2023 PARA SWIMMING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
- July 31-August 6, 2023
- Manchester, England
- Meet Central
- Preview
- Schedule & Results
- Day 1 Recap
- Day 2 Recap
- Day 3 Recap
- Day 4 Recap
After seeing five world records fall on day 4, day 5 was a bit of a quieter but no less exciting affair. The session’s program saw many close finishes and saw numerous championships and continental records bite the dust.
Continuing their excellent run of form from yesterday, Ukraine was the only nation to break a world record today. In the women’s 50 free S6 final, Ukraine’s Anna Hontar smashed her own world record by .20 to take the gold in 32.55. Finishing second behind her was Jiang Yuyan of China, who finished in 32.90, which stands as a new Asian Record. Hontar also picked up the bronze medal in the women’s 100 breast SB5, a race that was won by Germany’s Verena Schott in 1:43.64.
🚨World Record alert🚨
🥇Anna Hontar 🇺🇦 breaks her own mark in the women’s 50m freestyle S6 by clicking in⌚️32.55 and grabs her first gold at #Manchester2023
🥈Yuyan Jiang 🇨🇳
🥉Shelby Newkirk 🇨🇦🔴 LIVE: https://t.co/w24SWkJyae
📊 Schedule & results: https://t.co/fh5rQnRqsV pic.twitter.com/0wrLFK96G0— #ParaSwimming #Manchester2023 (@Para_swimming) August 4, 2023
Hontar wasn’t the only Ukrainian to win gold in a new record. Getting under the championship record in the men’s 50m Fly S7 was Andrii Trusov. Trusov’s time of 28.92 easily surpassed his own previous championship record of 29.28, set last summer at the World Champs.
Third🥇for Trusov 🫶🏼
🥇Andrii Trusov touches the wall in⌚️28.92 in the men’s 50m butterfly S7 and adds one more gold to his collection.
🥈Carlos Serrano 🇨🇴
🥉Yevhenii Bohodaiko 🇺🇦🔴 LIVE: https://t.co/w24SWkJyae
📊 Schedule & results: https://t.co/fh5rQnRqsV#Manchester2023 pic.twitter.com/QGy9dBJ1xu— #ParaSwimming #Manchester2023 (@Para_swimming) August 4, 2023
Hontar and Trusov were just two of the five Ukrainian gold medalists on the day, equalling their total from the day before. Also adding to the list was Danylo Chufarov in the men’s 100 free S11. Denys Ostapchenko in the men’s 50 free S3 and Oleksii Virchenko in the men’s 50 free s13. Ukraine currently is tied atop the medal table with China at 14 apiece.
Second golden night in a row for Ukraine! 🇺🇦🤩
🥇Oleksii Virchenko 🇺🇦 grabs Ukraine’s fifth gold of the day and they become the goldest squad again!
🥈Islam Aslanov 🇺🇿
🥉Nicolas Turbide 🇨🇦🔴 LIVE: https://t.co/w24SWkJyae #ParaSwimming #ThePlaceForGreatness pic.twitter.com/1AZd5UvOZP
— #ParaSwimming #Manchester2023 (@Para_swimming) August 4, 2023
Dutch swimmer Liesette Bruinsma broke the championship record in the women’s 100 freestyle S11 in the prelims in a time of 1:05.75. Bruinsma was unable to replicate this time at night, but her 1:06.45 was just enough for gold to hold off the Chinese pair of Wang Xinyi (1:06.45) and Ma Jia (1:07.84).
The Netherlands at the top! 🇳🇱🔝
🥇Liesette Bruinsman 🇳🇱 is the first one to touch the wall in the women’s 100m freestyle S11 with a time of⌚️1:06.45
🥈Xinyi Wang 🇨🇳
🥉Jia ama 🇨🇳🔴 LIVE: https://t.co/w24SWkJyae
📊 Schedule & results: https://t.co/fh5rQnRqsV#Manchester2023 pic.twitter.com/dc0xfarQSF— #ParaSwimming #Manchester2023 (@Para_swimming) August 4, 2023
Moving into a tie with the most medals won so far was Brazil’s Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago, who collected her 6th medal of the meet and 4th gold by winning the women’s 50 free S12. Her time of 58.87 not only broke an eight-year-old Championship record but it also was the only time under 1:00. Ukraine picked up another medal, this time a silver, by virtue of Anna Stetsenko’s 1:00.83 and Lucilene Da Silva Sousa, also from Brazil won the bronze in a time of 1:01.54.
