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Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle

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The Women's 400 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 25 August to 2 September 2021. A total of seven events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

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H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30 Tue 31 Wed 1 Thu 2
Event M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E M E
S6 400m H F
S7 400m H F
S8 400m H F
S9 400m H F
S10 400m H F
S11 400m H F
S13 400m H F

Medal summary

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The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 400 metre freestyle events.

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
S6
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Jiang Yuyan
 China
5:04.57 WR Yelyzaveta Mereshko
 Ukraine
5:12.61 Nora Meister
 Switzerland
5:19.67
S7
details
McKenzie Coan
 United States
5:05.84 Giulia Terzi
 Italy
5:06.32 Julia Gaffney
 United States
5:11.89
S8
details
Morgan Stickney
 United States
4:42.39 Jessica Long
 United States
4:43.41 Xenia Palazzo
 Italy
4:56.79
S9
details
Lakeisha Patterson
 Australia
4:36.68 Zsófia Konkoly
 Hungary
4:36.76 Toni Shaw
 Great Britain
4:39.32
S10
details
Aurélie Rivard
 Canada
4:24.08 WR Bianka Pap
 Hungary
4:29.83 Oliwia Jabłońska
 Poland
4:33.20
S11
details
Anastasia Pagonis
 United States
4:54.49 WR Liesette Bruinsma
 Netherlands
5:05.34 Cai Liwen
 China
5:07.56
S13
details
Anna Stetsenko
 Ukraine
4:23.92 Carlotta Gilli
 Italy
4:26.14 Katja Dedekind
 Australia
4:35.87

Results

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The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 400 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.

S6

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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 2 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Jiang Yuyan  China 5:04.57 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine 5:12.61
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Nora Meister  Switzerland 5:19.67
4 2 Maisie Summers-Newton  Great Britain 5:24.42
5 6 Eleanor Simmonds  Great Britain 5:27.99
6 8 Song Lingling  China 5:28.88
7 7 Grace Harvey  Great Britain 5:36.86
8 1 Laila Suzigan  Brazil 5:38.72

S7

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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 29 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 McKenzie Coan  United States 5:05.84
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Giulia Terzi  Italy 5:06.32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Julia Gaffney  United States 5:11.89
4 6 Ahalya Lettenberger  United States 5:13.55
5 2 Sabrina Duchesne  Canada 5:20.59
6 1 Sakura Koike  Japan 5:34.12
7 7 Erel Halevi  Israel 5:44.97
8 8 Naomi Somellera Mandujano  Mexico 5:54.31

S8

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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 31 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Morgan Stickney  United States 4:42.39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Jessica Long  United States 4:43.41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Xenia Francesca Palazzo  Italy 4:56.79
4 6 Nahia Zudaire Borrezo  Spain 5:07.67
5 2 Mira Jeanne Maack  Germany 5:12.82
6 8 Vendula Dušková  Czech Republic 5:20.71
7 7 Amalie Vinther  Denmark 5:22.44
8 1 Mariia Pavlova  RPC 6:00.36

S9

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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 25 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Lakeisha Patterson  Australia 4:36.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Zsofia Konkoly  Hungary 4:36.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Toni Shaw  Great Britain 4:39.32
4 3 Ellie Cole  Australia 4:43.98
5 7 Xu Jialing  China 4:51.00
6 2 Nuria Marqués Soto  Spain 4:52.64
7 8 Summer Schmit  United States 4:56.92
8 1 Natalie Sims  United States 4:58.55

S10

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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 1 September 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Aurelie Rivard  Canada 4:24.08 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 Bianka Pap  Hungary 4:29.83
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Oliwia Jabłońska  Poland 4:33.20
4 6 Zara Mullooly  Great Britain 4:44.50
5 7 María Barrera Zapata  Colombia 4:48.73
6 2 Stefanny Rubi Cristino Zapata  Mexico 4:49.79

S11

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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 26 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anastasia Pagonis  United States 4:54.49 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Liesette Bruinsma  Netherlands 5:05.34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Cai Liwen  China 5:07.56
4 2 Wang Xinyi  China 5:23.05
5 6 Matilde Estefanía Alcázar Figueroa  Mexico 5:24.63
6 1 McClain Hermes  United States 5:29.34
7 7 Anastasiia Shevchenko  RPC 5:33.08
8 8 Martina Rabbolini  Italy 5:47.25

S13

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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 27 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Anna Stetsenko  Ukraine 4:23.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Carlotta Gilli  Italy 4:26.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Katja Dedekind  Australia 4:35.87 OC
4 6 Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova  Uzbekistan 4:36.65
5 7 Róisín Ní Riain  Ireland 4:44.09
6 2 María Delgado Nadal  Spain 4:46.88
7 1 Makayla Nietzel  United States 4:47.45
8 8 Ayano Tsujiuchi  Japan 4:50.01

References

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  1. ^ "Swimming". Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Swimming Competition Schedule". Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.