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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6

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Men's 200 metre individual medley SM6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
DatesSeptember 7
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sascha Kindred  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yuanrun Yang  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Xu Qing  China

The men's 200 metre individual medley SM6 event at the 2008 Paralympic Games took place on September 7, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

Two heats were held, with five swimmers in the first heat and six swimmers in the second heat. 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 Yuanrun Yang  China 2:73.53 Q
2 5 Matt Whorwood  Great Britain 2:54.00 Q
3 6 Anders Olsson  Sweden 3:03.35 Q
4 3 Thomas Grimm  Germany 3:08.22 Q
5 2 Tadhg Slattery  South Africa 3:12.49

Heat 2

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 2:48.35 Q
2 5 Xu Qing  China 2:52.91 Q
3 3 Ce Liu  China 3:02.28 Q
4 6 Swen Michaelis  Germany 3:05.37 Q
5 2 Mateusz Michalski  Poland 3:12.83
6 7 Aung Naing Sit  Myanmar 3:39.32

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 2:42.19
2 3 Yuanrun Yang  China 2:43.85
3 5 Xu Qing  China 2:48.45
4 6 Matt Whorwood  Great Britain 2:55.06
5 2 Ce Liu  China 2:56.94
6 7 Anders Olsson  Sweden 2:57.30
7 8 Grimm Thomas  Germany 3:08.90
1 Swen Michaelis  Germany DSQ