Swimming at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S2 explained

Event:Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:London Aquatics Centre
Dates:7 September
Competitors:12
Nations:9
Gold:Yang Yang
Goldnpc:CHN
Silver:Dmitrii Kokarev
Silvernpc:RUS
Bronze:Aristeidis Makrodimitris
Bronzenpc:GRE

The men's 50 metre freestyle S2 event at the 2012 Paralympic Games took place on 7 September, at the London Aquatics Centre.

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

Heats

Heat 1

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
14Aristeidis Makrodimitris1:06.69Q
23Iad Josef Shalabi1:07.52Q
35Jacek Czech1:07.56Q
46Curtis Lovejoy1:10.44 Q
52Francesco Bettella1:13.86
7Christos TampaxisDNS

Heat 2

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
17Yang Yang1:01.05Q
24Dmitrii Kokarev1:05.61Q
36Ievgen Panibratets1:08.45Q
45Itzhak Mamistvalov1:08.73 Q
52Georgios Kapellakis1:10.48
63James Anderson1:10.61

Final

RankLaneNameNationalityTimeNotes
4Yang Yang1:01.39
5Dmitrii Kokarev1:02.47
3Aristeidis Makrodimitris1:04.86
42Jacek Czech1:06.41
56Iad Josef Shalabi1:07.07
61Itzhak Mamistvalov1:07.94
77Ievgen Panibratets1:08.75
88Curtis Lovejoy1:13.45

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