Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle S6

The Women's 400 metre freestyle S6 event at the 2020 Paralympic Games took place on 2 September 2021, at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.

Women's 400 metre freestyle S6
at the XVI Paralympic Games
VenueTokyo Aquatics Centre
Dates2 September 2021
Competitors13 from 9 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jiang Yuyan  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nora Meister  Switzerland
2016
2024

Heats

edit

The swimmers with the top eight times, regardless of heat, advanced to the final.[1][2]

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 4 Jiang Yuyan   China 5:14.52 Q, PR
2 2 4 Nora Meister   Switzerland 5:23.91 Q
3 2 5 Yelyzaveta Mereshko   Ukraine 5:26.35 Q
4 1 5 Eleanor Simmonds   Great Britain 5:27.64 Q
5 2 3 Maisie Summers-Newton   Great Britain 5:27.91 Q
6 1 6 Grace Harvey   Great Britain 5:33.78 Q
7 2 6 Laila Suzigan   Brazil 5:39.00 Q
8 1 3 Song Lingling   China 5:40.54 Q
9 2 2 Sara Vargas Blanco   Colombia 5:46.87
10 1 2 Evelin Száraz   Hungary 5:58.09
11 1 7 Fanni Illés   Hungary 5:59.05
12 2 7 Ayaallah Tewfick   Egypt 6:06.56
13 2 1 Thelma Björg Björnsdóttir   Iceland 6:31.67

Final

edit
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
400m freestyle final[3]
  4 Jiang Yuyan   China 5:04.57 WR
  3 Yelyzaveta Mereshko   Ukraine 5:12.61
  5 Nora Meister   Switzerland 5:19.67
4 2 Maisie Summers-Newton   Great Britain 5:24.42
5 6 Eleanor Simmonds   Great Britain 5:27.99
6 8 Song Lingling   China 5:28.88
7 7 Grace Harvey   Great Britain 5:36.86
8 1 Laila Suzigan   Brazil 5:38.72

References

edit
  1. ^ "Women's 400m freestyle - S6 - Start List" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's 400m freestyle - S6 - Results Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's 400m freestyle - S6 - Finals Results" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.