophie Pascoe | New Zealand | 27.77 |
| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Result | Notes |
| | 4 | Mariana Ribeiro | Brazil | 27.70 | CR |
| | 5 | Alexa Leary | Australia | 28.03 | |
| | 3 | Florianne Bultje | Netherlands | 29.36 | |
| 4 | 6 | Emily Beecroft | Australia | 29.37 | |
| 5 | 7 | Sarai Gascon | Spain | 29.56 | |
| 6 | 2 | Elizabeth Smith | United States | 29.67 | |
| 7 | 8 | Xu Jialing | China | 30.09 | |
| 8 | 1 | Susana Veiga | Portugal | 30.42 | |

### S10

12 swimmers entered this event. The heats were held on Monday 31 July. The top eight, regardless of heat, progressed to the final.
WR: Aurelie Rivard : 27.37

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Aurelie Rivard | Canada | 27.71 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | María Barrera Zapata | Colombia | 28.19 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 5 | Alessia Scortechini | Italy | 28.32 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 6 | Emeline Pierre | France | 28.36 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | Chantalle Zijderveld | Netherlands | 28.46 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 3 | Jasmine Greenwood | Australia | 28.69 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Bianka Pap | Hungary | 28.82 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Zhang Meng | China | 28.87 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Arianna Hunsicker | Canada | 28.99 | |
| 10 | 1 | 6 | Susannah Kaul | Estonia | 29.12 | |
| 11 | 2 | 7 | Audrey Kim | United States | 29.48 | |
| 12 | 1 | 2 | Katie Cosgriffe | Canada | 29.86 | |

#### Final

The Final took place at 20:38 on 31 July.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Aurelie Rivard | Canada | 27.64 |
| | 3 | Alessia Scortechini | Italy | 28.06 |
| | 6 | Emeline Pierre | France | 28.39 |
| 4 | 5 | María Barrera Zapata | Colombia | 28.41 |
| 5 | 7 | Jasmine Greenwood | Australia | 28.43 |
| 6 | 2 | Chantalle Zijderveld | Netherlands | 28.46 |
| 7 | 1 | Bianka Pap | Hungary | 28.85 |
| 8 | 8 | Meng Zhang | China | 30.93 |

### S11

WR: Ma Jia 29.20

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 4 | Ma Jia | China | 29.32 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Liesette Bruinsma | Netherlands | 30.02 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | Karolina Pelendritou | Cyprus | 30.04 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Li Guizhi | China | 30.39 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | Ishiura Tomomi | Japan | 31.28 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | Kateryna Tkachuk | Ukraine | 31.47 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | 6 | Cai Liwen | China | 31.72 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Scarlett Humphrey | Great Britain | 31.74 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 5 | Analuz Pellitero | Argentina | 32.06 | |
| 10 | 1 | 2 | Tatiana Blattnerova | Slovakia | 33.44 | |
| 11 | 1 | 7 | Ono Chikako | Japan | 33.85 | |
| 12 | 2 | 7 | Nadia Baez | Argentina | 34.03 | |
| 13 | 2 | 1 | Fernandez Yunque | Colombia | 34.57 | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | Mcclain Hermes | United States | 35.98 | |

#### Final

The final was held at 19:38 on 31 July.
| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Ma Jia | China | 29.74 |
| | 5 | Liesette Bruinsma | Netherlands | 30.07 |
| | 3 | Karolina Pelendritou | Cyprus | 30.28 |
| 4 | 6 | Li Guizhi | China | 30.6 |
| 5 | 2 | Tomomi Ishiura | Japan | 30.89 |
| 6 | 1 | Cai Liwen | China | 31.31 |
| 7 | 8 | Scarlett Humphrey | Great Britain | 31.91 |
| 8 | 7 | Kateryna Tkachuk | Ukraine | 32.26 |

### S12

10 Swimmers representing eight national teams 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 | Maria Gomes Santiago (BRA) | 26.68 |
| Championship record | Maria Gomes Santiago (BRA) | 26.86 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago | Brazil | 26.65 | Q WR CR |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Anna Stetsenko | Ukraine | 28.42 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Lucilene da Silva Sousa | Brazil | 28.69 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 | Alessia Berra | Italy | 28.72 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | 3 | Jenna Jones | Australia | 28.73 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 6 | Karina Petrikovicova | Slovakia | 30.83 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 3 | Cornelle Leach | South Africa | 31.22 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 6 | Yaryna Matlo | Ukraine | 31.43 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | 2 | Belkis Mota Echarry | Venezuela | 31.45 | |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | Neele Labudda | Germany | 32.19 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nation | Result |
| | 4 | Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago | Brazil | 26.71 |
| | 5 | Anna Stetsenko | Ukraine | 28.01 |
| | 6 | Alessia Berra | Italy | 28.38 |
| 4 | 3 | Lucilene da Silva Sousa | Brazil | 28.56 |
| 5 | 2 | Jenna Jones | Australia | 29.09 |
| 6 | 7 | Karina Petrikovicova | Slovakia | 30.16 |
| 7 | 1 | Cornelle Leach | South Africa | 31.35 |
| 8 | 8 | Yaryna Matlo | Ukraine | 31.37 |

### S13

Nine swimmers took part in this event. It was held on 6 August.
| Record | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| World record | Katja Dedekind | Australia | 26.56 |
| Championship record | Katja Dedekind | Australia | 26.98 |

#### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | 4 | Katja Dedekind | Australia | 27.88 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Carlotta Gilli | Italy | 28.01 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Ayano Tsujiuchi | Japan | 28.03 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | Emma Feliu Martin | Spain | 28.5 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 3 | Olivia Chambers | United States | 28.5 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 5 | Marian Polo Lopez | Spain | 28.52 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | 6 | Joanna Mendak | Poland | 28.98 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | 2 | Muslima Odilova | Uzbekistan | 29.37 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Rebecca Redfern | Great Britain | 29.41 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Lane | Swimmer | Nation | Time |
| | 4 | Katja Dedekind | Australia | 27.17 |
| | 5 | Carlotta Gilli | Italy | 27.49 |
| | 2 | Olivia Chambers | United States | 27.69 |
| 4 | 3 | Ayano Tsujiuchi | Japan | 27.74 |
| 5 | 6 | Emma Feliu | Spain | 28.02 |
| 6 | 7 | Marian Polo | Spain | 28.43 |
| 7 | 1 | Joanna Mendak | Poland | 29.01 |
| 8 | 8 | Muslima Odilova | Uzbekistan | 29.36 |