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

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The Women's 200 metre freestyle swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to August 27, 2021. A total of 2 events were contested over this distance.[1]

Schedule

H Heats ½ Semifinals F Final
Date[2] Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27
Event M E M E M E
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 Silver Bronze
S5
details 		Zhang Li
 China		 2:46.53 Tully Kearney
 Great Britain		 2:46.65 Monica Boggioni
 Italy		 2:55.70
S14
details 		Valeriia Shabalina
 RPC		 2:03.71 Bethany Firth
 Great Britain		 2:03.99 Jessica-Jane Applegate
 Great Britain		 2:09.53

Results

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

S5

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 Zhang Li  China 2:46.53
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 Tully Kearney  Great Britain 2:46.65
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Monica Boggioni  Italy 2:55.70
4 3 Suzanna Hext  Great Britain 2:59.55
5 2 Yao Cuan  China 3:00.72
6 7 Maori Yui  Japan 3:14.58
7 1 Sümeyye Boyacı  Turkey 3:17.23
8 8 Sevilay Öztürk  Turkey 3:29.05

S14

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle S14

The S14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.

The final in this classification will take place on 27 August 2021:

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 Valeriia Shabalina  RPC 2:03.71
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 Bethany Firth  Great Britain 2:03.99
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 Jessica-Jane Applegate  Great Britain 2:09.53
4 6 Louise Fiddes  Great Britain 2:11.20
5 2 Pernilla Lindberg  Sweden 2:12.33
6 7 Angela Marina  Canada 2:15.43
7 1 Ruby Storm  Australia 2:17.33
8 8 Michelle Alonso Morales  Spain 2:19.67

References

  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.