Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13 explained

Event:	Men's 50m Freestyle S13
Games:	2008 Summer
Win Value:	23.75
Venue:	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:	15 September
Competitors:	17
Nations:	13
Gold:	Oleksii Fedyna
Goldnpc:	UKR
Silver:	Charalampos Taiganidis
Silvernpc:	GRE
Bronze:	Andrey Strokin
Bronzenpc:	RUS

The men's 50m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:23.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			24.81	Q
2			25.34
3			26.07
4			26.46
5			26.84

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			24.56	Q, PR
2			25.01	Q
3			25.30	Q
4			25.41
5			26.38
6			26.52

Heat 3

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			24.72	Q
2			25.13	Q
3			25.22	Q
4			25.23	Q
5			26.11
6			26.71

Final

Competed at 19:35.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			23.75	WR
			24.19
			24.55
4			24.62
5			24.92
6			25.13
7			25.39
8			25.50

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

References

• Web site: Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S13. International Paralympic Committee. 21 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. 21 September 2012. 30 September 2008.