Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 explained

Event:Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:September 7
Competitors:11
Nations:7
Gold:Sascha Kindred
Goldnpc:GBR
Silver:Yuanrun Yang
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Xu Qing
Bronzenpc:CHN

The men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with five swimmers in the first heat and six swimmers 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
14Yuanrun Yang2:73.53Q
25Matt Whorwood2:54.00Q
36Anders Olsson3:03.35Q
43Thomas Grimm3:08.22Q
52Tadhg Slattery3:12.49

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Sascha Kindred2:48.35Q
25Xu Qing2:52.91Q
33Ce Liu3:02.28Q
46Swen Michaelis3:05.37Q
52Mateusz Michalski3:12.83
67Aung Naing Sit3:39.32

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 2:42.19
3 2:43.85
5 2:48.45
4 6 2:55.06
5 2 2:56.94
6 72:57.30
7 8 3:08.90
1 DSQ