# Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 50 metre backstroke

The Women's 50 metre backstroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 29 to September 3, 2021. A total of four events were contested over this distance.

## Schedule

| H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Date | 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 |
| S2 50m | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |
| S3 50m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| S4 50m | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| S5 50m | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre backstroke events.
| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| S2 details | Yip Pin Xiu Singapore | 1:02.04 | Miyuki Yamada Japan | 1:06.98 | Feng Yazhu China | 1:11.55 |
| S3 details | Arjola Trimi Italy | 51.34 | Ellie Challis Great Britain | 55.11 | Iuliia Shishova RPC | 57.03 |
| S4 details | Liu Yu China | 44.68 WR | Zhou Yanfei China | 48.42 | Alexandra Stamatopoulou Greece | 49.63 |
| S5 details | Lu Dong China | 37.18 | Teresa Perales Spain | 43.02 | Sevilay Öztürk Turkey | 43.48 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 50 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.

### 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 2 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Yip Pin Xiu | Singapore | 1:02.04 |
| | 5 | Miyuki Yamada | Japan | 1:06.98 |
| | 7 | Feng Yazhu | China | 1:11.55 |
| 4 | 3 | Fabiola Ramirez | Mexico | 1:12.66 |
| 5 | 2 | Angela Procida | Italy | 1:12.69 |
| 6 | 6 | Veronika Medchainova | RPC | 1:14.59 |
| 7 | 1 | Zsanett Adami | Hungary | 1:27.48 |
| 8 | 8 | Elif Ildem | Turkey | 1:32.49 |

### S3

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 29 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Arjola Trimi | Italy | 51.34 |
| | 5 | Ellie Challis | Great Britain | 55.11 |
| | 3 | Iuliia Shishova | RPC | 57.03 |
| 4 | 2 | Maiara Regina Pereira Barreto | Brazil | 59.50 |
| 5 | 6 | Zoya Shchurova | RPC | 1:00.25 |
| 6 | 7 | Leanne Smith | United States | 1:02.93 |
| 7 | 8 | Haidee Viviana Aceves Perez | Mexico | 1:07.66 |
| 8 | 1 | Edênia Garcia | Brazil | 1:07.83 |

### S4

The S4 category is for swimmers who have function in their hands and arms but can't use their trunk or legs to swim, or they have three amputated limbs.
The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Liu Yu | China | 44.68 | WR |
| | 3 | Zhou Yanfei | China | 48.42 | |
| | 5 | Alexandra Stamatopoulou | Greece | 49.63 | |
| 4 | 6 | Kat Swanepoel | South Africa | 50.17 | |
| 5 | 2 | Maryna Verbova | Ukraine | 53.24 | |
| 6 | 7 | Gina Böttcher | Germany | 53.96 | |
| 7 | 8 | Olga Sviderska | Ukraine | 55.09 | |
| 8 | 1 | Nataliia Butkova | RPC | 55.18 | |

### S5

The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia or short stature.
The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Lu Dong | China | 37.18 | WR |
| | 6 | Teresa Perales | Spain | 43.02 | |
| | 3 | Sevilay Öztürk | Turkey | 43.48 | |
| 4 | 5 | Sümeyye Boyacı | Turkey | 43.94 | |
| 5 | 2 | Monica Boggioni | Italy | 45.46 | |
| 6 | 8 | Mayumi Narita | Japan | 47.86 | |
| 7 | 1 | Li Zhang | China | 48.02 | |
| 8 | 7 | Cheng Jiao | China | 48.75 | |