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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle S6

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Men's 50m Freestyle S6
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenueBeijing National Aquatics Center
Dates15 September
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning time29.78
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Qing  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tang Yuan  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anders Olsson  Sweden

The men's 50m freestyle S6 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center on 15 September. There were two heats; the swimmers with the eight fastest times advanced to the final.

Results

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Heats

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Competed from 10:10.

Heat 1

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Yang Yuanrun  China 31.16 Q
2 Anders Olsson  Sweden 31.48 Q
3 Sebastian Iwanow  Germany 32.72 Q
4 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 32.87 Q
5 Adriano Lima  Brazil 32.98 Q
6 Matt Whorwood  Great Britain 34.94
7 Yusup Dewa  Malaysia 35.24

Heat 2

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1 Tang Yuan  China 30.56 Q, PR
2 Xu Qing  China 30.86 Q
3 Daniel Vidal  Spain 32.06 Q
4 Sascha Kindred  Great Britain 33.04
5 Andreas Potamitis  Cyprus 34.07
6 Stian Helgeland  Norway 35.07
7 Luis Silva  Brazil 35.67
8 Danielson Santos  Brazil 37.13

Final

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Competed at 19:09.

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Qing  China 29.78 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tang Yuan  China 30.07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Anders Olsson  Sweden 31.07
4 Daniel Vidal  Spain 31.27
5 Kyosuke Oyama  Japan 31.37
6 Yang Yuanrun  China 31.66
7 Sebastian Iwanow  Germany 32.79
8 Adriano Lima  Brazil 32.85

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

References

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  • "Heats and Final Results - Men's 50m Freestyle S6". 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.