Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley

The Women's 200 metre individual medley swimming events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre from 26 August to 3 September 2021. A total of nine events were contested over this distance.

Schedule

H

Heats

½

Semifinals

F

Final

Date	Thu 26		Fri 27		Sat 28		Sun 29		Mon 30		Tue 31		Wed 1		Thu 2		Fri 3
Event	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
SM5 200m																	H	F
SM6 200m	H	F
SM7 200m			H	F
SM8 200m					H	F
SM9 200m													H	F
SM10 200m																	H	F
SM11 200m									H	F
SM13 200m									H	F
SM14 200m											H	F

Medal summary

The following is a summary of the medals awarded across all 200 metre individual medley events.

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
SM5	Lu Dong  China	3:20.53	Cheng Jiao  China	3:20.80	Monica Boggioni  Italy	3:39.50
SM6	Maisie Summers-Newton  Great Britain	2:56.68 WR	Yelyzaveta Mereshko  Ukraine	2:58.04	Verena Schott  Germany	2:59.09
SM7	Mallory Weggemann  United States	2:55.48	Ahalya Lettenberger  United States	3:02.82	Tiffany Thomas-Kane  Australia	3:03.11
SM8	Jessica Long  United States	2:41.49	Xenia Palazzo  Italy	2:47.86	Mariia Pavlova  RPC	2:48.63
SM9	Sophie Pascoe  Australia	2:32.73	Zsófia Konkoly  Hungary	2:33.00	Núria Marquès  Spain	2:35.64
SM10	Chantalle Zijderveld  Netherlands	2:24.85 WR	Bianka Pap  Hungary	2:26.12	Lisa Kruger  Netherlands	2:27.86
SM11	Ma Jia  China	2:42.14 WR	Cai Liwen  China	2:42.91	Anastasia Pagonis  United States	2:45.61
SM13	Carlotta Gilli  Italy	2:21.44	Colleen Young  United States	2:26.80	Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova  Uzbekistan	2:27.92
SM14	Valeriia Shabalina  RPC	2:20.99	Bethany Firth  Great Britain	2:23:19	Louise Fiddes  Great Britain	2:29.21

Results

The following were the results of the finals only of each of the Women's 200 metre individual medley 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.

SM5

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The SM5 category is for swimmers who have hemiplegia, paraplegia, or short stature.

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	1	Lu Dong	China	3:20.53
	4	Cheng Jiao	China	3:20.80
	5	Monica Boggioni	Italy	3:39.50
4	3	Giulia Ghiretti	Italy	3:40.88
5	6	Natalia Shavel	Belarus	3:44.30
6	2	Maori Yui	Japan	3:46.95
7	7	Esthefany Rodrigues	Brazil	3:47.92

SM6

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The SM6 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 26 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Maisie Summers-Newton	Great Britain	2:56.68	WR
	4	Yelyzaveta Mereshko	Ukraine	2:58.04
	6	Verena Schott	Germany	2:59.09
4	5	Elizabeth Marks	United States	3:02.43
5	7	Eleanor Simmonds	Great Britain	3:04.37
6	2	Grace Harvey	Great Britain	3:05.58
7	8	Sophia Herzog	United States	3:07.98
8	1	Liu Daomin	China	3:10.61

SM7

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The SM7 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 27 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mallory Weggemann	United States	2:55.48
	5	Ahalya Lettenberger	United States	3:02.82
	2	Tiffany Thomas Kane	Australia	3:03.11
4	6	Danielle Dorris	Canada	3:03.16
5	3	Camille Bérubé	Canada	3:03.91
6	7	Isabella Vincent	Australia	3:13.46
7	8	Gisell Natalia Prada Pachón	Colombia	3:29.27
	1	Naomi Somellera Mandujano	Mexico	DSQ

SM8

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The SM8 category is for swimmers who have a single amputation, or restrictive movement in their hip, knee and ankle joints.

The final in this classification took place on 28 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Jessica Long	United States	2:41.49
	3	Xenia Palazzo	Italy	2:47.86
	5	Mariia Pavlova	RPC	2:48.63
4	6	Laura Carolina González Rodríguez	Colombia	3:03.46
5	1	Haven Shepherd	United States	3:03.59
6	2	Mira Jeanne Maack	Germany	3:04.78
7	8	Amalie Vinther	Denmark	3:11.29
8	7	Vendula Dušková	Czech Republic	3:14.59

SM9

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The SM9 category is for swimmers who have joint restrictions in one leg, or double below-the-knee amputations.

The final in this classification took place on 1 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sophie Pascoe	New Zealand	2:32.73
	5	Zsofia Konkoly	Hungary	2:33.00
	3	Núria Marquès Soto	Spain	2:35.64
4	8	Sarai Gascón Moreno	Spain	2:37.62
5	1	Ellen Keane	Ireland	2:38.64
6	2	Summer Schmit	United States	2:38.64
7	6	Xu Jialing	China	2:38.90
8	7	Daniela Giménez	Argentina	2:39.60

SM10

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The SM10 category is for swimmers who have minor physical impairments, for example, loss of one hand.

The final in this classification took place on 3 September 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Chantalle Zijderveld	Netherlands	2:24.85	WR
	6	Bianka Pap	Hungary	2:26.12
	5	Lisa Kruger	Netherlands	2:27.86
4	2	Aurélie Rivard	Canada	2:28.73	AM
5	3	Jasmine Greenwood	Australia	2:31.06
6	1	Zhang Meng	China	2:35.26
7	7	Mikaela Jenkins	United States	2:36.34
8	8	Keira Stephens	Australia	2:37.76

SM11

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The SM11 category is for swimmers who have severe visual impairments and have very low or no light perception, such as blindness, they are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They use tappers when competing in swimming events.

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Ma Jia	China	2:42.14	WR
	3	Cai Liwen	China	2:42.91
	5	Anastasia Pagonis	United States	2:45.61	AM
4	2	Wang Xinyi	China	2:45.74
5	6	Liesette Bruinsma	Netherlands	2:50.78
6	7	Anastasiia Shevchenko	RPC	3:00.13
7	1	Maryna Piddubna	Ukraine	3:01.53
8	8	Martina Rabbolini	Italy	3:03.07

SM13

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The SM13 category is for swimmers who have minor visual impairment and have high visual acuity. They are required to wear blackened goggles to compete. They may wish to use a tapper.

The final in this classification took place on 30 August 2021:

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Carlotta Gilli	Italy	2:21.44	WR
	5	Colleen Young	United States	2:26.80
	3	Shokhsanamkhon Toshpulatova	Uzbekistan	2:27.92
4	7	Daria Lukianenko	RPC	2:30.22
5	6	Anna Stetsenko	Ukraine	2:30.69
6	2	Róisín Ní Riain	Ireland	2:34.12
7	1	Marlene Endrolath	Germany	2:36.55
8	8	Anastasiya Zudzilava	Belarus	2:42.13

SM14

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The SM14 category is for swimmers who have an intellectual impairment.

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Valeriia Shabalina	RPC	2:20.99
	5	Bethany Firth	Great Britain	2:23.19
	2	Louise Fiddes	Great Britain	2:29.21
4	3	Jessica-Jane Applegate	Great Britain	2:30.43
5	7	Pernilla Lindberg	Sweden	2:32.01
6	6	Paige Leonhardt	Australia	2:32.69
7	8	Ruby Storm	Australia	2:36.58
8	1	Mami Inoue	Japan	2:37.86