Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 explained

Event:Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:London Aquatics Centre
Dates:30 August
Competitors:13
Nations:11
Gold:Jianping Du
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Arnulfo Castorena
Silvernpc:MEX
Bronze:Dmytro Vynohradets
Bronzenpc:UKR

The men's 50 metre breaststroke SB2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 30 August, at the London Aquatics Centre.

Two heats were held, one with six swimmers and one with seven swimmers. The swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Arnulfo Castorena59.01Q
25Dmytro Vynohradets59.56 EUQ
33Cristopher Tronco1:00.12Q
46Grant Patterson1:05.86 Q
57Hanhua Li1:07.82
67Charkorn Kaewsri1:08.49

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Jianping Du57.83 ASQ
26Andrey Meshcheryakov1:00.11Q
33Michael Demarco1:02.39Q
45Somchai Doungkaew1:02.72Q
52Ioannis Kostakis1:05.94
67Byeong-Eon Min1:10.22
71Mark Chirino1:18.66

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Du Jianping57.50AS
5Arnulfo Castorena58.23
3Dmytro Vynohradets58.51EU
42Cristopher Tronco01:01.12
57Michael Demarco1:01.50
61Somchai Doungkaew1:01.84
76Andrey Meshcheryakov1:02.31
88Grant Patterson1:07.52

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