Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke

The Men's 50 metre breaststroke swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 25 to August 31, 2021. A total of 2 events were contested over this distance.^[1]

Schedule

H	Heats	F	Final

Date[2]	Wed 25		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	M	E
SB2 50m													H	F
SB3 50m	H	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre breaststroke events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
SB2 details	Arnulfo Castorena  Mexico	59.25	Grant Patterson  Australia	1:01.79	Jesús Hernández Hernández  Mexico	1:02.27
SB3 details	Roman Zhdanov  RPC	46.49 WR	Miguel Luque  Spain	49.08	Takayuki Suzuki  Japan	49.32

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 50 metre breaststroke 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.

SB2

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2

The SB2 category is for swimmers who have leg or arm amputations, have severe coordination problems in their limbs, or have to swim with their arms but don't use their trunk or legs.

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Arnulfo Castorena	Mexico	59.25
	5	Grant Patterson	Australia	1:01.79
	3	Jesus Hernandez Hernandez	Mexico	1:02.27
4	6	Christopher Tronco	Mexico	1:04.46
5	7	Emmanuele Marigliano	Italy	1:08.55
6	2	Ioannis Kostakis	Greece	1:08.73
7	1	Aliaksei Talai	Belarus	1:23.16	PR
8	8	Patricio Tse Anibal Lopez Fernandez	Dominican Republic	1:41.29

SB3

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3

The SB3 category is for swimmers who have function in their hands and arms but can't use their trunk or legs to swim, or they have three amputated limbs.

The final in this classification took place on 25 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Roman Zhdanov	RPC	46.49	WR
	5	Miguel Luque Ávila	Spain	49.08
	2	Tatayuki Suzuki	Japan	49.32
4	4	Efrem Morelli	Italy	49.42
5	6	Maksim Emelianov	RPC	50.63
6	7	Jo Giseong	South Korea	51.58
7	8	Ahmed Kelly	Australia	54.89
8	1	Andreas Ernhofer	Austria	55.00