Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S8 explained

Event:	Men's 50m Freestyle S8
Games:	2008 Summer
Win Value:	26.45
Venue:	Beijing National Aquatics Center
Dates:	14 September
Competitors:	14
Nations:	8
Gold:	Wang Xiaofu
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Peter Leek
Silvernpc:	AUS
Bronze:	Konstantin Lisenkov
Bronzenpc:	RUS

The men's 50m freestyle S8 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 14 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

Heats

Competed from 10:28.

Heat 1

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			27.78	Q
2			28.09	Q
3			28.55	Q
4			29.13
5			29.27
6			29.30
				DQ

Heat 2

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1			26.83	Q
2			27.69	Q
3			27.87	Q
4			28.55	Q
5			29.03	Q
6			29.08
7			30.42

Final

Competed at 19:33.

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			26.45	WR
			26.89
			27.18
4			27.46
5			27.82
6			28.03
7			28.94
8			29.68

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. DQ = Disqualified.

References

• Web site: Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S8. 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.