Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle S2 explained

Event:Men's 200 metre freestyle S2
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:September 7
Competitors:9
Nations:8
Gold:Dmitrii Kokarev
Goldnpc:RUS
Silver:Jim Anderson
Silvernpc:GBR
Bronze:Georgios Kapellakis
Bronzenpc:GRE

The men's 200 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with four swimmers in the first heat and five in the second 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
14Dmitrii Kokarev4:50.77Q
25Georgios Kappellakis5:12.99 Q
33Denys Zhumela5:25.96 Q
46Iyad Shalabai5:41.04 Q

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jim Anderson5:13.60Q
25Gabriel Feiten5:19.41 Q
33Adriano Pereira (swimmer)5:21.11 Q
46Christian Goldbach5:39.65 Q
52Curtis Lovejoy5:43.52

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 4:45.43
3 5:00.03
5 5:05.91
4 7 5:16.30
5 2 5:21.35
6 8 5:34.37
7 1 5:37.09
8 6 5:38.42