# Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle

The Men's 200 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 3, 2021. A total of five 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 |
| S2 200m | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | |
| S3 200m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| S4 200m | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| S5 200m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S14 200m | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 200 metre freestyle events.
| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| S2 details | Gabriel Araújo Brazil | 4:06.52 | Alberto Abarza Chile | 4:14.17 | Vladimir Danilenko RPC | 4:15.95 |
| S3 details | Denys Ostapchenko Ukraine | 3:21.62 | Diego López Díaz Mexico | 3:23.57 | Jesús Hernández Hernández Mexico | 3:23.93 |
| S4 details | Ami Omer Dadaon Israel | 2:44.84 WR | Takayuki Suzuki Japan | 2:55.15 | Roman Zhdanov RPC | 2:58.48 |
| S5 details | Francesco Bocciardo Italy | 2:26.76 PR | Antoni Ponce Spain | 2:35.20 | Daniel Dias Brazil | 2:38.61 |
| S14 details | Reece Dunn Great Britain | 1:52.40 WR | Gabriel Bandeira Brazil | 1:52.74 | Viacheslav Emeliantsev RPC | 1:55.58 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 200 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.

### 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 29 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 3 | Gabriel Araújo | Brazil | 4:06.52 | AM |
| | 5 | Alberto Abarza | Chile | 4:14.17 | |
| | 4 | Vladimir Danilenko | RPC | 4:15.95 | |
| 4 | 6 | Bruno Becker da Silva | Brazil | 4:22.63 | |
| 5 | 2 | Kamil Otowski | Poland | 4:37.06 | |
| 6 | 7 | Roman Bondarenko | Ukraine | 4:38.40 | |
| 7 | 1 | Aristeidis Makrodimitris | Greece | 4:44.53 | |
| 8 | 8 | Cristopher Tronco | Mexico | 5:08.34 | |

### 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 3 September 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Denys Ostapchenko | Ukraine | 3:21.62 |
| | 6 | Diego López Díaz | Mexico | 3:23.57 |
| | 3 | Jesús Hernández Hernández | Mexico | 3:23.93 |
| 4 | 5 | Zou Liankang | China | 3:24.29 |
| 5 | 2 | Vincenzo Boni | Italy | 3:32.40 |
| 6 | 8 | Josia Tim Alexander Topf | Germany | 3:49.44 |
| 7 | 7 | Miguel Ángel Martínez Tajuelo | Spain | 3:53.44 |
| 8 | 1 | Serhii Palamarchuk | Ukraine | 3:53.51 |

### 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 30 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 4 | Ami Omer Dadaon | Israel | 2:44.84 | WR |
| | 5 | Takayuki Suzuki | Japan | 2:55.15 | |
| | 2 | Roman Zhdanov | RPC | 2:58.48 | |
| 4 | 6 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 3:00.85 | |
| 5 | 3 | Ángel de Jesús Camacho Ramírez | Mexico | 3:01.50 | |
| 6 | 7 | Gustavo Sánchez Martínez | Mexico | 3:09.78 | |
| 7 | 1 | Jo Giseong | South Korea | 3:13.81 | |
| 8 | 8 | David Smetanine | France | 3:14.81 | |

### S5

The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia or short stature.
The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 2:26.76 | PR |
| | 4 | Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | 2:35.20 | |
| | 3 | Daniel Dias | Brazil | 2:38.61 | |
| 4 | 6 | Luis Huerta Poza | Spain | 2:44.71 | |
| 5 | 2 | Koral Berkin Kutlu | Turkey | 2:46.62 | |
| 6 | 1 | Artur Kubasov | RPC | 2:49.67 | |
| 7 | 7 | Dmitrii Cherniaev | RPC | 2:51.91 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sebastián Rodríguez Veloso | Spain | 2:52.12 | |

### S14

The S14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.
The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Reece Dunn | Great Britain | 1:52.40 | WR |
| | 3 | Gabriel Bandeira | Brazil | 1:52.74 | |
| | 6 | Viacheslav Emeliantsev | RPC | 1:55.58 | |
| 4 | 2 | Liam Schluter | Australia | 1:55.67 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jordan Catchpole | Great Britain | 1:56.33 | |
| 6 | 8 | Nicholas Bennett | Canada | 1:56.52 | |
| 7 | 7 | Ricky Betar | Australia | 1:56.70 | |
| 8 | 1 | Mikhail Kuliabin | RPC | 1:56.74 | |