Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – freestyle relay explained

The freestyle relay swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics will take place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 26 to August 31, 2021. A total of 5 events will be contested.^[1]

Schedule

Date[2]	Thu 26		Fri 27		Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
Mixed 20pts 4x50m	H	F
Mixed 49pts 4x100m											H	F
Mixed S14 4x100m					H	F
Men's 34pts 4x100m									H	F
Women's 34pts 4x100m							H	F

Medal summary

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

Men's 4 × 100 m	34 pts		3:44.31 WR		3:45.89		3:47.40
nowrap	Women's 4 × 100 m	34 pts		4:24.85		4:26.82		4:30.40
Mixed 4 × 50 m	20 pts		2:15.49 WR		2:21.45		2:24.82
Mixed 4 × 100 m	S14		3:40.63 WR		3:46.38		3:51.23
	49 pts		3:53.79 PR		3:54.95		3:55.15

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the freestyle relay 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.

Mixed 20pts 4x50m

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay 20pts. The final in this classification will take place on 26 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			2:15.49	WR
	4			2:21.45
	7			2:24.82
4	5			2:24.89
5	3			2:25.66
6	2			2:35.66
7	8			2:42.43
8	1			2:48.34

Mixed 49pts 4x100m

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Ilnur Garipov (S11) Anna Krivshina (S13) Daria Pikalova (S12) Vladimir Sotnikov (S13)		3:53.79	PR
	5	Wendell Pereira (S11) Douglas Matera (S13) Lucilene da Silva (S12) Maria Carolina Santiago (S12)		3:54.95
	4	Maryna Piddubna (S11) Maksym Veraksa (S12) Anna Stetsenko (S13) Kyrylo Garashchenko (S13)		3:55.15
4	6	José Ramón Cantero Elvira (S11) María Delgado (S12) Ariadna Edo Beltrán (S13) Iván Salguero (S13)		4:03.38
5	2	Uchu Tomita (S11) Genki Saito (S13) Tomomi Ishiura (S11) Ayano Tsujiuchi (S13)		4:08.86
6	7	Hua Dongdong (S11) Li Guizhi (S11) Cai Liwen (S11) Yang Bozun (S11)		4:18.60

Mixed S14 4x100m

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021:^[3]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	4			3:40.63	WR
	3			3:46.38	OC
	6			3:51.23	AM
4	7			3:57.18	AS
5	2			4:00.86
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Men's 34pts 4x100m

The final in this classification will take place on 30 August 2021:

Women's 34pts 4x100m

See main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 34pts. The final in this classification took place on 29 August 2021. In the competition, both Great Britain and the United States were disqualified for early takeoffs in the second exchange. United States filed a protest but the decision was upheld.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Swimmers	Time	Notes
	3		(S8) (1:07.06) Vittoria Bianco (S9) (1:07.55) Giulia Terzi (S7) (1:08.75) Alessia Scortechini (S10) (1:01.49)	4:24.85
	7		(S9) (1:03.41) Isabella Vincent (S7) (1:15.78) Emily Beecroft (S9) (1:04.24) (S9) (1:03.39)	4:26.82
	6		(S8) (1:11.66) (S9) (1:06.91) (S7) (1:13.73) (S10) (58.10)	4:30.40
4	2		(S9) (1:05.37) Zhang Meng (S10) (1:02.63) Jiang Yuyan (S6) (1:11.25) (S6) (1:13.96)	4:33.21
5	1		(S9) (1:04.10) Fanni Illés (S6) (1:23.14) Kata Payer (S9) (1:09.10) Bianka Pap (S10) (1:02.32)	4:38.66
6	8		(S7) (1:17.44) Mariia Pavlova (S8) (1:13.33) Elena Kliachkina (S9) (1:08.57) Anastasiia Gontar (S10) (1:02.44)	4:41.78
	4		(S9) (1:07.81) Zara Mullooly (S10) Grace Harvey (S6) Toni Shaw (S9)
	5		(S9) (1:05.28) Morgan Stickney (S8) (S8) Hannah Aspden (S9)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swimming. 15 August 2021. 31 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210831181250/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/paralympics/sports/swimming/. dead.
2. Web site: Swimming Competition Schedule. 15 August 2021. 20 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820213943/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/swimming/paralympic-schedule-and-results.htm. dead.
3. Web site: Mixed 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay S14 - Finals Results . Tokyo 2020 Paralympics . Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games . 14 October 2021 . 28 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210828153109/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/resPG2020-/pdf/PG2020-/SWM/PG2020-_SWM_C73B1_SWMX4X100MFR14010-----FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Christine . Rankin . Paralympic wake-up call: Disqualifications result in shock bronze medal for Canadian swimmers . CBC Sports . August 29, 2021.