She keeps winning!! 🤩
Maria Carolina Santiago 🇧🇷 swims the women’s 100m freestyle S12 in a Championship Record time⌚️58.87 and grabs her fourth 🥇at #Manchester2023.
🥈Anna Stetsenko 🇺🇦
🥉Luciene Sousa 🇧🇷🔴 LIVE: https://t.co/w24SWkJyae #ParaSwimming #ThePlaceForGreatness pic.twitter.com/nQqlXRX6r0
— #ParaSwimming #Manchester2023 (@Para_swimming) August 4, 2023
Host nation Great Britain got in on the double gold action with wins in the women’s 100 fly S10 and the women’s 200 IM SM14.
Faye Rogers led from start to finish in the fly, touching in a time of 1:05.48, a new European Record. Behind her in second was the Netherlands’ Lisa Kruger, who finished in 1:07.55.
In the 200 IM, Bethany Firth used a strong backstroke to move into first place, never relinquishing it and winning gold in a time of 2:24.17. This race was one of the most exciting of the evening as Japan’s Aira Kinoshita used a blistering breaststroke to move from 4th to 2nd and ultimately finished just .15 behind Firth in a time of 2:24.32. While having to settle for silver, Kinoshita did swim a new personal best, a time that now stands as the Asian record.
American Noah Jaffe used a strong last 25 in the men’s 50 free S8 to earn the silver medal in a time of 27.14. Touching ahead of him was Greece’s Dimosthenis Michalentzakis, who finished in a time of 27.01.
Medal Table Through Day 5
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
| Italy | 17 | 9 | 8 | 34 |
| China | 14 | 16 | 10 | 40 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 12 | 14 | 40 |
| Brazil | 12 | 10 | 14 | 36 |
| Great Britain | 12 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| Canada | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Australia | 7 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| Germany | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 |
| Spain | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 |
| United States | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| Hungary | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Israel | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Japan | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| Mexico | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| France | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Poland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Colombia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Republic of Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Argentina | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Chile | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Turkiye | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
ALL DAY 5 MEDALISTS
Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB5
- Gold: Verena Schott (GER) – 1:43.64
- Silver: Grace Harvey (GBR) – 1:45.39
- Bronze: Anna Hontar (UKR) – 1:47.63
Men’s 100m Breaststroke SB5
- Gold: Antoni Ponce Bertran (ESP) – 1:26.80 *Championships record
- Silver: Leo McCrea (SUI) – 1:30.36
- Bronze: Danylo Semenykhin (UKR) – 1:39.41
Women’s 400m Freestyle S9
- Gold: Lakeisha Patterson (AUS) – 4:46.30
- Silver: Emma Mecic (CRO) – 4:47.88
- Bronze: Toni Shaw (GBR) – 4:48.48
Men’s 400m Freestyle S9
- Gold: Simone Barlaam (ITA) – 4:13.62
- Silver: Ugo Didier (FRA) – 4:15.47
- Bronze: Brendan Hall (AUS) – 4:15.55
Women’s 100 Butterfly S10
- Gold: Faye Rogers (GBR) – 1:05.48 *European Record
