Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts

The Mixed 4 x 50 metre freestyle relay – 20 points swimming event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 26 August 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay – 20 points
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates26 August 2021
Competitors from 13 nations

Competition format

Each event consists of two rounds: heats and final. The top eight teams overall in the heats progressed to the final. Relay teams consist of two men and two women, and are based on a point score. The sport class of an individual swimmer is worth the actual number value i.e. sport class S6 is worth six points, sport class SB12 is worth twelve points, and so on. The total of all the competitors must add up to 20 points or less.[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record
2:18.03Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9 September 2016
Paralympic Record
2:18.03Rio de Janeiro, Brazil9 September 2016

Heats

The swimmers with the top 8 times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
114 Italy2:25.48 Q
225 Ukraine2:27.98Q
326 Spain2:29.24Q
424 China2:31.06Q
523 RPC2:36.57Q
615 Brazil2:38.01Q
712 Great Britain2:42.42Q
822 Turkey2:44.80Q
913 Japan2:44.89
1021 Colombia3:01.49
1127 Greece3:03.25
1217 Egypt3:19.56
16 Germany
Source:[3]

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
50m freestyle relay final
1st place, gold medalist(s)6 China2:15.49WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)4 Italy2:21.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)7 Brazil2:24.82
45 Ukraine2:24.89
53 Spain2:25.66
62 RPC2:35.66
78 Turkey2:42.43
81 Great Britain2:48.34
Source:[3]

References

  1. "Swimming Rules". World Para Swimming. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  2. "Start list" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  3. "Results". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
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