title: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly
text: # Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly
  
  The Men's 50 metre butterfly swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from August 27 to September 3, 2021. A total of three events were contested over this distance.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | H | Heats | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Date | Fri 27 | Fri 27 | Sat 28 | Sat 28 | Sun 29 | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Fri 3 |
  | Event | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E | M | E |
  | S5 50m | H | F | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
  | S6 50m | | | | | | | H | F | | | | | | | | |
  | S7 50m | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | H | F |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 50 metre butterfly events.
  
  | Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | S5 details | Zheng Tao China | 30.62 WR | Wang Lichao China | 31.81 | Yuan Weiyi China | 32.00 |
  | S6 details | Wang Jingang China | 30.81 | Jia Hongguang China | 31.54 | Nelson Crispin Colombia | 31.77 |
  | S7 details | Evan Austin United States | 28.98 | Andrii Trusov Ukraine | 29.03 | Carlos Serrano Zárate Colombia | 29.34 |
  
  ## Results
  
  The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Men's 50 metre butterfly 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.
  
  ### S5
  
  The S5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia or short stature.
  
  The final in this classification took place on 27 August 2021:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 5 | Zheng Tao | China | 30.62 | WR |
  | | 7 | Wang Lichao | China | 31.81 | |
  | | 4 | Yuan Weiyi | China | 32.00 | |
  | 4 | 3 | Yaroslav Semenenko | Ukraine | 35.13 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Siyazbek Daliyev | Kazakhstan | 35.27 | |
  | 6 | 1 | Daniel Dias | Brazil | 36.56 | |
  | 7 | 8 | Kaede Hinata | Japan | 37.24 | |
  | 8 | 2 | Abbas Karimi | Refugee Paralympic Team | 38.16 | |
  
  ### S6
  
  The S6 category is for swimmers who have short stature, arm amputations, or some form of coordination problem on one side of their body.
  
  The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Wang Jingang | China | 30.81 |
  | | 3 | Jia Hongguang | China | 31.54 |
  | | 5 | Nelson Crispin Corzo | Colombia | 31.77 |
  | 4 | 2 | Laurent Chardard | France | 32.29 |
  | 5 | 6 | David Sanchez Sierra | Spain | 32.49 |
  | 6 | 1 | Yerzhan Salimgereyev | Kazakhstan | 32.53 |
  | 7 | 7 | Gabriel Melone De Oliveira | Brazil | 33.01 |
  | 8 | 8 | Alejandro Yared Rojas Cabrera | Spain | 33.60 |
  
  ### S7
  
  The S7 category is for swimmers who have one leg and one arm amputation on opposite side or paralysis on one side of their body. These swimmers have full control of their arms and trunk but variable function in their legs.
  
  The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:
  
  | Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 4 | Evan Austin | United States | 28.98 | AM |
  | | 3 | Andrii Trusov | Ukraine | 29.03 | ER |
  | | 6 | Carlos Serrano Zárate | Colombia | 29.34 | |
  | 4 | 5 | Wei Soong Toh | Singapore | 29.50 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Yevhenii Bohodaiko | Ukraine | 29.70 | |
  | 6 | 8 | Egor Efrosinin | RPC | 30.46 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Inaki Basiloff | Argentina | 30.47 | |
  | - | 7 | Christian Sadie | South Africa | DSQ | |
  