Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke S13 explained

Event:	Men's 100m Backstroke S13
Games:	2008 Summer
Win Value:	59.85
Venue:	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:	14 September
Competitors:	12
Nations:	9
Gold:	Charalampos Taiganidis
Goldnpc:	GRE
Silver:	Oleksii Fedyna
Silvernpc:	UKR
Bronze:	Dmytro Aleksyeyev
Bronzenpc:	UKR

The men's 100m backstroke S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:06.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1				Q
2				Q
3				Q
4				Q
5				Q
6

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1				Q, PR
2				Q
3				Q
4
5
				DNS

Final

Competed at 18:41.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			59.85	WR
4
5
6
7
8

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DNS = Did not start.

References

• Web site: Heats and Final Results - Men's 100m Backstroke S13. International Paralympic Committee. 20 September 2012.
• Web site: Schedules & Results - Swimming. https://web.archive.org/web/20080930184928/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/SW.shtml. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. 20 September 2012. 30 September 2008.