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

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Men's 50 metre freestyle S2
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 13
Competitors10 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Georgios Kapellakis  Greece
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitry Kokarev  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jim Anderson  Great Britain

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

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Heat 1

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Dmitry Kokarev  Russia 1:09.59 Q
2 5 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:14.22 Q
3 3 Adriano Pereira  Brazil 1:14.74 Q
4 6 Gabriel Feiten  Brazil 1:17.85 Q
5 2 Christos Tampaxis  Greece 1:20.84

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Jim Anderson  Great Britain 1:10.73 Q
2 5 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:11.02 Q
3 3 Denys Zhumela  Ukraine 1:13.59 Q
4 6 Iyad Shalabi  Israel 1:14.55 Q
5 2 Christian Goldbach  Germany 1:20.99

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Georgios Kapellakis  Greece 1:04.85
2 4 Dmitry Kokarev  Russia 1:05.15
3 5 Jim Anderson  Great Britain 1:06.09
4 7 Iyad Shalabi  Israel 1:10.51
5 6 Denys Zhumela  Ukraine 1:12.04
6 2 Curtis Lovejoy  United States 1:12.59
7 8 Gabriel Feiten  Brazil 1:15.14
8 1 Adriano Pereira  Brazil 1:15.41
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