Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre butterfly S5 explained

Event:	Men's 50m Butterfly S5
Games:	2008 Summer
Win Value:	35.95
Venue:	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:	10 September
Competitors:	13
Nations:	9
Gold:	Roy Perkins
Goldnpc:	USA
Silver:	Daniel Dias
Silvernpc:	BRA
Bronze:	He Junquan
Bronzenpc:	CHN

The men's 50m butterfly S5 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 10 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:13.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			38.79	Q
2			39.97	Q
3			43.20	Q
4			44.75	Q
5			46.00
6			46.24

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			37.14	Q, PR
2			37.41	Q
3			42.75	Q
4			45.32	Q
5			45.89
6			50.43
				DQ

Final

Competed at 19:02.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			35.95	WR
			36.25
			37.07
4			39.33
5			40.78
6			44.43
7			45.50
8			45.74

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• Web site: Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Butterfly S5. 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.