Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly S8 explained

Event:Men's 100 metre butterfly S8
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:September 7
Competitors:14
Nations:9
Gold:Peter Leek
Goldnpc:AUS
Silver:Wei Yanpeng
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Wang Xiaofu
Bronzenpc:CHN

The men's 100 metre butterfly S8 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with seven swimmers in each heat. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final; there, they all competed in a single final heat to earn final placements.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Peter Leek1:01.01
25Wang Jianchiao1:03.27
36Mikhail Sidnin1:08.47
43Konstantin Lisenkov1:09.66
57Alejandro Sánchez1:10.18
61Rudy Garcia Tolson1:12.99
72Nikolai Willig1:13.39

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
13Wei Yanpeng1:01.76
24Wang Xiaofu1:03.25
35Ben Austin1:04.83
47Drew Christensen1:06.98
56Sean Fraser1:07.42
62Ferenc Csuri1:07.96
71Evgeny Zimin1:13.50

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 1:00.95
5 1:01.49
3 1:01.68
4 6 1:03.01
5 2 1:03.50
6 71:07.74
7 8 1:08.17
8 1 1:08.36