- Silver: Lisa Kruger (NED) – 1:07.55
- Bronze: Jasmine Greenwood (AUS) – 1:08.13
Men’s 100 Butterfly S10
- Gold: Stefano Raimondi (ITA) – 54.71
- Silver: Ihor Nimchenko (UKR) – 55.92
- Bronze: Col Pearse (AUS) – 57.18
Women’s 50 Freestyle S4
- Gold: Tanja Scholz (GER) – 38.90
- Silver: Patricia Pereira Dos Santos (BRA) – 40.34
- Bronze: Rachael Watson (AUS) – 40.59
Men’s 50 Freestyle S4
- Gold: Ami Omer Dadaon (ISR) – 36.26
- Silver: Cameron Leslie (NZL) – 37.22
- Bronze: Takayuki Suzuki (JPN) – 38.63
Women’s 50 Freestyle S8
- Gold: Cecilia Kethlen Jeronimo de Araujo (BRA) – 30.03 *Americas Record
- Silver: Alice Tai (GBR) – 30.97
- Bronze: Jiang Shengnan (CHN) – 31.07
Men’s 50 Freestyle S8
- Gold: Dimosthenis Michalentzakis (GRE) – 27.01
- Silver: Noah Jaffe (USA) – 27.14
- Bronze: Gabriel Cristiano Silva de Souza (BRA) – 27.32
Women’s 50 Butterfly S7
- Gold: Danielle Dorris (CAN) – 33.98 * Championships record
- Silver: Tess Routliffe (CAN) – 35.14
- Bronze: Julia Gaffney (USA) – 36.86
Men’s 50 Butterfly S7
- Gold: Andrii Trusov (UKR) – 28.92 *Championships record
- Silver: Carlos Daniel Serrano Zarate (COL) – 29.28
- Bronze: Yevhenii Bohodaiko (UKR) – 29.98
Women’s 100 Freestyle S12
- Gold: Maria Carolina Gomes Santiago (BRA) – 58.87 *Championship Record
- Silver: Anna Stetsenko (UKR) – 1:00.83
- Bronze: Lucilene Da Silva Sousa (BRA) – 1:01.54
Men’s 100 Freestyle S12
- Gold: Raman Salei (AZE) – 53.32
- Silver: Stephen Clegg (GBR) – 53.57
- Bronze: Maksym Veraksa (UKR) – 54.13
Women’s 200 IM SM14
- Gold: Bethany Firth (GBR) – 2:24.17
- Silver: Aira Kinoshita (JPN) – 2:24.32 *Asian Record
- Bronze: Poppy Maskill (GBR) – 2:27.86
Men’s 200 IM SM14
- Gold: Nicholas Bennett (CAN) – 2:07.98
- Silver: Rhys Darbey (GBR) – 2:10.95
- Bronze: Dymtro Vanzenko (UKR) – 2:11.41
Women’s 100 Freestyle S11
- Gold: Liesette Bruinsma (NED) – 1:06.45
- Silver: Wang Xunyi (CHN) – 1:06.68
- Bronze: Ma Jia (CHN) – 1:07.84
Men’s 100 Freestyle S11
- Gold: Danylo Chufarov (UKR) – 57.13
- Silver: Rogier Dorsman (NED) – 57.71
- Bronze: Mykhailo Serbin (UKR) – 58.57
Women’s 50 Freestyle S3
- Gold: Marta Fernandez Infante (ESP) – 42.51
- Silver: Ellis Challis (GBR) – 47.83
- Bronze: Susana Schnarndorf (BRA) – 55.52
Men’s 50 Freestyle S3
- Gold: Denys Ostapchenko (UKR) – 45.01
- Silver: Daniel Ferrer Robles (ESP) – 45.68
- Bronze: Serhii Palamarchuk (UKR) – 45.89
Women’s 50 Freestyle S6
- Gold: Anna Hontar (UKR) – 32.55 *World Record
- Silver: Jiang Yuyan (CHN) – 32.90 *Asian Record
- Bronze: Shelby Newkirk (CAN) – 34.04
Men’s 50 Freestyle S6
- Gold: Antonio Fantin (ITA) – 28.59 *Championship record
- Silver: Daniel Xavier Mended (BRA) – 29.74
- Bronze: Laurent Chardard (FRA) – 30.02
Women’s 50 Freestyle S13
- Gold: Katja Dedekind (AUS) – 27.17
- Silver: Carlotta Gilli (ITA) – 27.49
- Bronze: Olivia Chambers (USA) – 27.69
Men’s 50 Freestyle S13
- Gold: Oleksii Virchenko (UKR) – 23.47
- Silver: Islam Aslanov (UZB) – 23.78
- Bronze: Nicolas Guy Turbide (CAN) – 23.88 *Americas Record
Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay 34pts
- Gold: Spain – 4:31.92 *European Record
- Silver: Italy- 4:34.45
- Bronze: Brazil – 4:35.30 *Americas Record
How many para swimming events are there? Every country seems to be winning 40 medals each
Not Team USA
Simply brilliant considering the situation back at home.