Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle
# Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle

The Men's 100 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to September 1, 2021. A total of six 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 |
| Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| S4 100m | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S5 100m | | | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S6 100m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
| S8 100m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| S10 100m | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
| S12 100m | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F | | |

## Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 100 metre freestyle events.

| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| S4 details | Takayuki Suzuki Japan | 1:21.58 PR | Luigi Beggiato Italy | 1:23.21 | Roman Zhdanov RPC | 1:26.95 |
| S5 details | Francesco Bocciardo Italy | 1:09.56 | Wang Lichao China | 1:10.45 | Daniel Dias Brazil | 1:10.80 |
| S6 details | Antonio Fantin Italy | 1:03.71 WR | Nelson Crispin Colombia | 1:04.82 | Talisson Glock Brazil | 1:05.45 |
| S8 details | Ben Popham Australia | 57.37 | Andrei Nikolaev RPC | 57.69 | Dimosthenis Michalentzakis Greece | 58.73 |
| S10 details | Maksym Krypak Ukraine | 50.64 WR | Rowan Crothers Australia | 51.37 | Stefano Raimondi Italy | 51.45 |
| S12 details | Raman Salei Azerbaijan | 52.69 | Maksym Veraksa Ukraine | 52.87 | Stephen Clegg Great Britain | 53.43 |

## Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 100 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.

### 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. Swimmers in this class can also have three amputated limbs.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Takayuki Suzuki | Japan | 1:21.58 | PR |
| | 4 | Luigi Beggiato | Italy | 1:23.21 | |
| | 6 | Roman Zhdanov | RPC | 1:26.95 | |
| 4 | 3 | Angel Camocho Ramirez | Mexico | 1:27.71 | |
| 5 | 2 | Jo Giseong | South Korea | 1:28.46 | |
| 6 | 1 | David Smetanine | France | 1:29.47 | |
| 7 | 8 | Lyndon Longhorne | Great Britain | 1:33.30 | |
| 8 | 7 | Gustavo Sánchez Martínez | Mexico | 1:35.55 | |

### S5

The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia or short stature.

The final in this classification took place on 26 August 2021:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 2 | Francesco Bocciardo | Italy | 1:09.56 |
| | 7 | Wang Lichao | China | 1:10.45 |
| | 5 | Daniel de Faria Dias | Brazil | 1:10.80 |
| 4 | 6 | Zheng Tao | China | 1:10.87 |
| 5 | 4 | Yuan Weiyi | China | 1:11.68 |
| 6 | 3 | Antoni Ponce Bertran | Spain | 1:13.47 |
| 7 | 1 | Muhammed Nur Syaiful Zulkafli | Malaysia | 1:15.12 |
| 8 | 8 | Luis Huerta Poza | Spain | 1:17.97 |

### S6

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 1 September 2021:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Antonio Fantin | Italy | 1:03.71 | WR |
| | 3 | Nelson Crispin Corzo | Colombia | 1:04.82 | |
| | 5 | Talisson Glock | Brazil | 1:05.45 | |
| 4 | 1 | Jia Hongguang | China | 1:05.55 | AS |
| 5 | 7 | Thijs van Hofweegen | Netherlands | 1:06.39 | |
| 6 | 6 | Oleksandr Komarov | Ukraine | 1:07.02 | |
| 7 | 2 | Laurent Chardard | France | 1:07.60 | |
| 8 | 8 | Wang Jingang | China | 1:08.61 | |

### S8

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 25 August 2021:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Ben Popham | Australia | 57.37 |
| | 6 | Andrei Nikolaev | RPC | 57.69 |
| | 5 | Dimosthenis Michalentzakis | Greece | 58.73 |
| 4 | 2 | Xu Haijiao | China | 58.75 |
| 5 | 3 | Denys Dubrov | Ukraine | 59.02 |
| 6 | 1 | Yang Guanglong | China | 59.42 |
| 7 | 7 | Alberto Amodeo | Italy | 59.93 |
| 8 | 8 | Luis Armando Andrade Guillen | Mexico | 1:01.23 |

### S10

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 28 August 2021:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Maksym Krypak | Ukraine | 50.64 | WR |
| | 5 | Rowan Crothers | Australia | 51.37 | |
| | 3 | Stefano Raimondi | Italy | 51.45 | |
| 4 | 2 | Phelipe Andrews Melo Rodrigues | Brazil | 52.04 | |
| 5 | 6 | Thomas Gallagher | Australia | 53.14 | |
| 6 | 7 | Bas Takken | Netherlands | 54.06 | |
| 7 | 8 | Dmitrii Bartasinskii | RPC | 54.09 | |
| 8 | 1 | Alan Ogorzalek | Poland | 55.45 | |

### S12

The S12 category is for swimmers who have moderate visual impairment and have a visual field of less than 5 degrees radius. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 31 August 2021:

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 5 | Raman Salei | Azerbaijan | 52.69 | |
| | 6 | Maksym Veraksa | Ukraine | 52.87 | |
| | 4 | Stephen Clegg | Great Britain | 53.43 | |
| 4 | 2 | Illia Yaremenko | Ukraine | 53.60 | |
| 5 | 3 | Braedan Jason | Australia | 53.78 | OC |
| 6 | 7 | Roman Makarov | RPC | 57.56 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sergey Punko | RPC | 59.30 | |
