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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S13

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Men's 50m Freestyle S13
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors17 from 13 nations
Winning time23.75
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrey Strokin  Russia

The men's 50m freestyle S13 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were three heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:23.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Andrey Strokin  Russia 24.81 Q
2 Danylo Chufarov  Ukraine 25.34
3 Daniel Simon  Germany 26.07
4 Dave Ellis  Great Britain 26.46
5 Brian Hill  Canada 26.84

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 24.56 Q, PR
2 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 25.01 Q
3 Daniel Sharp  New Zealand 25.30 Q
4 Charl Bouwer  South Africa 25.41
5 Robert Doerries  Germany 26.38
6 Michel Tielbeke  Netherlands 26.52

Heat 3

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 24.72 Q
2 Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine 25.13 Q
3 Daniel Clausner  Germany 25.22 Q
4 Dzmitry Salei  Belarus 25.23 Q
5 Martin Stepanek  Czech Republic 26.11
6 Andrea Palantrani  Italy 26.71

Final

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Competed at 19:35.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Oleksii Fedyna  Ukraine 23.75 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Charalampos Taiganidis  Greece 24.19
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrey Strokin  Russia 24.55
4 Carlos Farrenberg  Brazil 24.62
5 Dzmitry Salei  Belarus 24.92
6 Dmytro Aleksyeyev  Ukraine 25.13
7 Daniel Clausner  Germany 25.39
8 Daniel Sharp  New Zealand 25.50

Q = qualified for final. WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record.

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S13". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  • "Schedules & Results - Swimming". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2012.