Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S2 explained

Event:Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:September 13
Competitors:10
Nations:8
Gold:Georgios Kapellakis
Goldnpc:GRE
Silver:Dmitry Kokarev
Silvernpc:RUS
Bronze:Jim Anderson
Bronzenpc:GBR

The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 13, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with five swimmers each. 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
14Dmitry Kokarev1:09.59Q
25Curtis Lovejoy1:14.22 Q
33Adriano Pereira1:14.74 Q
46Gabriel Feiten1:17.85 Q
52Christos Tampaxis1:20.84

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jim Anderson1:10.73Q
25Georgios Kapellakis1:11.02 Q
33Denys Zhumela1:13.59 Q
46Iyad Shalabi1:14.55 Q
52Christian Goldbach1:20.99

Final

http://www.paralympic.org/ipc_results/results2pdf.php?sport=swimming&competition=2008PG&gender=m&discipline=&event=50+m+Freestyle&eclass=S2

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
3 1:04.85
4 1:05.15
5 1:06.09
4 7 1:10.51
5 6 1:12.04
6 2 1:12.59
7 8 1:15.14
8 1 1:15.41

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